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Futuristic food firm Soylent is warning customers that the current version of its powdered food is causing gastrointestinal distress for some people. As a result it's halting sales of its powder product. The problem is apparently the same as that which sparked a recall of Soylent food bars earlier this month, and stems from …

  1. sammy_mac

    why in the world would they 'reformulate'

    I read this article with great interest which turned to horror at the note that they are reformulating the bar. This isn't a bug, it's a feature!!! Perhaps they could start up a distant subsidiary to market the old formulation under a different name. If I was twelve again, I would definitely buy boxes of these bars. They'd be fun just to put on a platter at a potluck dinner.

    If Soylent is retiring the original recipe, then they're letting a marketing opportunity dissipate like a... well, like a something in the wind.

  2. Fruit and Nutcase Silver badge

    v1.6

    Avoid until v3.x

  3. PNGuinn
    Mushroom

    Soylent powder fart warning

    Sparking a recall with powdered farts around?

    Oh well - live dangerously.

  4. israel_hands

    Soylent Green

    The taste differs from person to person.

    1. ecofeco Silver badge

      Re: Soylent Green

      Oh well played. Well played. Up voted.

  5. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge
    Thumb Up

    Fartastic!

    This company is performance art.

    1. ecofeco Silver badge

      Re: Fartastic!

      Phart indeed.

      1. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge
        Black Helicopters

        Re: Fartastic!

        And maybe they are behind Node.js, too...

  6. ecofeco Silver badge

    Food?

    There's the first problem. It's not food.

  7. Chris King

    All we need now...

    ...is for a Charlton Heston look-alike to run in, screaming "SOYLENT BROWN IS SHITTY !" and we're done here ?

  8. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

    1. Tweak formula.

    2. Re-brand as constipation relief.

    3. Profit!

  9. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Speaking as someone with food intolerances...

    What doesn't cause digestive issues in some people?

    Kale is evil to me, but I don't seek to ban it, I'm just not going to eat it because it gives me the shits. How is this different to the Soylent situation?

    1. Scroticus Canis
      Holmes

      Re: @Mycho "How is this different to the Soylent situation?"

      Well at least Soylent Brown doesn't taste as bad as kale!

  10. cd

    Soilant.

  11. Geronimo!

    Soylent brown

    Well, that will give the term "Brown out" a completely different meaning...

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