It is the year of our lord 2024, and we are approximately 41% of the way towards owning nothing and being happy. Many of our benefactors have gone ahead and started with the incorporation of bugs and other protein rich ingredients in our daily use products. The latest pioneer into this new frontier appears to be Soylent, proudly coming out with their new Insect line of soy based meal replacements.
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One Redditor seems to be distressed over the discovery of savory seasoning in his Soylent drink!
Recent order of pumpkin spice I found what looks like dead bugs under the outer wrapping. The inner seal looks intact but I'm not sure I want to risk drinking them. Anyone else experience this? Wondering if I should request a refund for this order
Users of /r/soylent respond:
That looks to me like a small over fill that led to leakage. Not bugs
The small over fill in question:
More protein? Kk thats gross. Sorry op. Hope you get a refund. I'm never buying soylent again.
Bugs are good for you, have you tried taking a workshop on Media Literacy?
Was this ordered from directly Soylent? So gross
Yes direct from their online store, not Amazon or Walmart...
Did you report this to the FDA yet? Otherwise someone else can, because this is a serious probably for a lot of us who live on Soylent
I LIVE ON SOY!!! OH MY SCIENCE I AM OUTRAGED!!! 
And with their recent supply issues in Canada... I am losing any remaining trust I have in Soylent.
Poor Leafs can't get a break. First they have to be Canadian, now they have to deal with trust issues! 
This isn't the only instance of this I've found. I've done some investigation into other incidents like this one.
Is there anyone in the Outside World who can solve this incident?
https://old.reddit.com/r/soylent/comments/rw7rre/bug_eggs_in_my_cafe_chai_box/
Ordered a box of 12 Cafe Chai through Amazon, and received this. The box appeared to be water damaged, as well. Buyer beware.
Edit: According to /r/whatisthisbug, these are dead, desiccated maggots. Fun!
When I ordered my first box of Soylent 4 years ago it had a cricket in it.
Take some pics of any serial number of batch ID that you can get and email to Soylent and ask for a replacement. Also, throw the box, it's not worth the risk. Soylent will replace it for you quickly enough. They did for mine.
Edit: Obviously I ate the cricket for extra protein once I grilled it to get rid of any contaminants.
Free grilled crickets! Yahoo! 
https://old.reddit.com/r/soylent/comments/6mhnoq/new_ingredient_in_soylent_18_this_bug/
Found this in the box of 1.8 I just opened. Haven't opened the bags yet but gross.
Better check with the landlord and see if they allow pets.
looks like you got the extra protein pack
There is always an upside to a happy little accident!
Also here's a freak who sees it as a feature instead of a bug !carlos 
https://old.reddit.com/r/soylent/comments/6bgnnn/soylent_powder_with_insect_protein/
Hi guys! I have seen that a lot of people have done their own DIY formulas for Soylent or Huel, and I have a doubt... would be possible to make it with cricket powder protein? Since is an animal based protein, it would have the aminoacids and the protein itself is cheaper than whey or vegetable based protein. What are your thoughts on this?
Crickets sound like a safe and sensible alternative to reduce both your carbon footprint and quality of life. What a steal! 
I experimented with that and wrote about it here: The Case for Crickets :p
That was an interesting and informative read! Cricket drinks though... I don't think I could do it. I'm impressed you drank a whole cup of it for the sake of science (and business)!
Trust the science!!! 
RL has enough difficulty getting regular people to buy their product without adding bugs to it
Ultimately, you should be mindful of the things you put in your body. If you want to be a good reporter like me, I recommend eating only the best mochi and sake provided by the lovely people of Gensokyo.
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