Advantages: yummy, healthy, and guilt relieving. Disadvantages: expensive, HIGHLY addictive
...fridge compartment and stole my Innocent Smoothie. I got a phone call from a friend who told me about this heinous crime. A few days later I was asked "has anyone caught that strange man who stole your innocence?" Needless to say I was crying with laughter.
Anyway, on with the review!
===Some Background===
Innocent are a very special and unique kind of company. They're really just a bunch of lads who quit their jobs because they wanted to do a ... ...to something, don't I?)
Innocent themselves are very big on natural products, and looking after the planet. Everything is recyclable and they try their best to do things nicely - for example clean energy. Think of corporate hippies, and you may get an idea!
You may not be aware but, although they are apparently situated at "Fruit Towers" in London, the factory where all the magic happens is in Holland, and from there is shipped all over Europe. ...
HungryHungarian 19.11.2006
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Advantages: Soooooo Good For You Disadvantages: Expensive.....ish
...side..." We promise that anything innocent will always taste good and do you good. We promise that we will never use concentrates, preservatives, stabilisers, or any weird stuff in our drinks. And if we do you can tell our mums." So do they live up to their promise ?.....
~The Taste Test~
Just twist the top, invert over mouth and...let the flavour flow. Wow, it really is a wonderful taste sensation ! Thick, almost syrupy in texture, rather like ... ...~Other Stuff~
All innocent drinks are GM free, contain no nuts, and the smoothies are suitable for vegans and pregnant women. The little plastic bottles are made from 25% recycled plastic and are themselves recyclable. This will make my Son very happy as he has been doing a project at school and is constantly badgering me to buy recyclable packaged goods...no bad thing I say.
Each bottle of smoothie provides the daily fruit requirement and if you ...
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Advantages: Delish, good for you... Disadvantages: umm.. costs £2 if that's one!
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The innocence
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Innocent smoothies weren't given their name just because someone felt like it on a whim. They really are bottles fruity goodness! They are made entirely out of fruit and absolutely nothing else. No preservatives, no extra ingredients with names you can't understand, nothing! And because they are packed so full of fruit, it also means they are packed with all the natural ... ...can in turn be recycled. Innocent are currently testing a 50% PCR plastic bottle which will be a world first! So not only are you doing yourself good stuffing your body with fruit, but you can also do your little bit for the environment.
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The taste
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Ok, this is the really good bit. I've got a cranberry and raspberry right beside me, and I will try to describe exactly what it tastes like ...
borneo2007 05.07.2006
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Advantages: Refreshing; great taste Disadvantages: Expensive
...added and nothing taken away. Innocent Smoothies in particular pride themselves on being free of concentrates, added sugar and water. THE 'INNOCENT' RANGE
Innocent Smoothies come in five different flavours: * Cranberries and Raspberries;
* Strawberries and Bananas;
* Blackberries and Blueberries;
* Oranges, Bananas and Pineapples; and
* Mangoes and Passionfruits.
I bought the Mangoes and Passionfruits Smoothie, as this was the only one they ... ...THE BOTTLE Innocent Smoothies come in two main formats: either large 1 litre cartons or smaller 250ml bottles. The smaller bottles are great if you are on the move or just want a quick drink with your lunch. The 'Mangoes and Passion Fruit' smoothie comes in a clear plastic bottle. This allows you to see the luscious yellow juice contained within. You cannot fail to miss it as its vivid colour certainly makes it stand out from among the other smoothies!
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rowei 01.03.2006
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Advantages: A nice way to get one. Disadvantages: See your shopping bill rocket.
...something fruity.
Pure
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Innocent smoothies are, as their name suggests, pure smoothies made completely of fresh fruit and nothing else. I love the way that on all Innocent packaging whether it be the large litre cartons or small individual bottles, they list the exact contents that make up that particular smoothie. Shock horror, I have just pinched one of the kids' smoothies out of the fridge. It is from a pack of four 180ml cartons ... ...else.
Innocent
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The Innocent company was started in 1999 by three Cambridge University friends Adam, Richard and Jon. They started by spending £500 on fruit and making it into smoothies, which they sold at a small music festival in London from a grass covered ice cream van. Signs on their waste bins of 'Do you think we should give up our day jobs to make these smoothies?' with a yes and a no bin option for returning empty ...
susie191 17.01.2007
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Advantages: Really healthy; loads of flavours and varieties; great packaging Disadvantages: I feel guilty about recycling the little innocent faced bottle; tad expensive
...its purchasers shows this.
