Huel bar spotted!

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This guy doesn’t give a s**t if competition knows his plans. He clearly thinks the benefits of his (potential) customers to know them in advance outweigh the negatives.

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My Huel Bar creation. Turned out really well. 3 Ingredients - Huel V1.2 U&U, VitaFiber Powder and Water. 230kcal for each bar. No-bake.

Recipe:

  • Add 15g VitaFiber powder to a bowl. Add 3 tablespoons or approx. 21g of water to the bowl. Mix them together.
  • Microwave the mixture in the bowl for 25 seconds (900W).
  • Take the bowl out of the microwave and leave to stand for approx. 1-2 minutes.
  • Add 47 g of Huel V1.2 to the bowl. Add some sweetener or maybe chocolate chips.
  • Mix everything together to form a dough.
  • Mould the dough into a bar shape on some cling-film, or a silicon tray.
  • Pop it in the fridge and it should set in around 30 minutes.
  • Enjoy.

This can definitely be improved but it’s not a bad start at all. 200kcal from the Huel, 30kcal from the Vitafiber.

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Looks great - how did you make them? Mash up and set in fridge or is there more to it? Could you give the ingredient %'s as well?

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Just updated my post ^^^ with the recipe.

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How is the consistency? Some protein bars I’ve tried were difficult to chew

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I don’t know how to describe it - there’s a good bite to it, not too hard and not too soft. I’m sure you could adjust the chewiness in proportion to the amount of added Vitafiber.

Edit: Maybe it’s something like the soft insides of a freshly baked scone in consistency - just less fluffy. I’ve had brownies that were like this consistency in the past. Presumably it’s kinda like a Quest bar but I’ve never tried one of those.

Edit2: I purchased a Quest bar and the consistency is definitely similar in some ways.

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The VitaFiber/Huel bar definitely works down to 10g of VitaFiber. So that should just be an additional 20kcal instead of 30kcal. I doubt it will go much lower than that, while still being able to call it a “bar”. But I’ll try some more tweaks - could try to use all the Vitafiber as a base rather than a “sweet matrix” throughout the bar.

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Soylent Bar announced (alongside another product, “Coffiest”) - http://blog.soylent.com/post/148692318597/be-a-breakfast-pioneer-with-coffiest

Nutritional Information for the bar - https://i.redd.it/ujtwhbli5eex.png

Packaging Image - https://soylent.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/206104006/Soylent_product_15756.jpg

Edit: Well, well, well - It contains Isomaltooligosaccharide Fiber. Vitafiber, as I mentioned above, is an example of an IMO. It works great for binding homemade Huel bars, without impacting the nutrition too much. I would encourage anyone working at Huel to order some VitaFiber and follow my simple recipe above!

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It’s arrived - http://blog.soylent.com/post/149036849637/soylent-bar-has-arrived. The Soylent Bar that is. 7 days between announcement and launch/shipping.

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Looks good! Can you bake this in the oven or is it microwave only? I guess the oven might dry it out too much?

What is the purpose of the VitaFiber? Could I use flavoured Huel on its own?

Thanks!

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I didn’t actually bake/cook the bar, I just microwaved the VitaFiber & water. It serves as the “sweet matrix” that provides the structure/texture to the bar (as it cools).

There are definitely other ways to achieve this. I just didn’t want to heat the Huel itself too much. Check these Soylent Bar experiments out - https://www.reddit.com/r/soylent/comments/4y3jzr/soylent_16_barrecipe_with_pictures/.