Totally agree. There is no problem in releasing this version as a “candy” option. The problem is to kill the nutrition bar for this candy version.
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Tell her to move more.
She doesn’t have to suddenly become an Olympian or hit the gym seven days a week, a ten minute walk after every meal and a glass of water before every meal will help.
Happy Day!!!
I found a box of 3.1 bars I’d forgotten I had.
That means I’ll be barred-up for a few weeks longer than I thought.
Searching for replacements. Looks like there are good options in the USA but all UK options are strikingly similar to the new Huel bars. Ie confectionary made with sugar alcohols.
Might have to resort to bananas lol.
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Well, I have given the new bars a shot and my concerns have been cemented. I will start by saying they are delicious, so fair play to the development team there. However, over all of my other previously mentioned concerns on practicality/cost/psychology, the clincher is when I eat more than one new bar in a day my stomach goes wild. Not ideal for someone who previously used Huel bars for total meal replacement. I get bloated, feel like I’ve got an upset stomach and it makes all kinds of weird (and loud) noises. I gave it a while before judging them on this in case it settled down as my body got used to them, but I’m still getting the same issue. As a result I couldn’t take the new bars with me on a work trip to America over the last few days - one of the things I relied heavily on the previous bars for. So, Huel team, I BEG you - please consider stocking the black bars alongside this new product. They are totally different products, used in different ways, and I’m already lost without them. 
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WTF so maltitol is really that bad? That you cant even have 2 per day. Pff a what missed oportunity to make something really great. On the Huel side, if your customer cant even have 2 or 3 per day, its a missed oportunity in the potential income per customer.
I just put one of the old chocolate bars in the microwave for 15s. Gonna miss that 
Different sugar alcohols affect people’s gut in different ways – the same as any other food - so its not possible to realistically say that it will behave the same with everyone. It’s a snacking product, not a meal replacement, so largely I would guess people are not eating more than two a day anyway. One other thing to remember is that the beloved black bars they are all missing – were also sweetened with sugar alcohols and nobody cared.
I don’t know the stats but the general warning (may have laxative efffcts) suggests it’s pretty common. Maltalol in new bars causes me trouble after just one bar. Two is a disaster. The old black protein bars were problematic for me too. The 3.1 bars were made of stuff that caused no problems and seemed to be much closer to actual food (sugar alcohols are not food but flavouring).
Super disappointed.
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After hours of searching just found a brand that contains NO POLYOLS (sugar alcohols).
They have one which has no nuts in recipe too so should be safe to bring into no- nut environments like schools (where I work).
Yes – all sugar alcohols have a laxative effect eventually at some point. From what I remember, the tipping point is something like 50mg/day. However, people who are very sensitive to them can experience it with levels as low as 10mg. Different ones also can have different effects – Xylitol was the worse and isn’t as widely used these days as it once was. That’s why the warning is a little ambiguous - as its not really guaranteed to happen unless you have a lot of it.
Coffee is another example of this – studies have found it’s not the caffeine that’s the cause (as was previously assumed) but some other property. In people very sensitive to it – a single cup can trigger a laxative effect in as little as four minutes, about 30% of people experience some kind of effect over time with the rest remaining largely unaffected by it.
Could you share the name?
Why do some people think it’s acceptable to use the Huel forum to advertise competitor products? Jeff_M deliberately concealed the name of this product for this reason. You could easily PM them and ask for the name privately.
I don’t like what’s been done to the bar either, but I wouldn’t be publically using the Huel forum to find my alternative.
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I don’t see anything wrong with it myself. Like, if I said the reformulated Huel Crisps no longer meet my needs so instead I eat Pringles, why would that be wrong? I’m not advertising Pringles. Pringles haven’t paid me to come on here and say how gorgeous Pringles are.
If I made a new thread titled “Pringles are better than Huel, so you should all switch to Pringles” that would be a bit rum. Especially if I’d just joined the forum to make it. But a product coming up in conversation? Totally fine.
PRINGLES.
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What flies?
There used to be flies….
Why are you advertising rum? I am outraged. I only want whisky adverts on my timeline.
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I’m pulling some good old words out of retirement, you cad.
It is impossible to compare the bars of different brands, as some of them are complete meal replacements and some are just lower-calorie snacks, similar to a protein bar.
You can still compare them. You can compare anything.
| Huel Choc Caramel Bar | Grenade Oreo Bar | Fiat 500 | A walrus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 179 calories | 233 calories | Indigestible | 27,000 calories |
| 1.6g sugar | 1.0g sugar | No sugar | No idea |
| Vegan | Not vegan | Vegan | Not vegan |
| High protein | High protein | Low protein | High protein |
| Snack size | Snack size | Big but small for a car | Can carry itself |
| Two make a good meal | Two make a good meal | Good luck eating one | Ditto |
| £26 for 12 (online) | £20 for 12 (online) | £16,000 for 1 | Free if you can catch it |
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Huel Top Trumps? 
Despite the company taking the linguistically contradictory position that their 100% nutritionally complete food should not make up 100% of a person’s nutritional intake, I persevered even as the powder became undrinkably thick and I had to switch to the inferior Essential powder.
Unfortunately, for me, two bars became a digestive disaster under the new recipe and they had been the only good Huel option for my lunches. The only appeal Huel had for me from when I first heard about it prior to its UK launch was the possibility of taking the guess work out of food every day, every meal.
I guess, after around 8 years, I’ll need to remember how to cook again and wish the company all the best!
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