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The Soylent drink is silly. Easy, shelf-stable food is not hard to acquire. For a good meal mix the following into a drink. A no-bake bar recipe shouldn't be too difficult to create either.

[pea protein](https://www.amazon.com/Now-Foods-Pea-Protein-Pound/dp/B001DB...)

[mct oil](https://www.amazon.com/NOW-Foods-MCT-100%25-Oil/dp/B00KPZXER...)

[hemp hearts](https://www.amazon.com/Manitoba-Harvest-Hearts-Shelled-natur...)

[peanut butter](https://www.amazon.com/Peanut-Butter-Pure-Pure-Fresh-Ground/...)

[banana](https://www.amazon.com/produce-aisle-mburring-Bananas-bunch/...)

Take a vitamin separately:

[vitamin](https://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Light-Active-Multivitamin-Tab...)

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This reminds me of the infamous Dropbox comment

(See the second comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 )

Except that Dropbox is better than a series of scripts. Soylent is not. Soylent suffers from being something less than the sum of its parts. It is undesirable

You're missing my point. Yea, you could take the time to choose the right formula, find all the right ingredients, buy them, measure the right amounts, mix them, remember to buy more of each when they run out, etc. OR you could just have cases of it automatically shipped to your door each month.

I agree with the "something less than the sum of its parts" sentiment for the original Soylent, but Soylent 2.0 is vastly better, and I hear Coffiest is actually good tasting.

Even easier, just add 1 cup of Fairlife Whole Milk to two scoops of a whey protein isolate protein powder(such as Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard) and mix. The macros are way better than Soylent(less carbs, more protein) and it tastes way better. Also no soy if you care about that.

Increases animal suffering and environmental impact. It matters to some people

The point of Soylent is that not only do you not have to "make" anything, you also don't have to shop for things like fresh bananas. You also don't have to clean. Planning is minimal (order more Soylent when you run low).

I've yet to find as low friction sustenance as Soylent. It's the first food I can have without disrupting whatever activity I'm doing.

Is this your recipe? Would be interested in the instructions.

A scope of pea protein, three tablespoons of hemp hearts, a tablespoon of mct oil, a tablespoon of peanut butter, a banana. This works out to about 500 to 600 calories, 45 grams of fat and 45 grams of protein. The carbs (banana) is about 27 grams and the sugar is about 15 grams. Skip the banana if you want to save the carbs for other foods.

Blend it with water if you have a blender, but if you don't just mash the banana before peeling it and squeeze the puree into a glass. The rest can be mixed with a spoon. Add a little water on the last sip to get the dregs

What are the ratios?

Oh, yes, those shelf stable bananas....

Or I could take one scoop soylent, two scoops water, mix.

Se how much less shopping was involved in my list?

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