Huel: The Future of Food ..
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Soldato
Yeah I always blend mine then leave it in the fridge either overnight for morning consumption or for a few hours if it's my last meal of the day.
Caporegime
I can get these free on prescription https://ensure.com/nutrition-products/ensure-plus/strawberry-shake
Are they basically the same thing as Huel?
Are they basically the same thing as Huel?
Contains milk and soy, which are two of the more common things that may upset your stomach. You'll have to test them to know if you get along with them. Huel has neither of those ingredients IIRC.
Not even close.
That's basically sugar. 39% sugar. Low on everything else.
Caporegime
If they’re so bad, how comes they’re medically prescribed to aid ill patients with nutrition?
Caporegime
I have noticed that I often feel a little queasy for a while after drinking one.
Ask the person who prescribed it. Guessing it's a pure energy and vitamins diet. It does the job and probably cheap.
Would you eat a diet that consisted of 39% sugar.
Probably just trying to get maximum calories into you so you don't lose weight while you're ill. Sick people often have poor appetite and don't eat enough.
Ok,
a) Ingredients.
- Maltodextrin. A complex carbohydrate with very high GI (85). This means that it will have high impact in your blood glucose that will cause a rapid increase (basically similar to sugar and the opposite to a complex carb). On top of that, it is just a processed ingredients that only gives you carbs. Huel and other brands tend to use oats or similar, which are a matrix of nutrients. They contain complex carbs, protein, fat, and vit&minerals. Why do they use Malto? It is more soluble, makes for thinner shakes (easier to drink), doesn't have taste (unlike oats), it is very energy efficient, it is cheap.
-Sugar. 19g per 350 serving (well over the recommended) You will not often find this on Huel or other shakes, since they try to keep sugar at a minimum.
-Corn oil. Not a great source of fats.
b) Objective of the shakes.
Ensure and similar products tend to put taste over nutrition (higher likelihood of people sticking to it).
This is a very good point.
c) Different market.
As pointed above by Steampunk; I think both brands target different audiences. Looking at Ensure products, they are all 200-350kcal ready to drink shakes. Huel's serving is 400kcal and it comes in powder (yes, there is an RTD product too, but the main is powder). You need 5 Huel's to reach 2,000kcal ("average" person recommended intake). With Ensure you will need a bunch more.
I feel like the last two points I've made are a little more abstract, but I hope you understand the gist of it.
No they are very different from Huel due to multiple reasons.
a) Ingredients.
- Maltodextrin. A complex carbohydrate with very high GI (85). This means that it will have high impact in your blood glucose that will cause a rapid increase (basically similar to sugar and the opposite to a complex carb). On top of that, it is just a processed ingredients that only gives you carbs. Huel and other brands tend to use oats or similar, which are a matrix of nutrients. They contain complex carbs, protein, fat, and vit&minerals. Why do they use Malto? It is more soluble, makes for thinner shakes (easier to drink), doesn't have taste (unlike oats), it is very energy efficient, it is cheap.
-Sugar. 19g per 350 serving (well over the recommended) You will not often find this on Huel or other shakes, since they try to keep sugar at a minimum.
-Corn oil. Not a great source of fats.
b) Objective of the shakes.
Ensure and similar products tend to put taste over nutrition (higher likelihood of people sticking to it).
This is a very good point.
c) Different market.
As pointed above by Steampunk; I think both brands target different audiences. Looking at Ensure products, they are all 200-350kcal ready to drink shakes. Huel's serving is 400kcal and it comes in powder (yes, there is an RTD product too, but the main is powder). You need 5 Huel's to reach 2,000kcal ("average" person recommended intake). With Ensure you will need a bunch more.
I feel like the last two points I've made are a little more abstract, but I hope you understand the gist of it.
That's the way i see it as well.
Huel is food.
The prescription stuff is energy, my mother in law has them for throat cancer, she can't really swallow anything with texture and despises eating now so it basically keeps her alive.
Huel would be preferable but she wouldn't cope with it.
Huel is food.
The prescription stuff is energy, my mother in law has them for throat cancer, she can't really swallow anything with texture and despises eating now so it basically keeps her alive.
Huel would be preferable but she wouldn't cope with it.
Just incase what. They are definitely bringing V3 out and all are going up in price.
Only original will remain at v2.3 and stay at its current price. Great for me it's the only flavour I get now.
Soldato
It's going up what, about £3 a bag? From maybe was it £1.50 per 'meal' to £1.65ish? Is that really enough to make you jump ship?
Soldato
Have some principles man.
UK Huel was way cheap, think yourself lucky it's taken this long for the prices to rise.
I was paying the euro equivalent of 50 GBP for two bags in Germany.
In case I don't like it. I will go with I like it, and I don't expect massive changes in flavour, but just in case.
I think it works out 11% higher. For me it will be about the texture and taste.