Introducing v3.1 🖤

[Dan_Huel]

@Andrew_B

I’m interested in the reasoning behind removal of Kombucha & pro/pre-biotics. IMHO the addition of these was welcome, but perhaps I’ve missed something.

Kombucha was providing some b vitamins, but to be honest nothing we couldn’t get elsewhere and it created a more complex supply chain so we took the decision to remove it.

I want to make it really clear that the prebiotics are staying. Prebiotics are fermentable fibres that are often good for gut health and these come naturally from the main ingredients. This is a mistake in our copy, apologies for the confusion.

@hunzas

Faba bean protein is great IMO. Is it UK grown (even better)?

It comes from the US and Canada.

@rikefrejut

The removal of Lycopene is not mentioned.

The replacement of L-Methylfolate with cheaper and inferior Folic Acid is not mentioned, and is important to know for people with methylation problems.

With the announcement we’ve focused on the biggest headlines and kept it short like most announcements. It’s one of the many benefits of the forum is to discuss these things!

Again, let me hold our hands up here we’ve made a mistake with the copy. Calcium L-methylfolate is still being used and this is correct on the new bag labels you will get too.

@rikefrejut

There also appear to be other differences in the micronutrient blend, regarding the addition of some new items due to less nutrition coming from the primary ingredients (tapioca flour has no micronutrients and there’s more and more of tapioca being used with every huel version), and this should be discussed.

We will be updating this page to show you clearly if any changes have occurred.

@rikefrejut

The probiotics likely did not survive all the way to the customer for the entire time before expiration

This isn’t true, one of the main reason we chose Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 is because of it’s stability over shelf-life.

@epicure

There are always trade-offs, and finding the balance must be tricky.

Thanks, you’ve got it. Sustainability has been something that has grown massively in my role over the last 3 years and it’s something we will continue to do better and better in.