Huel: The Future of Food ..

McBain · 23 Jan 2017 at 08:50

Chong Warrior said:
Not that I rate this slop but it might save some of you a few quid.

Myprotein have copied Huel and offering a big saving buying in bulk, also there's 25% off everything at the moment!
http://www.myprotein.com/sports-nutrition/whole-fuel/11314911.html

Awesome thanks, giving this a bash.

Freefaller · 23 Jan 2017 at 09:04

neoboy said:
Well vanilla would probably taste like dreadful school custard and I imagine unflavoured would just be like a bowl of finely milled oats, not sure either would be particularly satisfying in that respect!

Indeed. I'm not brave enough to try.... though with warm milk it might be okay? I just don't like eating cold food on a cold days (yes yes I'm strange...).

reiyushin · 23 Jan 2017 at 09:45

I've tried it warm....never again :eek:

tom_e · 23 Jan 2017 at 09:48

I can only imagine it being a little like baby sick when warm.

Freefaller · 23 Jan 2017 at 09:56

Lol! Okay, well that saves me for trying and pretty much rules out me using Huel in the winter then!

tom_e · 23 Jan 2017 at 10:00

Why? What have you got against drinking baby sick!?

Freefaller · 23 Jan 2017 at 10:14

Hmm.... good point. :/

Junglist · 23 Jan 2017 at 11:40

Chong Warrior said:
Not that I rate this slop but it might save some of you a few quid.

Myprotein have copied Huel and offering a big saving buying in bulk, also there's 25% off everything at the moment!
http://www.myprotein.com/sports-nutrition/whole-fuel/11314911.html

tempted. very tempted

Warbie · 23 Jan 2017 at 12:33

Hedge said:
Anyone ever used this on a bulk?

Tempted to use it to add some calories in a convenient way.

I've bulked on Huel. It's pretty straight forward:

1 scoop = 38g = 157 calories
2 scoops = 76g = 314 calories
3 scoops = 114g = 471 calories
4 scoops = 152g = 628 calories

Divide grams by 3 for rough amount of protein. I tend to go with 4 scoops as 50g of protein is a nice round no. and it is, imo, far better than a protein shake post workout.

Freefaller said:
Has anyone tried it warm? In this weather when it's constantly -something C I don't think I could deal with a cold shake. Hence why hot whole food is amazing!

I haven't and can't imagine it's nice. Huel tends to be better colder - warm sounds nasty!

Freefaller · 23 Jan 2017 at 13:07

That's over 25 scoops for 4000 cals! :eek:

Don't worry I'm not going to try it warm. As I am a casual user of Huel, it is unlikely I will be using it much over winter anyway. It's just won't be my go to for a warm comforting snack! (which in this weather, is hard to beat porridge IMO. But I love the stuff).

neoboy · 23 Jan 2017 at 13:34

I'm thinking about drinking a bottle of Tabasco today or maybe eating spoonfuls of Sriracha, lack of flavour and spice is what's getting to me!

Warbie · 23 Jan 2017 at 14:48

Freefaller said:
That's over 25 scoops for 4000 cals!

Yeah - not fun on it's own! But an easy way to add 1500-2000 calories just to bulk up the rest of your meals. I do 2000 calories a day - for breakfast, pre and post work out. The rest is normal food.

tom_e · 23 Jan 2017 at 14:50

If you're using it for bulking as an addition to normal proper food then it seems like a very expensive way to do what some oats, whey and PB would do.

Warbie · 23 Jan 2017 at 15:40

What's PB?

tom_e · 23 Jan 2017 at 15:44

Peanut butter, other fat sources are available.

Warbie · 23 Jan 2017 at 16:08

Makes sense. I don't use it just to bulk up on top of meals though - Huel's over half the food I consume. And better for you by a way than oats, protein powder and peanut butter etc.

tom_e · 23 Jan 2017 at 16:13

Warbie said:
And better for you by a way than oats, protein powder and peanut butter etc.

I wouldn't say so in the cases I'm talking about to be honest.
I understand it's not your normal usage but like I said if eating a full normal food diet and then using it to bulk up your intake it's just a rather expensive and over engineered way of doing so.

In the case of it making up a large part of your diet and therefore being the main source of your vitamins,minerals and macros then I fully agree Huel is the better option as it's much more rounded and has a complete nutritional profile.

Freefaller · 23 Jan 2017 at 16:18

For bulking it doesn't make sense IMO, there are more calorie dense options out there, but as an addition to a bulking diet then yes I can see it being okay.

Warbie · 23 Jan 2017 at 16:19

Is it that clear cut? I'd class bulking on peanut butter and porridge as dirty bulking. It's easy to get the calories, but if given the choice i'd rather they had some goodness.

tom_e · 23 Jan 2017 at 16:24

To be honest I'm looking at it very much from a cost/reward point of view, there's nothing wrong with using it as an addition to bulking.
It's just not a very efficient way to add extra calories in my mind.

PB and oats is far from "dirty" though.