One packet of Soylent. (credit: Lee Hutchinson)
All Soylent may want this holiday season is a new supplier.
After a burst of online reports this year linked Soylent snack bars to bouts of “violent” gastrointestinal issues, the famous meal-replacement maker pinned the problems on supplier TerraVia’s whole algal flour. TerraVia cried foul at the time. But things took a turn from awkward to hostile today.
TerraVia is suspending all ingredient shipments to Soylent “effective immediately,” the company said in an early morning announcement. The halted supplies include ingredients used in Soylent’s 2.0 ready-to-drink meal and its new Coffiest beverage.
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Source: Ars Technica – Soylent’s supplier is angry, withholds ingredients for 2.0 and Coffiest