Introducing... Huel Instant Meal Pots šŸŽ‰

Cheers Tim, thatā€™s good to know. :recycle:

Surely the noodles is pretty simple. You donā€™t even have to strain your wrist scooping. Boil a kettle, poor in the boiling water get your mummy to stir it for you in case you scald yourself and chomp away.

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And thatā€™s why people have to do those bullshit jobs you mentioned above. Not everyone owns Huel and can swan about in a private jet. Youā€™ve got people down the warehouse shoving bags of powder into boxes and getting it shipped all over the place. Thatā€™s probably pretty boring too. Not much different to shoving boxes of cereal round a supermarket.

Most jobs are boring. Thatā€™s the way our economy works

Boiling water is a dangerous activity known to even result in death! No thanks.

I work in retail, and I think your generalisation is ill-considered. All work has purpose, and any job well-done is worthy and valuable, especially when it involves providing a service to the community. Automation isnā€™t always beneficial

Not mutually exclusive.

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Such a lovely person arenā€™t you.

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So these just arrived within the past 15 minutes.

I could actually smell the spices as the DPD guy opened the door and now my office smells like a Sri Lankan spice mart.

Wonā€™t be trying them today thoā€¦already got my lunch sorted.

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Personally very happy with this product. Hopefully we will get other flavors available in this format as well. Canā€™t stand too spicy foods so I will only try the Katsu option. I like to always keep some Huel at my office in my locker in case I donā€™t have time for proper lunch or if thereā€™s no good company for lunch available. This saves me having to pre-measure the Huel into the plastic containers, even though its not super time consuming I still value not having to do it.

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any news on recyclable bags for the powder?

I thought they were recyclable now? Iā€™ve been putting mine in the soft plastics recycling trolley at Tesco for ages. It says it accepts pet food pouches and they are foil lined as well.

The plastic film lids of the new pots say recycle with plastic bags at supermarkets; most people wonā€™t bother to do that thoughā€¦itā€™s all very well having products that can be recycled, but so many people still donā€™t bother with it.

Should that be happening? Doesnā€™t that mean that the pots are leaking, or are damaged, or thereā€™s something wrong in the factory?

It means the delivery dude was Sri Lankan and just had lunch

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Itā€™s the recyclable pots. Made of rice paper.
They donā€™t appear damaged or leaky.

Probably just another substandard Huel product for us to complain about.

Easy there. If the pots are made of cardboard with a thin plastic liner designed for solids and liquids then the flavour smell will be gasses escaping through the pot.

Apparently they arenā€™t recyclable, despite what it says on the packaging.

You canā€™t believe anything you read these days.

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Damn those packaging artworkers (blame the printers :slight_smile: ):

The lid on our pots isnā€™t currently recyclable, but this is something weā€™re working on. However, due to a printing error the pots say the lids are recyclable, which sadly is not the case. This mistake has been resolved for future print runs. Please put the lid in your regular waste bin.

BTW - whats the BBE on these? the liners are usually just for short term water and oil resistance and not usually gas barriers - is it 12 months still or less?

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July 2024 is BBE

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ok not a year then but still good for a paper pot.

Just had my first pot of fiery chickā€™n. Iā€™m basing my comments around my usual Pot Noodle Fusion Chili Chicken.

After the initial fill and stir I added more water to get back to the fill line. After 6 minutes the consistency was a reasonably thick creamy sauce instead of a watery soup like the Pot Noodle. The texture of the noodles was more firm/dense than I expected, whether I need to add more water Iā€™m not sure, I may try that next time. Looking at the picture on the Huel page, the picture looks more watery so could be why.

You can tell the flavour is Thai based, I havenā€™t had much Thai so canā€™t compare to any specific dishes. Heat wise, it is spicy, probably on par with the Fusion Chili Chicken, made my nose run but no forehead sweats!

Overall I liked it. I think I prefer the flavour of the Fusion (more savoury?) and the consistency of the noodles. Will see how it is with more water next time.


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