Lovely flavours, taste good! Fast shipping, nice brand!
Ugur
7/10
I was looking for a meal replacement, to help me to feel less full and at the same time getting all the necessarry nutritients. I searched for some alternatives and I found this one more appealing....I was looking for a meal replacement, to help me to feel less full and at the same time getting all the necessarry nutritients. I searched for some alternatives and I found this one more appealing. I started using it as breakfast replacement, as I'm lazy to do the breakfast and it really helped me to eat less on lunch even to feel less hungry for dinner. Still loving it, and especially when I'm alone at home preparing dinner for one person is too much effort and queal is helping to use my time more productively.
Gerardo Cauich
9/10
I feel satisfied and energic after every meal.
Anonymously
10/10
It is really good. The fruity flavors however are not as strong as I anticipated. I would like an extended vegan selection - or that you produce the standard variant without lactose.
Micha?
9/10
Very positive, after 3 years with jimmy joy i decided to test some alternatives. I really like your product - texture, taste (I like it better than jimmy joy). I also appreciate the fact that you...Very positive, after 3 years with jimmy joy i decided to test some alternatives. I really like your product - texture, taste (I like it better than jimmy joy). I also appreciate the fact that you added a free bar to my first order
Anonymously
10/10
In het begin was de havermout smaak even wennen, maar nu erg lekker! De vanille/witte chocolade Wunderbar is echt niet lekker, ik durf hem zelfs smerig te noemen. Helaas heb ik deze daarom...In het begin was de havermout smaak even wennen, maar nu erg lekker! De vanille/witte chocolade Wunderbar is echt niet lekker, ik durf hem zelfs smerig te noemen. Helaas heb ik deze daarom weggegooid. De poeder bevalt in ieder geval wel heel erg!
Peter
7/10
I've been consuming soylents for a while now, starting in 2016 with Mana, then at some point when my stash was almost empty again in 2017 I decided to try another one, and as ordering came up again...I've been consuming soylents for a while now, starting in 2016 with Mana, then at some point when my stash was almost empty again in 2017 I decided to try another one, and as ordering came up again I decided it was a good time to order something else again and check-out queal. Part of this decision was influenced by me trying out Wundrbar in its initial release - I liked the product back then, and I decided it would be nice to order a few bars along the soylent.
So I ordered a bunch of Products, and put some variety into the selection (The ones I've tried so far are marked with (*))
Awesome Applie Pie (*) Smooth Vanilla (*) Funky Forrest Fruit (*) Chocolate Hazelnut Happiness (*) Royal Rice Pudding (*) Cool Chocolate Super Strawberry (*) Banana Mania
Wundrbar - White Chocolate / Vanilla (*)
Go Bar - Dark Chocolate (*)
Boost (*)
and a Shaker.
So what have I learned?
Delivery: 1) Delivery from the netherlands to finland took about 1 1/2 weeks, which isn't uncommon. 2) The products arrived in one huge package, which was unpleasantly heavy AND large, so carrying it through the city to my home was quite annoying.
Contents: Besides the stuff that I ordered the Package contained a small brochure advertising for the products and explaining the dosing. There was a few additional Wundrbars of the Hazelnut sort in there, I hadn't ordered 'em as I liked the Vanilla variant more of the original bars, and I was not aware that they had changed them.
The Shaker: Quick note on the shaker: the shaker is made of plastic that has some quality feel to it, which is a lot better than the cheap shakers Nano was adding to their products, and it doesn't leak as those did either. I know some people might prefer the Nalgene Bottles that Mana used to give you as a shaker, but for the purpose of shaking the Queal Shakers actually do the best job.
Wundrbars: Both of them seem to have been improved in taste and texture, with the two tastes of each bar (vanilla/white chocoloate) + (hazelnut/dark chocoloate) mixed rather than split as they where in the first edition. Eating a bar takes a bit of time, as they are to dry to be eaten fast. After eating a bar, I'm good for about 2 1/2 hours before i get hungry again. The Taste is edible, but not any special highlight
Go Bar: Wow, these taste great and are almost more candy than meal, they are also a bit more "wet" than the Wundrbars, so you can eat them without a lot of liquid, and much quicker. They might be a bit too tasty, as i constantly have to remind myself not to just grab one as a snack - appart from that, they will stop hunger for a similar timespan than wundrbar.
