Do we know a complete list of nutrients that humans must ingest to live? When the people who are making "nutritionally complete" foods like Soylent are developing their product, how do they know that they've covered all their bases? You need to have protein, carbohydrates, fats _etc_., but what about vitamins or minerals? Has science produced a commonly accepted list of all the nutrients that humans need to live?

For babies there is certainly a formula available for a complete menu for survival: **formula** *

Here are the nutrition facts from Nestlé's "Good Start":

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Formula nutrition facts. source: Nestlé

Comparable lists are available for people that cannot eat normally ( _e.g._ people in a comatose state) and are fed enteral or parenteral nutrition.

*. Remember though, breast is best :)