# Increasing viscosity (personal discovery)

**URL:** <https://discuss.huel.com/t/increasing-viscosity-personal-discovery/19980>\
**Category:** Recipes\
**Created:** [January 9, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/increasing-viscosity-personal-discovery/19980 "2021-01-09T18:57:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lighteater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Lighteater](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Lighteater)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/increasing-viscosity-personal-discovery/19980/21 "2021-01-10T23:34:29Z")

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Well spotted that man!

However, the humour in what I said lies in the deliberate questioning of which way around was meant or which way around was appropriate - and those two may not necessarily be the same! I was also hinting at you being old which, given that I’m 57 and a half, is probably a bit of a stretch.

And talking of stretch, my rather lame attempt at humour is now stretched ultra-thin by a) being explained and b) me realising that, actually, from the perspective of more than half of the population, I’M old!!

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**Author:** ![Phil\_C](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/phil_c/32/8494_2.png) [@Phil\_C](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Phil_C)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/increasing-viscosity-personal-discovery/19980/22 "2021-01-11T00:05:41Z")

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well - I’m in my 50’s too, but I’m identifying more with Centenarians these days - so I can feel more juvenile 🙂

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**Author:** ![mbs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/mbs/32/10103_2.png) [@mbs](https://discuss.huel.com/u/mbs)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/increasing-viscosity-personal-discovery/19980/23 "2021-01-11T01:46:25Z")

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Has anyone of you tried glucomannan / konjac flour? Theoretically it should work, at least if would very likely increase the satiating effect. But also digestive problems and stomach pain - so would you try or recommend it?

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Huel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/dan_huel/32/10347_2.png) [@Dan\_Huel](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Dan_Huel)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/increasing-viscosity-personal-discovery/19980/24 "2021-01-11T08:51:13Z")

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> [@GreatS](#):
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> I’ve been mixing Huel Powder v3.0 with different “milks” (mostly vegan) and found a certain brand of almond drink that made the mix noticeably thicker. It didn’t have many ingrediencies so I managed to nail it down to E412 and/or E418 (two different stabilizers also found in a cocoanut drink) to be the cause of it.

I agree with you Simon. Gums (the E numbers you picked out) are used not just as stabilisers but as thickeners too. These gums can have synergistic effects and we use xanthan gum in Huel, which might also explain the difference you noticed with another brand.

> [@Talort](#):
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> Oat milk seems to be the safest bet from an environmental perspective.

Yes and it’s my go to! There’s a [really good article](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46654042) from the BBC on plant milks, I’ll paste the main graph below.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/huel/original/2X/9/97bdfd4a7c1cce6ea73056550be12ec5118af661.png)

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