First, we’d like to give a nod to the team at Huel. Like Jimmy Joy, they’ve developed great nutritionally complete meals. And if you’re here because you’re evaluating Jimmy Joy vs. Huel, then you’re already doing the right thing.

This comparison will help you to inform yourself about the contents of each product. Ultimately, you decide what the best meal shake, bar, or drink or hot meal is.

What are you looking for in a complete meal? Maybe you’re thinking about replacing one meal with a drink. Or maybe you’re looking for an afternoon snack and consider a healthy meal bar. It may be that meal shakes could support your weight gain goals.

Whatever the case, we hope this comparison helps!

 

Jump to specific a comparison:

• Plenny Shake vs Huel powder
• Plenny Drink vs Huel ready-to-drink
• Plenny Bar vs Huel Bar
• Plenny Pot vs Hot & Savoury (Updated soon)

 

What are the main differences between Jimmy Joy and Huel?

Price: on average Jimmy Joy is about 74% cheaper than Huel.
Texture and taste: customers describe Jimmy Joy’s meal shakes to be much smoother and easier to mix than Huel shakes. Jimmy Joy flavours the product with real fruit.
Macronutrients: both Jimmy Joy and Huel offer balanced, nutritionally complete meals but the split is different.
Production: Jimmy Joy produces in-house to offer nutritionally complete food at a low price point starting €1,35 per meal. Huel outsources to an external production facility.

 

Plenny Shake Active vs. Huel meal replacement shake

On various points, Jimmy Joy offers a similar experience to Huel, but at a better price to value ratio. Most people use 1-2 complete meals per day. But to make the comparison easier to digest, we based it on a 2000kcal per day measure.

Per 2000 Kcal	Plenny Shake Active v3.1	Huel Powder v3.0
Pricing in €	€7,60	€9,10 (18% more expensive)
Fat (g)	65	64
Carbs (g)	155	190
Fiber (g)	36	35
Protein (g)	175	145
Subscription discount	15%	10%
Quick and smooth mixing	✅	❌
100% nutritionally complete	✅	✅
Flavored with real fruit	✅	❌
In-house production facility -This is how we keep costs low.	✅	❌

 Edited on 30/12/2022

 

“I've used a few different powdered foods but Jimmy Joy is the one I regularly come back to. The main appeal is the price - it's significantly cheaper than all the others on the market, while still ticking all the right boxes (such as high protein). The other big advantage over its competitors is the consistency: it's very smooth and dissolves nicely into an easy-to-drink shake. Some other brands, like Huel, are very very thick and often form lumps of undissolved powder no matter how much you shake them. That's never an issue with Jimmy Joy.” — Pb473

 

Remarks on the comparison of these meal shakes

- Jimmy Joy adds no thickeners. Huel adds some thickeners: Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum.
- Jimmy Joy uses only one sweetener: sucralose. Huel uses two types of sweetener.
- Jimmy Joy doesn’t add MCT oils since there isn’t sufficient research on the benefits of MCT's. 
- Jimmy Joy adds inulin, which is a great prebiotic. Working together with the added probiotics.
- Jimmy Joy and Huel meal shakes use oats as the main ingredient. Oats are a great source of complex carbohydrates.
- Jimmy Joy adds sustainably sourced soy due to its bioavailability. It's easily absorbed by the digestive system. You can read more about this in our article about plant protein versus whey protein.
- Jimmy Joy has a very smooth texture because of ultra-fine oats and flaxseed. It mixes with water easily. According to customer reviews, Huel is grittier, thicker and harder to mix.
- Jimmy Joy offers a 15% subscription discount instead of 10%

 

“I've tried both the Plenny shakes and the Plenny Shake Active having previously used Huel. I find the Jimmy Joy products mix so much better and they taste great. The price is much more reasonable to.” — Daniel S.

 

Conclusion Meal Shake Comparison

Both Jimmy Joy and Huel provide you with everything your body needs but at a different price point. Huel powder is 39% more expensive. Jimmy Joy aims to find high quality ingredients that have a great nutritional value, as well as being functional considering the taste and consistency. 

 

 

Plenny Bar vs. Huel Bar

 

 

Huel recently introduced their v3.1 of the bars. Let's dive in and compare the two. This comparison is based on 100g/400kcal.

 

	Plenny Bar	Huel Bar
Pricing per 100 gram / 400kcal	€2,46	€3,66
Fat (g)	16	16
Carbs (g)	39	36
Fiber (g)	8	9
Protein (g)	20	24
Subscription discount	15%	10%
Texture	Crunchy with a bite	chewy
100% nutritionally complete	✅	✅
Flavored with real fruit	✅	❌

 Edited on 23/04/2021

Remarks on the comparison of these meal bars

- Plenny Bar uses less packaging than the Huel Bar. Huel Bar is packed per 200 kcal, which is half of the Plenny Bars content. This means twice as much packaging is used.
- Plenny Bar has a 4 month longer shelf life than the Huel Bar.
- Jimmy Joy’s minimum purchase amount is 12 bars. Huel has a minimum purchase amount of 30 bars. 
- Plenny Bar contains less sugar. Huel bar has 10g more sugar per 100g. 

 

Conclusion Meal Bar Comparison

Plenny Bar contains less sugar compared to Huel Bar (8,3g more per 100g). Each Plenny Bar is 400 kcal so it uses less packaging. More sustainable for your health, and for the planet!

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Plenny Drink vs. Huel Drink

 

 

For this comparison we’ve compared the nutritional information per 2,000kcal. 

Per 2000kcal	Plenny Drink	Huel Drink
Pricing per 2000 kcal	€12,30	€21,60
Fat (g)	72,5	93
Carbs (g)	223	196,5
Fiber (g)	29,5	28,5
Protein (g)	100	100
Subscription discount	15%	10%
Packaging	Tetra pack	Plastic bottle
100% nutritionally complete	✅	✅
Packed per	330 ml	500ml

 Edited on 23/04/2021

 

Remarks on the comparison of these ready-to-drinks

- Jimmy Joy is more affordable when comparing ready-to-drinks. Huel RTD is 55% more expensive than the Plenny Drink.
- Huel's Ready to Drink has 4 times more saturated fats, as they use coconut oil as a fat source. There is no scientific consensus on the benefits of coconut oil.
- Plenny Drink has higher amount of vitamin B12 - B12 has a low bioavailability so we add more to compensate for this.
- Jimmy Joy has a lower carbon footprint. Less water is shipped because of the more condensed amounts (330ml vs 500ml in Huel).

 

Conclusion ready-to-drink comparison

Plenny Drink from Jimmy Joy has a better price-quality ratio. Besides taking your health into account, we work in a sustainable manner by shipping less water per product. 

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Overall conclusion

The decision as to which nutritionally complete food to use is a personal one that’s connected to your own individual goals. Regardless of your choice, you’ll most likely set a step in the direction of a more sustainable lifestyle.

That’s why we encourage you to try Jimmy Joy and Huel to see which you prefer.