It Just Got Way Easier to Drink Soylent
Alternative food company Soylent announced on Monday the upcoming release of Soylent 2.0, which will come pre-bottled when it's available in October at the price of 29 for a 12-pack. Soylent says the new meal replacement product contains all the essential nutrients a human body needs. According to Soylent's website, each ingredient plays a specific nutritional role Soy protein keeps you full and improves digestion algal oil provides energy and essential fatty acids isomaltulose is a slow-metabolizing sugar that provides similar sustained energy as refined sugar without inconvenient spikes and crashes. Soylent 2.0 is the company's first pre-bottled product, with each bottle containing 20 of all the essential vitamins and minerals you should be consuming each day. It doesn't require any preparation and can remain unrefrigerated for a full year. The company's mission is to replace less sustainable food sources like animal farms while making it easier for consumers to get the nutrition their bodies need with minimal effort. Soylent 2.0 is 100 vegan, with half of its fat energy coming from farm-free algae sources. However, the drink is controversial among health experts, many of whom have expressed skepticism over Soylent.