I love Huel, I’ve been on it as a supplement to my diet for a bit now. Currently the biggest problem I have is that Huel is not calorie dense enough. Getting more than 2k calories in Huel is a chore and requires a ridiculous amount of consumption. What I would like Huel to come out with is a calorie dense version that is closer to double the calories of the original 400 cal shake. As an active individual, I churn through 2700+ calories a day. Huel is not enough on an active day and it doesn’t fall a little short, it falls a lot of short. It’s great that it’s complete, but that is the glaring hole in the product, a sufficient amount of calories for active individuals. I know making that suggestion won’t produce a product tomorrow, but it would be cool to see down the pipeline. Especially for vegans(I’m not vegan) where getting enough calorie dense food is on the extreme end of difficult.
Instead of water, use olive oil?
Instead of blueberries, use chocolate chips?
Instead of skinny syrup, use maple syrup?
Hey Michael, to be able to double the amount of calories we would have to massively increase the fat content (because fat is more calorie dense than protein and carbs), which isn’t something we’d want to do from a nutritional point of view.
2000kcal is simply the amount Huel is made to. If you need more calories you likely need more nutrients too, so if you can, just have more Huel to help reach the calories you need.
How is 2000Kcal the amount Huel is made to do? Are we supposed to eat FIVE MEALS of Huel a day? Surely that would be overdosing protein at 200 grams/day protein, wouldn’t it? When the RDI for a sedentary adult is 80 grams/day!
RDAs are complete nonsense. It operates under the false assumption that all bodies require the same amount of nutrition when metabolic rates and needs vary widely. Things like age, weight, gender affect these things heavily.
Yah, but do you suggest I consume only 3 400 calorie Huel “meals” when even Huel folk say they based their dosing on people getting 2000 calories and when virtually EVERY estimate or guideline says an adult male will require AT LEAST 2000 calories? A person has to start with SOMETHING! To me, when somebody says they’re offering a “meal” that means 1/3 of a daily dose that THEY are recommending. So calling 2 scoops of Huel powder a “meal” is really misleading, when they’re really thinking 1/5 of a daily allotment. And if RDA’s are complete nonsense, then Huel AND YOU ought to be discussing SOMETHING to indicate to people how to dose themselves with Huel products! Maybe they (and you) should offer a RDA CHART with numbers for height vs. weight and separate charts for sedentary, normal, or active. Just for guidelines. As it is, the Huel website doesn’t give ANY advice so by default somebody might well decide a “meal” is one third of Huel’s recommended daily allowance, which would be 1200 calories!.