Innocent smoothies contents

Mr-White · 22 Jan 2013 at 12:16

dannyjo22 said:
They claim no added sugar or concentrates. I have read they aren't anywhere near as good as easting the fruit though.

It removes all the fibre and gives you a massive sugar rush, you're better off eating the fruit.

MW

Hatter The Mad · 22 Jan 2013 at 13:14

Mr-White said:
It removes all the fibre and gives you a massive sugar rush, you're better off eating the fruit.

MW

Sort of - It's about 50% crushed whole fruit and therefore 50% of the contents of an Innocent smoothie contain all of the fibre and all of the everything you'd get from eating raw fruit.

However, Innocent blend crushed whole fruits (skin, seed and all) with pressed juice - the remaining 50% - (which is the bit they occasionally tweak to get a consistent sweetness/tartness). So you're both right and wrong in equal measure

hood1971 · 22 Jan 2013 at 13:36

I work for a soft fruit farm (strawberries, blueberrie etc.) and we were looking to offload surplus fruit a few years ago and we found it impossible to compete. Jam and juice producers were getting fruit from Poland, China and Bulgaria cheaper than the price we could pick it for.

smit101 · 22 Jan 2013 at 13:37

peter_hutson said:
The bulk purchase of "ugly" furit and veg results in massive savings. We buy carrots for the horse in 15 kilo bags. They are mis shaped and often small

It's crazy to me how perfectly good food is literally thrown out/wasted just because it's the wrong shape! They should put it on the shelf at reduced price rather than waste it IMO, I'd buy it, I couldnt give a monkeys what shape it is. Good on you for making use of it anyway.

Freefaller · 22 Jan 2013 at 13:37

smit101 said:
It's crazy to me how perfectly good food is literally thrown out/wasted just because it's the wrong shape! They should put it on the shelf at reduced price rather than waste it IMO, I'd buy it, I couldnt give a monkeys what shape it is. Good on you for making use of it anyway.

Indeed.

It's criminal how much food we waste

pitchfork · 22 Jan 2013 at 14:04

Yep, this is why I like farmers markets/ veg boxes. They don't give a toss if their produce is ugly as long as it's good, and I quite agree.
I don't want perfect carrots, I want nobbly muddy things which are fresh as you like.

We waste a disgraceful amount of perfectly good food.

peter_hutson · 22 Jan 2013 at 14:34

A good example of the mad rush for "perfecting" looking fruit is the Apple. Granny Smith apples are the most popular in the UK, yet they have thick skins, taste grim and are sprayed in wax. But they look like what people "think" apples should look like.

The humble, small and brown cox is overlooked as it does not conform to peoples expectations. Conveniently forgetting the fact that they taste great and are British. It really goes to show how much the industry manipulates us.

Hatter The Mad · 25 Jan 2013 at 10:56

peter_hutson said:
A good example of the mad rush for "perfecting" looking fruit is the Apple. Granny Smith apples are the most popular in the UK, yet they have thick skins, taste grim and are sprayed in wax. But they look like what people "think" apples should look like.

The humble, small and brown cox is overlooked as it does not conform to peoples expectations. Conveniently forgetting the fact that they taste great and are British. It really goes to show how much the industry manipulates us.

What do you mean by overlooked? They're two different types and style of apples completely