Huel Black Edition review

A meal replacement with a fully itemized nutrition panel published on the product page, covering macros and micronutrients per serving.

The label serving is Powder, 90 g serving.

Readers who want a complete nutrition breakdown before they buy.

Full per ingredient amounts. The product page publishes an itemized nutrition panel with macro and micronutrient amounts, with no proprietary blends.

We keep organic certification, supplier documentation and finished product testing as separate fields. Where a manufacturer states something we cannot confirm from a primary source, we record it as a claim rather than a verified fact.

Certified organic: Not publicly verified. We have not confirmed a current certification statement for this product from a primary source.

• Supplier certificates of analysis: Not publicly verified. No published document from an identifiable source.
• Incoming ingredient testing: Not publicly verified. No published document from an identifiable source.
• Finished product third party testing: The brand states it uses independent ISO 17025 accredited laboratories for raw materials and finished products, covering microorganisms, nutrition, heavy metals, pesticides and allergens.

These three layers are reported separately on purpose. A supplier document or an incoming ingredient check is not the same thing as an independent test of the finished product.

At the listed price of $60.00 for 17 servings, this works out to $3.53 per serving on the one time price, 17 meal bag basis. Promotions and subscription pricing change often.

A 90 gram serving is far larger than a greens scoop, so it is a meal, not an add on.

• GreensYes
• Meal replacementYes
• High plant proteinYes
• Daily nutritionYes
• Gut and digestionNot the focus
• Functional herbsNot the focus

• Ingredient quality18%7.0 / 10

  Weighted across the ingredient attributes: not certified organic (4), whole food base with added isolates (7), every ingredient named with its own amount (10), no artificial sweeteners, colors or flavors listed (10). Organic certification carries the most weight, then whole food sourcing, then named amounts and freedom from artificial additives.

• Nutrient density15%8.0 / 10

  Measured per 100 g of powder from the published panel, so this records substance inside the grams rather than the amount of powder. Weighted across protein, fiber, low sugar and the origin of the micronutrients, with essential fats counted where the panel states them. The panel supports the meal classification, at 200 calories or more with at least 15 g of protein per serving. No therapeutic or medicinal benefit is assumed.

• Label transparency14%10.0 / 10

  Label disclosure recorded as full per ingredient amounts, which scores 10 out of 10 on this criterion.

• Value per gram18%10.0 / 10

  $0.04 per gram of powder, scaled against the 8 products with both a verified price and a verified serving weight.

• Product per dollar5%10.0 / 10

  25.5 g of product per dollar, from the listed price and the total container weight, scaled against the 8 products where both are verified.

• Serving grams delivered5%9.2 / 10

  90 g delivered per label serving, scaled inside the meal replacements group so scoops are compared with scoops and meals with meals. Quantity alone is not treated as nutrition: the 10.0 quantity score is adjusted by the measured nutrient density of 8.0 out of 10, giving 9.2. This measures quantity delivered only; cost is handled by value per gram and ingredient sourcing by ingredient quality.

• Price per serving5%5.1 / 10

  $3.53 per label serving, scaled against the 11 products in the database with a verified price. A labeled serving is not a standard unit, which is why this criterion carries only 5% of the rubric.

• Testing and certifications10%10.0 / 10

  Finished product third party testing published: The brand states it uses independent ISO 17025 accredited laboratories for raw materials and finished products, covering microorganisms, nutrition, heavy metals, pesticides and allergens..

• Packaging protection10%10.0 / 10

  High barrier, amber or dark glass, foil laminate, or high barrier mylar with oxygen or moisture control. Powder ships in a resealable multi layer flexible pouch. The brand states the pouch uses a multi layer construction that is not curbside recyclable and not compostable, which is the trade off for barrier performance. Protection scores high, sustainability scores low.

How this figure is calculated. Each criterion is multiplied by its rubric weight and the total is divided by the full 100 points of the rubric. A criterion we could publicly verify earns the points its evidence supports. A criterion we could not verify is held at the neutral baseline of 5.0 out of 10 and still occupies its full weight, so unverified evidence can never be excluded from the division and cannot earn the credit a verified strength earns.

For Huel Black Edition the verified criteria contribute 7.0 x 18 + 8.0 x 15 + 10.0 x 14 + 10.0 x 18 + 10.0 x 5 + 9.2 x 5 + 5.1 x 5 + 10.0 x 10 + 10.0 x 10 = 887.5 points. The total divided by 100 gives 8.9 out of 10.

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