> Soylent insists its products are "completely safe and nutritious"
Based on how many years of market experience? Based on how many studies ? Oh, none. Yeah, "completely safe" - except that we don't know what happens 10 years down the line - the kind of timeline that matters for cancer or other long term disease.
AFAIK there is nothing in Soylent that is not regularly consumed by lots of humans already. Instead, the primary concern is its use as a total food replacement, since it's unclear what sort of dietary deficiencies may crop up ten years down the line.
The kickstarter campaign where they described Soylent not just as perfectly safe, but perfectly safe for anyone; and where they say it puts you in perfect health; and where they claim rigorous testing.
This iterative approach to regulatory compliance - ignore everything until a regulator points out a problem - should be worrying when you're talking about food.
Based on how many years of market experience? Based on how many studies ? Oh, none. Yeah, "completely safe" - except that we don't know what happens 10 years down the line - the kind of timeline that matters for cancer or other long term disease.