Glad it works for you. I think 250ml is definitely too much liquid, so recommend anyone who thinks ist a bit watery at 250 to try less.
I guess if you want to try a bit less but use an indicator, the 6oz marker is the way to go. I just tried it at that level and its pretty damn perfect for me and easier than measuring 150ml which its not far off (175ml ish).
There are a lot of ingredients and theyāve been included for different reasons. For example, some for protein and essential fats but, obviously, in a 15g serving, the levels are only going to top up what we get from other foods. Others, like some of the algaes, fruit and veg powders are there to collectively provide good levels of some of the micronutrients. For example, acerola provides vitamin C, among other things; sprouted quinoa provides B-vitamins.
You can see some of the relevant peer-reviewed papers in our reference list on this page. But most ingredients are there because they provide nutrition: the algaes (and spirulina (which isnāt an algae despite what most people think!)) are there for this reason. The doses of the mushrooms arenāt as high as people who want to want to have mushrooms take as Huel DG is a 15g total serving.
The taste is not bad, but not gonna lie I feel a bit weird after drinking that, canāt put me finger on it but my tum feels odd, I would prob not recommend if you do have a slightly sensitive stomach & digestion
Thank You.
The page you linked is well set out and informative and has gone a long way to convincing me this is something worthwhile.
My concerns are that
the vitamins and minerals can be obtained from supplements which are very cheap and have a much lower carbon footprint.
the other ingredients with less clear evidence that may have beneficial effects (to be clear I think it is likely that at least some of them do) are not in high enough concentrations to be effective at what they are included for.
Is there some āminimum effective doseā criteria you used for inclusion of the non rda listed components? Or was it just āwhat can we squeeze into 15gā
Interesting. I have been led to believe that spirulina was an edible blue green algae belonging to the cyanobacteria group? Could you explain a little more please, James?
think sugar alcohols - contain no sugar or alcohols. Spirulina is called a blue green algae but is actually a bacteria (Cyanobacteria) not scientifically classed as an algae.
First try and I actually really like the flavour, itās there but not too overbearing. Interesting to see people say itās too liquidy, I may try 200ml however, felt it was fine as is.
Fedex finally extracted head from ass and dropped off the delivery today. Tried one when I got home using the 200ml of liquid. Literally the best tasting greens Iāve ever had (granted, low bar). Opening the bag, it smelt a lot fruitier and sweeter than it actually tasted, but very palatable and not a chore to drink at all.
Did a get a little stevia aftertaste - but not as bad as some other Huel products that have/do use stevia. Product dissolved surprisingly well and I can see this being a regularly used product to replace multivitamin supplements and on days when Iām not taking any other Huel products.
Correct, itās cyanobacteria which is a prokaryote, whereas algae is a eukaryote. As I understand it*, blue-green algae is itās older name as it used to be thought an algae until modern phylogentics revealed it to be a cyanobacteria.
*Caveat: Iām a nutritionist not a phylogeneticist so apologies if Iām not quite correct!
Hi @JamesCollier - Would you mind posting your thoughts to my question above (post 24) please? I think a few of us would appreciate a bit more information regarding the use of Daily Greens when already consuming ~50% average weekly calories from Huel products.
Be aware that most multi-vits donāt contain all 27 essential (I include choline as the 27th) vitamins and minerals as they canāt āfitā them in the pill and some formulas only contain small amounts. Weāre working on the CO2e footprint for DG and Iād be interested in seeing objective data on carbon footprint for multi-vit supplements
I think a few of us would appreciate a bit more information regarding the use of Daily Greens when already consuming ~50% average weekly calories from Huel products
Great question. Having that much Huel, and assuming that the rest of your diet is based on nutritious foods, then you might not need Daily Greens routinely, unless you want to routinely have the adaptogens. What I do is have a pouch of DG in my cupboard and have it occassionally if Iāve been busy and not made such great food choices.
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+1 for something like Superblend in the UK, but more of a fuller 400 kcal meal like 3.1! The moment I hear Huel has released a product thatās a full meal but made of organic whole food ingredients like DG/SB, I will very happily immediately swap all my powder over to this and increase my monthly Huel subscription/daily Huel intake further.
Obviously the market for all greens type products is anyone who will buy them, but if you have a good diet then it should be unnecessary. The people who SHOULD be buying greens products are people with a shitty diet and no intention to change. I imagine that I will try it at some point but doubt that I will ever buy a second time.
Mine arrived yesterday so tried it this morning. I wouldnāt say I enjoy the taste but itās tolerable. I usually have Huel Black for breakfast but every 6 months or so I have a few weeks of low calorie dieting and during this time I cut out the breakfast so Iām thinking Daily Greens might be a good choice to switch to as a breakfast drink, just during that dieting period.
and a random factoid⦠the Daily Greens shaker fits perfectly inside the regular Huel shaker