the meal replacement (or "MRP") is extremely well established. Just walk into any nutrition store like GNC or VitaminShoppe and they'll likely have a whole section devoted to MRPs right next to the protein shakes/bars.
And those are just a few results from a quick search for "meal replacement" across 3 different stores.
Now, I'm not against Soylent, and I'm definitely pro meal replacement products, but let's at least be honest here and call a spade a spade. Soylent's main differentiating factor is it's marketing pitch and that's ok, it doesn't have to be totally revolutionary to succeed.
And as for specific products...
- https://www.bodybuilding.com/store/vega/one.html
- https://www.bodybuilding.com/store/garden-of-life/raw-organi...
- https://www.iherb.com/pr/Madre-Labs-Zenbu-Shake-Meal-Replace...
- https://www.iherb.com/pr/Now-Foods-Tru-Food-Vegan-Natural-Be...
- https://www.iherb.com/pr/Nature-s-Plus-Source-of-Life-Vitami...
- https://www.iherb.com/pr/Orgain-Organic-Meal-All-In-One-Nutr...
- https://www.iherb.com/pr/PlantFusion-Phood-100-Whole-Food-Me...
- https://www.iherb.com/pr/MRM-Veggie-Meal-Replacement-Chocola...
- https://www.iherb.com/pr/Pure-Advantage-MRP-Meal-Replacement...
- https://www.iherb.com/pr/Vibrant-Health-Maximum-Vibrance-Ver...
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0038B1EOY/
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00KS6WUUE/
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0184DGHHO/
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004VRGS7W/
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0088YQ8MO/
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N2M3RK0/
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N3Y7R1S/
And those are just a few results from a quick search for "meal replacement" across 3 different stores.
Now, I'm not against Soylent, and I'm definitely pro meal replacement products, but let's at least be honest here and call a spade a spade. Soylent's main differentiating factor is it's marketing pitch and that's ok, it doesn't have to be totally revolutionary to succeed.