I’ve been a long-time user of Vanilla Huel and (with the exception of one strange packet of v2.1) have always enjoyed it. I’ve just bought my first bag of U&U and a chocolate flavouring. I mixed the U&U and tried it - pretty tasteless, as expected, but so far so good. I then added some chocolate flavouring, blended it up and was pretty saddened by the gelatinous substance I found! It really was like a jelly, and totally undrinkable - not just bad tasting, actually undrinkable, like a mostly set jelly.
Now, obviously I am doing something wrong, as people are getting on pretty well with this. Any hints?
Thanks for your reply. Reviewing my recent messages on here, it seems like I only appear to complain, which is unfortunate because I mostly love Huel!
Yep, the mix was fine before I added the chocolate, and yes, about 5:1 water to Huel. I was just wondering if anyone had experienced this before and realised they were doing something stupid.
This sounds oddly like something i’ve experienced adding pure cocoa powder to a 50/50 Vanilla/UU mix with a 5:1 water to huel ratio.
Blended up the huel by itself and the consistency looked normal. Added 2 heaped tea spoons of cocoa powder before blending again and it was looking surprisingly thick. I left it in the fridge overnight and i had to spoon it out of the bottle as it had almost completely set.
I didn’t think much of it at the time and just mixed it with a lot more water the next time around.
@Dave_Herod I was using 2 heaped teaspoons of normal cocoa power not the chocolate flavour packet. The flavour packet has cocoa power as one of it’s ingredients and if i were using it then, yes, i’d be using much less!
I’ve been drinking Huel for 3 weeks now as a convenient option for dinner that actually makes me feel full.
This week I have discovered the easiest flavouring option that is low effort and also helps with Huel’s consistency - add 1 tbsp of Nesquik to the 3 scoop in one protein jug and it helps Huel dissolve!
I think it breaks up the dry huel powder and is water soluble so helps break down the chunks.
Was there any resolution to this as I found, also with the unflavoured and Chocolate flavoura adding, it would become far more thicker than I was used to.
It almost became like a thick yoghurt. I aim for a 5:1 ratio as discussed.
Nope - I’ve treied it again a few times, always with the same result. It becomes almost jelly-like if I add anything over 1/4 teaspoon. I have found, however, that I can add the flavouring to vanilla Huel and it blends well and is pretty tasty.