nutrition of innocent smoothies

There has been some confusion in the media today about smoothies and their nutrition. While we can't talk for other smoothies, we thought it might be helpful to tell you more about the nutrition of our smoothies. 

 

One innocent smoothie = 2 portions of fruit

Did you know that less than 21% of us are hitting our 5-a-day? Which is a bit scary.  innocent smoothies are made from 100% pure crushed fruit, providing an easy and convenient way to get more fruit in your diet. As each smoothie is made with at least 80g of crushed fruit and 150ml of juice and as 80g of crushed fruit equates to 1 portion and so does 150ml of juice, you get 2 portions of fruit in each smoothie[1].

 

5 types of fruit in every bottle

Nutritionists recommend eating a wide variety of different fruit to ensure that you get the full range of vitamins, minerals, fibre and other phytonutrients, which are essential to stay healthy. Innocent smoothies are made from at least 5 different types of fruit so are an excellent way to get that all important variety into your diet.

 

Only 146 calories

As innocent smoothies contain nothing but two portions of fruit, they contain the same number of calories as two portions of fruit. On average, a smoothie gives you 146 kcals which is only 7% of the guideline daily amount for calories, whereas eating a banana and an 80g portion of mango provides 159 calories. In addition the calories from fruit are ‘good calories’ as they don’t just give you energy, but provide you with fibre, anti-oxidants and vitamin C.  

106% of your recommended daily allowance of vitamin C

Innocent smoothies contain an average of 64mg of vitamin C per bottle which is 106% of your recommended daily allowance. This compares to eating a banana and a portion of blueberries (80g) which provides you with 59mg. Vitamin C is probably the best known of all the vitamin family and is a powerful anti-oxidant which means it can prevent cell damage from free radicals.

 

A good source of fibre

Because our smoothies contain whole crushed fruit as well as juice, this means you get more of the goodness from the fruit, like the vitamins, nutrients and of course, fibre. Each bottle contains on average 3.7g of fibre which equates to 15% of the guideline daily amount (GDA) of fibre. That’s the same amount of fibre as two and a half medium slices of wholemeal bread.

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[1] The British Nutrition Foundation says ‘if the smoothie has at least 80g of fruit within it and 150ml of juice, this 250ml combination of crushed whole fruit and juice is likely to be closer to 2 portions of your 5 A Day’.

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