Boost: So boost is a powder that you ideally mix into your Queal. I've tried it without Queal in just Water to get a feel for the taste and its disgusting. It doesn't smell good either, but really the bitterness in the taste is the really bad part. Queal does a suprisingly good job layering itself over the taste, so the only times when I really notice it in queal are the times where I didn't shake the shaker good enough. For effect.. I'd say its like drinking tea. You will be a bit more awake for a while, but no where near the coffein-shot that an expresso or a red bull will give you. From what I've read they are fading out this product and have a new one coming, so lets hope that one will be better, as I definately can not recommend boost.
The Queals: Meals are packaged in 3 meal bags, which comes with the advantage of less trash, and the disadvantage of less conveniance. The package contained a measuring-scoop and 5 scoops are supposed to be a meal, but I found that if I take out 15 filled scoops from a bag, theres about a scoop full left. The Queal website suggests to just pour it from the bag eyeballing the amount - which actually isn't that hard, as when the shaker has the water + 5 scoops, then that usually means the powder is about reaching the hight of the strainer in the shaker - but the problem with that is that closing the bags becomes anoying then (as the powder will fill up the part thats meant to be filled with the plastic of the other bag-wall).
Queal has a very nice and smooth texture, which makes it easy to drink - when being left alone a few minutes after shaking, it actually gets a bit thicker, which I like, as it makes me feel full quicker. The tastes themself are already picked for the meals to be on the sweeter side of food, but they aren't too sweet for every day consumption. All 5 tastes that I tried, for some reason they have a sourness to them, compareable to some sourdough bread, which doesn't fit well with the tastes, but isn't so bad that it completely ruins it. Each meal kills my hunger for about 4 1/2 hours.
For the tastes: Vanilla was about what I expected, a sweet vanilla custard. Chocolate hazelnut happiness, well the name already sais it, its a bit stronger on the hazelnut side than on the chocolate. Awesome Apple Pie was a bit of a let down, generally there is a bit of apple pie, or more like apple-pancake in there, but the taste isn't strong enough, and its not sweet enough to give that cake-feel. Royal Rice Pudding is very ricy tastewise, but could also benefit from a bit more sweetness, also the sour-taste I mentioned earlier is specifically annoying in this one.
Funky Forrest Fruit.. tastes like someone threw a bunch of random fruit aromas in a bowl and then washed the queal in that, it doesn't natural or forrest fruity, just weird, but I kind of expected this to be more on the experimental side of things.
Super Strawberry also tastes rather artificial strawberry and doesn't suit the underlying queal taste well.
Compared to others Compared to Mana: Queal has a similarly good texture, the choice of tastes makes it more interesting, but the sourness and that all of those tastes are on the sweet side makes it a bit more annoying than the more neutral Mana is. Also Mana manages the full-feeling a bit longer (but that might be related to the split in 5 rather than 3 meals) - but has less conveniance with the 2 component mix.
Compare to Nano: Queals texture is a lot nicer than nano, and it solves a lot better in the water than nano too. The tastes are generally better than the ones of Nano, with the exception of Nano Vanilla, which wins vs Queal vanilla, but only because of that "sour" taste that i mentioned before. Also Queal does a lot better than Nano about the full-feel, but Nano is a bit more conveniant with one-bag-per-meal.
Conclusion: So far Queal seems a decent product, and Wundrbar / Go Bar make a very welcome addition, so you actually can have something you bite into rather than just liquids. I hope they can improve the taste a bit more though.
David Silva
8/10
Purchase experience was quite good. Packaged arrived within the forecasted timeframe and in good condition. I ordered a taste tester, which brought as a bonus a white chocolate bar. I don't...Purchase experience was quite good. Packaged arrived within the forecasted timeframe and in good condition. I ordered a taste tester, which brought as a bonus a white chocolate bar. I don't really like white chocolate, but still tried to eat it. It was really hard to eat, and very sticky to the teeth. So I had to throw it away. Regarding the shakes, the flavors are nice enough, and I like to use a bit more water then what is recommended. I was a bit sad that macchiato didn't come on the taste tester. Packaging of the shakes needs a lot of improvement. It's really hard to close that zip, and taking the powder out of the bags can be a mess (easy to spill between the bag and the shaker). Overall I'm quite satisfied with the experience, but I believe you could address one of the biggest daily pains (preparing the meal - specifically moving the powder from the bag to the shaker).
Karlis
5/10
Not yet sure. Doesn't taste very good. I have tasted better texture meal replacements. The main problem is the ground up oats that feature throughout the drink. Not sure if will order any more.
