they don’t, as Tim explained earlier…
Cool, thanks for that Phil, it supports the idea that now we have differential pricing it’d be really good news for customers if prices could be actually lower for some cheaper-to-produce flavours in the future. Thanks.
I’ll hold my breath… 
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If they put the price up for new flavours il not be buying, a flavour is a flavour, shouldnt be increased because of it 
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It’s been suggested all flavourings (excepting Cinnamon!) cost no more than the base powder. This being the presumed reason U/U BE costs the same as say Strawberry & Cream BE; ie leaving out the flavourings means topping up with the base ingredients, and at the same cost.
Though interesting to see U/U contains fewer micronutrients so it might make sense for it to be a bit cheaper. Even if it’s true that the flavourings are actually no more expensive to produce than the base powder they seem to have some nutritional value. Leaving them out seems to make for a poorer product, but at the same price.
Right now it feels like the biggest worry I have with Huel raising prices in the future would be to have to scroll through your upset comments even more. 
It is not a big conspiracy! It is called capitalism. You have made your point that you don’t like it. It is time to move on.
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I’d rather get mine from the anal glands of beavers.
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It’s a shame Huel doesn’t sneak it in to annoy the vegans.
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Vanilla-flavoured goo, secreted from the butt? We’ve all been there.
There’s quite a few fanatics exposing themselves here, I suspect they are huel employee accounts tbh
Let’s remind ourselves of huels mission statement
Provide affordable food
So let’s say an average person eats 2400 calories (less than the recommendation for a normal man) of cinnamon swirl
So eating less than the recommended daily calories of huel comes to over £310 a month, for one person
Does that sound affordable?
The price rises are getting out of control I think. They just keep nudging them up and up and up
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Everyone is a shill, sister.
Wake the fuck up sheeple
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Shills exist, this is a fact, it’s not outlandish to suggest there are shills on this forum
Anyone who cheers on these price rises can’t possibly be a normal buyer
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Shill out sister. I can assure you these aren’t shills or fake accounts they are just Huel fan boys and girls who love the products.
I guess it’s like people whom love Apple products. They will buy any old rubbish and support it.
That new iPad air 5 is lovely though. I’ve just bought one. 5G too…hope my tin foil hat is working
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it doesn’t - as the costs reduce with volume you eat.
If someone were using Huel for 5 meals where it is considered nutritionally complete (based on subscription purchases) would be:
V3. £1.28 per meal / £6.40 a day
BE. £1.46 per meal / £7.30 a day
If they used the premium priced flavour it would be
V3. £1.37 per meal / £6.85 a day
BE. £1.57 per meal / £7.85 a day
If they had 2400 calories a day it would be
V3. £1.27 per meal / £7.62 a day
BE. £1.45 per meal / £8.70 a day
If they used the premium priced flavour it would be
V3. £1.37 per meal / £8.22 a day
BE. £1.55per meal / £9.30 a day
So for 2400 calories a day depending on the product they bought it would cost them in a 30 day month – £246.60 a month for premium flavours or £228.60 for regular flavours.
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Actually we are both wrong
2400 is less than what the average man needs, so doing the sums for 2000 calories is of no use. Should be 2500 really but just chose 2400 for easier maths
Cinnamon V.3 @ £ 8.22 a day X 31 days in most months = £255
Cinnamon black @ £9.30 = £288
We need to remember that this product is over 50% oats. If I wanted to eat oats for half my months calories I could them for about £35, so there is already a huge profit margin without adding extra on top for a different flavour
Every other company seems to be able to make a cinnamon flavour at no extra cost. All these companies who manage it don’t have a mission statement to “provide affordable food” either. Yet huel, with their mission statement to provide affordable food have managed to add on another £2 per bag for this
Dislike how you’re using the term “premium flavours” too. You’re making it sound normal
More new flavour price increases incoming …
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OK to - clarify (I should have been clearer) I used the word premium as in the price premium asked for them – not the perceived premium quality for the flavouring used.
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If you were a 100% Huel user you also have to factor in other annual savings and benefits that you make over conventional food purchasing and preparation. Depending on your location and circumstances you:
Cost Benefits:
Reduce both your time and travel expenses going out every week to buy food
Reduce your domestic energy expenditure preparing the food
(per person, food preparation accounts for an average of 4-5% of households annual home energy bills. According to the latest data published by Ofgem, the average UK energy bill was £1,138 a year. So using Huel 100% would on average reduce your food cost by at least £57 per person per year – or an extra 2 bags/34 meals of Cinnamon Black Edition at that annual purchase volume rate.)
Tangible Benefits:
Increased convenience in storage, preparation and availability.
Reduce your food waste
Reduce your packaging waste
Ensure you are getting nutritionally complete food
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If you want to do that, I will do the flip side to balance it out
Get a supermarket worker to pick all your items and deliver them for £1
You get to learn new skills while cooking, you’re never going to impress anyone blending up a powder but that new Thai red curry you have been practising …
Don’t get the social aspect of cooking and enjoying a meal you have made together
Don’t get to experience new flavours and textures
Save on electric/gas cooking at £54 a year but savings wiped out with a new food bill that’s £280 a month so no saving and infact a large increase
Agreed you will save some packaging waste
Nutritionally complete is a nonsense term imo. I could eat a cheeseburger, that has proteins, fats and carbs. I could then eat an A-Z multivitamin and I’d be eating a “nutritionally complete” meal
that doesn’t nearly balance it out – I answered your incorrect point on pricing based on your own parameters of a 100% Huel user solely using the most expensive non-convenience option.
You have now changed those parameters to say that you shouldn’t use it 100% of the time but only as an occasional food product which completely negates your argument on the increased food budget even though you still use that cost as a mitigating factor.
You also state that you can get your food delivered from a supermarket for a nominal fee cancelling out transport costs while at the same time completely ignoring that the CPI for food stuffs in retail locations has risen every month by almost double percentage point increases every month since July 2021 and currently stands at an increase of 4.3% every month – far in excess of the two across the board price increases Huel have introduced since their launch.
Since its launch, the price of 2 bags of Huel has increased a total of £11.50 in 8 years which give or take a few pennies is exactly in line with inflation while being 40% less than CPI increases on store bought food.
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I was giving a rebuttal to each of your points to give a flip side of the argument
Using huel exclusively for a full month wasn’t some set in stone parameter. I was just using a month as that’s how most people budget their food shop, they don’t calculate it based on £1.80 for a 400 calorie amount of food
All that CPI interest shows is that if supermarkets are doing double digit inflation on foods right now and are able to still be cheaper than a month of huel then that just shows how overpriced huel was from the start, surely
And the thing about supermarket food is the prices fluctuate, prices regularly drop, they put things on sales etc Huels pricing only goes one way, up, and once it’s up it doesn’t come back down, just keeps on rising