Innocent Smoothies

To be honest, I've become a quite unhealthy person recently. Eating nearly no fruit or veg so as part of my New Year's resolution, I felt that I needed to do something about it. Then I found Smoothies. My smoothie addiction started when I did a survey, where I had to test two different kinds of smoothies. Smoothies are my main source for my five a day these days. The thing that put me off smoothies before, is that I hate bananas with a passion but for the survey, I decided that I would at least try it and I could say it was absolutely horrible because of the bananas. To my surprise, I loved it ... more

Its funny how smoothies have become so established so quickly. I remember the first time I ever heard of them was when they were referred to in Neighbours and I had not got a clue what they were. Since then every town worth its salt has a smoothie and juice bar and such brands as P and J and Innocent have become household names. I'm a fan and will often make my own or treat myself to a shop bought smoothie. There's only one problem with smoothies. They tend to contain banana. I like banana and I know it is used to bulk them out and give them the right nice thick texture but I often find banana ... more

So good, they're innocent!! "Europe's favourite little juice company". I'm a big fan of fruit drinks and fruit smoothies and generally try to make mine at home with my blender but when I have to buy a shop bought variety I always go for Innocent Smoothies. I'm sure you must have seen them as they are sold pretty much everywhere, supermarkets and lunch time fast food restaurants such as EAT etc. For those of you not in the know, Innocent Drinks are a UK based company who specialize in producing fruit smoothies and also flavoured waters but I am just going to concentrate on the fruit smoothies ... more

They say that you should eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day but in all honesty it is a very rare occasion that we do. An everyday meal more often than not contains vegetables but my fruit bowl isn't exactly what you would call overflowing. If I stock up and make it look healthy then I inevitably end up throwing some overripe fruit into the waste bin. Last summer I used my blender to experiment and made a few smoothies of my own, but I found them fairly unpalatable, the consistency just wasn't right. As you poured it into the glass it looked like sludge. As more and more emphasis ... more

I've always had a soft spot for Innocent Smoothies. A few years back, when smoothies were all the fashion, there were so many on the market. But also, so many that were full of added sugar, e-numbers and additives. The most beautiful thing about Innocent, is that they contain only fruit and nothing else. Making them innocent, get it? Their flavours come in a vast variety. Ranging from 'Cranberries and Raspberries', to 'Strawberries and Bananas', to 'Mangoes and Passionfruits'. As well as smoothies, they also produce 'Thickies', 'Superfruit Smoothies' (which often include acai berries, how ... more