Replicators are most commonly used as food dispensers aboard StarCon ships such as 8-Rear of DeepShip 86 . The menu is only limited by the programming, as opposed to the days of carrying natural or reconstituted foodstuffs, with delivery by special turbolifts or transporters. Generally replicated food and "natural" food taste the same, though some people claim to be able to detect a difference. Technically Mr. Soylent is not a replicator but a wormhole into the Restaurant Universe. They use technology such as Resonance Flux Shield, a Quantum Inhibited Conduit and a Transwarp Field Stabilizer.