Noun

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An undesirable, lackluster, and artificial foodstuff, as a substitute for real meat.

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, year = 1966 , first = Harry , last = Harrison , authorlink = Harry Harrison , title = , year_published = 1973 , isbn = 9780425023907 , ol = 7500531M , page = 26 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=YLDFvh5k5Z0C&dq=soylent , passage = The soylent steaks were sitting like lead in his stomach and twice he had to go back to the dark and miserable toilet in the rear of the building. }}

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, year = 1976 , title = Mathematical Programming for Economics and Business , first = Roger C. , last = Pfaffenberger , location = Ames , publisher = Iowa State University Press , isbn = 9780813810553 , lccn = 75023045 , passage = It is decided that the product will be composed of three elements — soylent green, red, and blue. Each pound of the final product must contain at least 2000 calories of energy and 1000 units of vitamins. }}

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, year = 2008 , first = Shane , last = Berryhill , title = Chance Fortune and the Outlaws , section = chapter 8 , location = New York , publisher = Starscape , year_published = 2011 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=q7XipleU03sC&pg=PT34&dq=soylent , passage = “Today's selection is Superaide with a choice of soylent' yellow or ' soylent red,” the servodroid said. }}