Innocent smoothies are, as you may gather, complete virgins to added sugar and other gunk like additives and preservatives. They are litterally, a bottle of pure pressed fruit. I'm reviewing the strawberry and banana variety because it's my favourite, plus the fact, the little bottle is sittign beside me; watching me type. aww.
Let me start with the bottle seeing as it is sooo cute. I have a 250ml transparent plastic ... ...label is great fun as innocent like to add little quirks like:
- 'We promise that we'll never use concentrates, preservative, stabalisers....And we promise to eat our greens.'
The bottle is (quote) - 'made from 100% recyclable plastic. Please recycle it so we can make more.' Plus, we must 'shake it up baby' before drinking.
Innocent promises - 'Never ever ever from concentrate' 'over 50% of RDA of vit c' '2 portions of fruit'. The ingredients ...
LaceyR26 23.05.2009
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Advantages: Good for you, moreish, good way to get kids 5 a day! Disadvantages: Expensive!
...have been wanting to try Innocent Pure Fruit Smoothie for a while, so yesterday, I decided to treat myself to a 1 litre carton in Asda. I opted for the Mango & Passionfruit smoothie, to compliment to summery weather we have been having of late. Here's my review:
*~*~*WHAT ARE INNOCENT SMOOTHIES ALL ABOUT?*~*~*
Inncocent make their smoothies using only 100% pure and fresh fruit. Nothing else. No sugar. No Water. No concentrates. And each innocent ... ...contains a list of alternative Innocent products, such as kids smoothies and waters.
The back part of the carton is interesting, it gives you Innocent's promise of the ingredients they promise never to use which include:
No Concentrates
No GM stuff
No E numbers
amongst others. I find this pleasing, I know if I want purity, this is the drink to have.
The back portion of the caryon also contains pictures of the fruit that has gone into the drink ...
memphisto_chick 08.07.2006
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Advantages: Fantastically good for you and yummy too! Disadvantages: Not so great for my Mum!
...my virgin sip of an Innocent Smoothie I was sure I was going to be sent straight to hell for enjoying such decadence, delights and unashamed desire for more, more, MORE!! However, upon reading the ingredients I found that it was not the smokey bowels of hell that I would be frequenting but the glorious gates of heaven, for Innocent Smoothie are packed full of fabulous fruit and nothing else! I knew I just had to write a review as soon as possible ... ...the fact the folks at Innocent are a really funny, innovative and ethical bunch of people! I have found, after drinking one of their scrumptious smoothies, that not only were my taste buds tingling and that my stomach was feeling tum-tastic but I was inspired to look further at recycling and filled with a bubbling sense of fun! I am not sure about the packaging on the rest of their range, but if they are anything like the packaging on the 1 litre ...
FunkyFaulkner 01.08.2006 (24.08.2006)
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Advantages: All your fruit in one or two slurps Disadvantages: bit pricey for one or two slurps!
...daily allowance) of fruit.
Innocent smoothies are little bottles (250ml) of fruit juice, with a difference. They contain nothing but pure fruit, in fact just one bottle provides your ENTIRE recommended daily intake! www.innocentdrinks.co.uk , their well-designed and informative website tells you all you need to know about the production of the drinks, as well as giving you some fruity recipes from their new book, the innocent little book of drinks. ... ...in my local shop, but innocent drinks are now to be found in supermarkets (Sainsburys, Safeways and Tesco have them) too so look out for them. Failing that there is a complete list of stockists on the website.
They are fabulously good for you. All that vitamin C (150 percent of the RDA) helps you to detox as well as tasting really yummy. I have a smoothie maker but I can't get them as good as this - really fresh, really tasty, but gone in 4 gulps. ...
molelover 22.03.2002 (23.12.2002)
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Advantages: taste out of this world, all natural Disadvantages: very expensive
...time I have passed the Innocent range in the supermarket but it's never reached my trolley purely for the fact of how expensive it is. Four lunch box carton sized smoothies retail at around 2.88gbp per box.
However to my delight in Morrissons the other day I spied these very same lunch box cartons on offer at half price. For 1.44gbp for four of them in my trolley they jumped! I would drink them even if my daughter wouldn't.
To my joy she asked ... ...fruit hence where the name Innocent comes from I would imagine.
I can't stand bananas in anything, but considering only 2 strawberries and 2 raspberries go into this, that is the main flavour that comes through on my palette.
The juice itself has a slight thickness to it which obviously comes from having a banana in there, and it's a nice consistency. Not too thick you can't suck it through the straw, but not too runny it spurts everywhere when ...
ang_2906 08.03.2007
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Advantages: tasty, tasty, very, very tasty Disadvantages: pricey, pricey, very, very pricey
...small 15cm high bottle called Innocent Ltd (which stands for Little Tasty Drinks!)
