Soylent 2.0 Ready-to-Drink plastic containers
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Nov 9, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Nov 9, 2018the latest report was made
- Nov 9, 2018the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Soylent 2.0 Ready-to-Drink
- Maker
- Rosa FoodsMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Plastic containersHard or semi-hardCPSC’s product type: Plastic Containers (Rigid or Semi-rigid) (code 1123), in Containers & Packaging: Plastic
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| November 2018 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Seen by a doctor or nurse 1 CPSC: Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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Seen by a doctor or nurse Made Nov 9, 2018, sent to the company Nov 20, 2018, published by CPSC Dec 6, 2018
The product, in the report: The bottled drink product, Soylent 2.0, has a variation of their product packaged in square-round (also referred to as “sqround”) bottles. This product is a shelf-stable meal replacement, but is highly perishable after opening. This variation of bottle lacks any type of safety seal, such as a foil or film induction seal under the cap, but is instead sealed with a “high application torque” cap, which is extremely difficult to remove. Customers have become injured upon repeated removal or attempts at removal of the plastic bottle cap.
A bottled drink product, Soylent 2.0, has a variation of their product packaged in square-round (also referred to as “sqround”) bottles. This product is a shelf-stable meal replacement, but is highly perishable after opening. This variation of bottle lacks any type of safety seal, such as a foil or film induction seal under the cap, but is instead sealed with a “high application torque” cap, which is extremely difficult to remove. Opening the cap requires so much force, even when using a towel or other other aid to improve grip, that it can cause injury such as bruising or spraining to the hand.
Numerous customer accounts can easily be found on the internet upon searching for “soylent difficult to open,” or variations of the term, which also include photos of customers who have sustained visible hand injuries while using the product.
The manufacturer is aware of the problem, and has recently introduced an improved design featuring a cap that is applied with less application torque, making it easier to remove, with a foil induction seal underneath to maintain product freshness. However, the company continues to manufacture and ship both bottle variations to consumers, does not offer the option to choose which bottle style to receive upon ordering, and provides no relief to consumers who are physically unable to open the “sqround” bottles.
One such consumer injured by this product consumed several dozen of the product for several months of the older, difficult-to-open design, before developing severe and persistent pain in the hand in the precise area where the cap is gripped. Even after several months, this consumer can no longer open the products because of the pain, and continues to observe sustained physical injury due to opening so many bottles.
Another consumer sustained an injury of bruising/spraining after opening about 1 dozen of these bottles within a time period of a few minutes, in order to dispose of the contents. This resulted in pain to this area of the hand that lasted 2-3 days.
- Serial number
- 8169P7FPA JP23:05 SLCCO2
- Bought from
- Soylent.com
- Bought
- Nov 3, 2018
- Where
- Cochran, Georgia: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 63, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Parent
- As this report names them
- Brand Soylent 2.0 Ready-to-Drink, made or sold by Rosa Foods
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
CPSC’s disclaimer
Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.
Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.
Sources
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.