Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV

Post by johnfn » Thu, May 04, 2017, 3:33 PM UTC

Dangeranger wrote: post #69

milquetoastaf wrote: post #21

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What advantage does Soylent have over say, other meal replacements e.g. Slimfast, weight watcher shakes, juices etc that have existed for years before it and will continue to do so for years after? All I see is SV hype and marketing. In fact you just showed that Soylent is easily outplayed because you switched to a different drink already.

This is my take as well. I don't see an innate advantage to Soylent over existing meal replacements like SlimFast. While Soylent has struggled with quality control, their competitors have been producing high volumes of equivalent products for many years, at better prices, and better name recognition to the american population outside of SV.

Post by tryitnow » Thu, May 04, 2017, 3:34 PM UTC

johnfn wrote: post #5

Soylent gets a lot of hate (I'm looking forward to skipping out on this thread before the inevitable negative comments from people who assume that Soylent consumers will eat nothing but Soylent for the rest of their lives), but to me, it's solved a large problem in my life: what to eat when I'm hungry but I don't have enough time to prepare a full meal. It can happen every now and then when I'm rushing around, and so…

Post by ajmurmann » Thu, May 04, 2017, 3:35 PM UTC

moat wrote: post #36

skciva wrote: post #7

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Can you elaborate a bit? What exactly is garbage about the ingredients?

First off ingredients on labels are listed in order of most prevalent to least. So what stands out specifically is the unhealthy oils. Sunflower and canola. I'm mobile or I would paste links, but read up on them. Horrible omega ratios, and sketchy by-products are usually found in them (hopefully Soylent at least has quality versions of this). Also maltodextrin is always one of the main ingredients. Super high gi, and…

Post by dragonwriter » Thu, May 04, 2017, 3:35 PM UTC

jcheng wrote: post #57

luhn wrote: post #38

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No, the name is directly referencing the movie. It's a tongue-in-cheek and self-deprecating, much in the spirit of programming culture.

It's not, it's referencing the book that the (apparently very different) movie is loosely inspired by. https://faq.soylent.com/hc/en-us/articles/201541809-Why-is-i...

Post by macspoofing » Thu, May 04, 2017, 3:35 PM UTC

johnfn wrote: post #81

Dangeranger wrote: post #69

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This is my take as well. I don't see an innate advantage to Soylent over existing meal replacements like SlimFast. While Soylent has struggled with quality control, their competitors have been producing high volumes of equivalent products for many years, at better prices, and better name recognition to the american population outside of SV.

I personally would never have slimfast because I'm not on a diet! This feels like a large distinction that you are missing here. If there are non-diet meal replacements, I don't know if any, which clearly seems like an opportunity for a product such as Soylent.