tl;dr the pack updates are great and I’d love to have all of the pot flavors available in meal packs!
I’m a bit late to the changes but just noticed that some of my most recent flavors were much better than my last batch and did some research, coming across these forums and this article! I love the changes to chick’n & mushroom as well as mexican chili! yellow coconut curry’s new recipe is defo creamier but flavor wise it feels a bit plain and there’s a weird flavor i taste but im thinking i can easily add flavor whereas fixing the texture/creaminess would be harder so 
by me overall (maybe im biased because the raisins in the old batch actually won me over after initially being suspicious of their inclusion.) I did feel like it was still decently flax seed heavy and also have concerns with omega 3 absorption because, as far as I’ve researched, the bioavailability is greatly increased when in ground form opposed to whole seed as the seed casing is not easily digested, leaving goodies inside! Not to mention that they get slimy and stuck in my mouth, making them slip around as i try to bite it myself to extract the full nutrients! if they were a pleasant texture id see keeping some whole and maybe some ground but having them whole in there confuses me - if they were all ground would the slimness infiltrate the overall texture more? Edit: covered here, i would think needing less flax overall since it is ground and more bioavailable would be beneficial as the post mentions reducing it but presumably the casing helps contain the slime. i am known for scarfing my food down so a little concerned that i wouldn’t chew enough of the seeds but have been trying to practice eating slower and chewing more so cheers to that doubly it seems
Edit: my thai green curry still has quinoa so it is not the updated recipe. i will withhold feedback for it until i get to try the new recipe!
I have been wondering myself why hands down my favorite flavors were only available in pots. The noodles flavors are absolutely bombbb so I was experiencing the dilemma of whether I should keep them in my subscription, dealing with the increased price per meal and environmental impact or settle with the pack flavors (which as of the update, is actually more doable and less of a settle because they are much better. Still not noodle level for me but damn good.) My main pros of the meal packs were:
- reduced shipping CO2 emissions due to the smaller packing without the pot, making packing efficiency higher.
- reduced storage space consumption in my small living space because of the same reasons.
- reduced packaging waste because as far as i could tell, although made of paper, the pots are likely coated in wax to make them liquid resistant and could also never be cleaned to the appropriate level where they would be recyclable in my area of the US so although paper is being traded for plastic, neither are easily recyclable so the overall reduction in packaging that the packs offer wins out here again. (although it was said here that Huel is always looking into packaging advancements so hope is at least there that something more sustainable could come later! i’d be fine with a simply paper pouch like what single serve sugar packets are made of but im sure this was looked into and assuming the vitamin mix or some other component wouldnt have as long of a shelf life with this packaging, not being hermetically sealed with a metal or wax lining, which is a tradeoff.)
Pots still have the one advantage that they come with the vessel that they’re cooked in so when I would grab & go bring them to work in case the venue didnt have vegan options, i wouldnt have to go asking chefs for a bowl to make my “ramen” in 
. So while not preferred for me, they potentially still have a future if people find that worth paying a little more for over a meal pack.
Edit: oh also i believe i have the old version of spicy indian curry as it still says quinoa and has potatoes in the ingredients! two of my orders did overlap, i wonder if i ate the newer version first on accident because i noted a decrease it deliciousness that i was going to discuss but if i have them flipped then great job on the update for that one too! i will have to reorder to confirm 