There are so many different varieties to choose from and I now think I have tried them all. The thing is, they are pricey (£1.75 a go for a mere 250ml of goodness) but compared to the Tesco own version on offer (£1.05), they are much healthier as they don’t contain any added sugar. It is weird thinking that you pay more for something, which doesn’t have ... ...special limited edition offer called Innocent smoothie for winter, lemon, honey and ginger. It has a picture of a red and yellow bobble hat on the label for easy identification. I love going for the limited edition drinks as they are usually more exciting and less over-worked recipes – I wasn’t wrong in this case. (but more on that later).
Yesterday I tried the mango and passion fruit variety – it contains half a mango, but I found ...
MadeinScotland 05.02.2003
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Advantages: Natural and good for you Disadvantages: The price
...long been a fan of Innocent drinks as I do like the idea that I am drinking something totally natural and that there are no hidden sweeteners or preservatives - what is on the bottle is in the bottle! Everything about the company seems nice and simple from the childlike logo of the face with halo, the clear and precise ingredients and nutritional information and their friendly and amusing little messages on their bottles and cartons. And such a simple ... ...Innocent appear to be committed to recycling and for more information about their packaging and recyclability visit http://www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/us/?Page=recycling
These days you can buy Smoothies (available in 250ml bottles and 1ltr cartons - no sugar or concentrates - just fruit), Smoothies for kids (same as the smoothies but "recipes specially selected for small people), Thickies (live probiotic yoghurt with fruit and honey), This Water (these ...
Suzela 05.09.2007
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Advantages: Good for you, pure, above all gloriously tasty. Disadvantages: Jolly expensive, not available everywhere.
...How could I resist? Innocent Smoothies are currently on offer at Londis – that is, if your local franchise is buying in to the promotion – at two for the price of one. As the usual price is £1.75 for a 250ml bottle, you can see it's a bargain.
Innocent Smoothies rock. They are delicious. They are lip-smackingly good. They are sweet, but not synthetically so. They are tart, but not eye-wateringly so. They are, obviously, smooth, but not blandly so. ... ...concentrates, and no preservatives. An Innocent Smoothie is, simply, lots and lots of lovely, lovely fruit. They're all centred on a basic mix of apples, oranges and bananas, but each variety has a carefully chosen mix of other fruit. These extra ingredients provide the strongest flavours in each smoothie. My favourite is the cranberry and raspberry, which has that wonderful raspberry mix of sweet and sharp, followed by a palate-cleansing after kick ...
jillmurphy 29.07.2003
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Advantages: The best quality fruit drink i've ever tried, fantastic taste,you get the impression of pure unadulterated ingrdients (probably because that is what they are made of) Disadvantages: High unit price may put off some,A Do-Good impression regarding the text on the packaging.
...was untill I purchased an Innocent Smoothie.
I was walking round my local ASDA store in Wolverhampton when I wanted to purchase some Pineapple juice. Now they had run out of my favourite Del Monte but at the time I noticed a range of drikns in a cream coloured carton with a silly logo on the front and called Innocent Pure Fruit Smoothie.
Now there were three different ones to choose from but I rather fancied checking out the Cranberry and Raspberry. ... ...what I spend on a carton of fruit juice but this is with the wacky logo attracted me to it. It's sad what you can get up to at 01:00hrs in ASDA Wolverhampton eh?
So after reading about all the ingredients used such as 9 apples,2 bananas,50 raspberries, two oranges,247 cranberries and no chickens (told you it was sad didn't I?) and the fifth commandment "Thou Shalt not Committ Adultery (I agree with that one as you all know-even sadder eh?). I thought ...
peterkinxl5 14.03.2005
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Advantages: rich fruit taste Disadvantages: pricey
...I am actually talking about Innocent Smoothies. The first time I ever came across these was probably while in Starbuck's but then I noticed that the supermarkets started getting hold of them and although they are pricey they are very nice and worth the money.
In the Innocent range there is not just one product but several. The company started up 8 years ago by three college friends is now doing very well for itself. The reason they got the name ... ...is history…
So the Innocent range is very wide these days as they are trying to branch out to all age groups. The smoothie bottles are not huge but come in quite smallish bottles of 250ml. On the website they ensure us it is 100% fresh fruit. The flavours are as follows. Cranberries & Raspberries, Strawberries & Bananas, Blackberries & Blueberries, Oranges, Bananas & Pineapples, Mangoes & Passion fruit, Pineapples, Bananas & Coconuts. What I find ...
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