Concentrated High-Calorie Goo

While the idea of the Food Pills has been banished to Zeerust, the idea of ultra compact food lives on in more modern science fiction. Since writers have woken up to the fact that humans are biologically conditioned to like eating, the "all in one" meal is no longer treated a luxury of modern technology, but as an unpleasant necessity. Now the "food" of the future takes the form of a goo or gel that's either colored a dull grey or disgustingly artificial bright primary or secondary color, and its taste is either non-existent or poor. If Concentrated High-Calorie Goo fufills moisture needs as well depends on the work, though it generally will not.

In Dystopian settings, this bland gruel may be the only thing humans (or, at least, those of lower status) have ever eaten in their lives. In less dystopian settings, such goo can still show up, but it will be as emergency rations, for situations with minimal storage space, or part of the diet of aliens with minimal/no sense of taste.

The unholy spawn of Future Food Is Artificial and If It Tastes Bad, It Must Be Good for You.

Comic Books

 * The Kymellians of Power Pack (which later issues reveal are in a self-created dystopia of spiritual and empathetic decadence) eat a rainbow color dust as their primary substance, and their sapient ships can provide it in ample quantity. While all Kymellians have insisted it's fine, the humans of Power Pack can only describing eating it as comparable to trying to consume "sawdust".

Tabletop Games

 * The various Star Wars RPGs have at least one type of rations described this way.
 * Starfinder has future MREs in its core book, but also has "field rations" that weigh a seventh as much, cost a seventh the price, and take up a seventh the space, but are described as unpleasant to survive on.
 * Among Warhammer 40,000's dystopian hive cities and the Imperial Guard, one of the most prominent foodstuffs is Soylens Viridians, which is, indeed, composed of people and whatever other random biomass they have. Space Marines primarily eat Triglyceride Gel and Amino-Porridge.

Real Life

 * Fameal is a ground mixture of grain, bean, sugar, oil, vitamins and salt that is used for food aid and animal feed. It is edible raw and typically looks like a finely ground grain, but it can be made into a porridge, which is a perfect match for the goo description, or a bread with relatively little work.