Smoothies
Any advice on smoothies? I like Sweet bird peach and Mango. Dr Smoothie Strawberry is good too. Is there anything else on the market?
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Permalink Reply by Jared Browers on
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What you should try out is IQF (individually quick frozen) strawberries, blueberries or others from your food or produce supplier. Luckily we are part of a family of companies that includes a grocery store with a great produce section. We end up getting some cool fruits available in the summer but we always keep IQF Strawberries, raspberries on had to make our real fruit smoothies.
We make one size only 16oz: one full cup of the fruit, 3oz vanilla yogurt, 3oz of milk. We have soy yogurt for lactose intolerant. They are legendary and taste like a smoothie not like a Kwik-E-Mart squishee from Apu. (Simpsons anyone?)
We have a blend tec smoother that works like a dream 17000 cycles and counting
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Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on
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My favorite recipe I have worked with to date is:
Cup half full of frozen fruit of choice
Other half filled with ice
Water/juice/milk until almost covering top of ice
Into blender.
Simple as ever and actually tastes like real fruit, because... well... it is. "Made with real fruit" always scares me. It's like juice that contains 30% juice, just kind of weird.
If I'm consuming a.... ? strawberry smoothie, I want to see someone put strawberries, ice and water ('cause I like mine with just plain water) into the blender. Not someone pour HFCS slurry from a jug over ice and tell me it's "made with real fruit."
If it has a shelf life of a couple months, that scares me... personally.
My .02
-bry
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Spot on!
Bryan Wray said:My favorite recipe I have worked with to date is:
Cup half full of frozen fruit of choice
Other half filled with ice
Water/juice/milk until almost covering top of ice
Into blender.
Simple as ever and actually tastes like real fruit, because... well... it is. "Made with real fruit" always scares me. It's like juice that contains 30% juice, just kind of weird.
If I'm consuming a.... ? strawberry smoothie, I want to see someone put strawberries, ice and water ('cause I like mine with just plain water) into the blender. Not someone pour HFCS slurry from a jug over ice and tell me it's "made with real fruit."
If it has a shelf life of a couple months, that scares me... personally.
My .02
-bry
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Permalink Reply by Bambi Clark on
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I use Jet smoothie mix and have for years. My customers love it and it is very easy to use.
Jared Browers said:Spot on!
Bryan Wray said:My favorite recipe I have worked with to date is:
Cup half full of frozen fruit of choice
Other half filled with ice
Water/juice/milk until almost covering top of ice
Into blender.
Simple as ever and actually tastes like real fruit, because... well... it is. "Made with real fruit" always scares me. It's like juice that contains 30% juice, just kind of weird.
If I'm consuming a.... ? strawberry smoothie, I want to see someone put strawberries, ice and water ('cause I like mine with just plain water) into the blender. Not someone pour HFCS slurry from a jug over ice and tell me it's "made with real fruit."
If it has a shelf life of a couple months, that scares me... personally.
My .02
-bry
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Bambi Clark said:I use Jet smoothie mix and have for years. My customers love it and it is very easy to use.
Jared Browers said:Spot on!
Bryan Wray said:My favorite recipe I have worked with to date is:
Cup half full of frozen fruit of choice
Other half filled with ice
Water/juice/milk until almost covering top of ice
Into blender.
Simple as ever and actually tastes like real fruit, because... well... it is. "Made with real fruit" always scares me. It's like juice that contains 30% juice, just kind of weird.
If I'm consuming a.... ? strawberry smoothie, I want to see someone put strawberries, ice and water ('cause I like mine with just plain water) into the blender. Not someone pour HFCS slurry from a jug over ice and tell me it's "made with real fruit."
If it has a shelf life of a couple months, that scares me... personally.
My .02
-bry
Go ahead and try to track down nutrition facts on Jet smoothie mix. I used to work for a company that distributed the stuff and I didn't even have nutrition facts for it. I'll bet it's so full of sugar it will blow your mind.
The fact that cases could sit in our warehouse for over a year, not to mention the fact that they sat in the central warehouse for probably just as long. This is before they are put onto a truck and sent to your store so that they can sit on your shelf for a month before they are opened, at which point they have something like a month of shelf life.
Scary stuff.
Jet tea is kind of like cotton candy to me... there's a market for it, but I don't really have a desire to be apart of it.
I've emailed Jet tea for the facts in the past but haven't received a response. This just inspired me to send another email. If they get back to me I'll post the findings here.
-bry
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Permalink Reply by Shadow on
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I've tried several different brands of smoothie mix but find the Torani Frusia a great all-around mix. It is shelf stable, makes a great creamy smoothie and is very cost effective. Have tried the real fruit Dr. Smoothie, Jet and some new Torani samples. All were great in taste and texture, but required refrigeration after opening (not an option in a mobile setup with limited refrigerated space, which is what we do) and also weren't nearly as cost effective as the Frusia. Smoothies are like anything else, find what works best for your situation and something your customers love, then stick with it. We rely heavily on customer feedback because they are the ones buying the stuff and we have to keep them coming back.
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Permalink Reply by debbie mcginn on
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we also use frozen fruit, juice to cover and blend. a popular favorite is soy/peach/green tea smoothie. brew strong green tea, add some honey and keep in fridge. blend frozen peach slices, soy milk and green tea. garnish with sprig of mint. makes me 30 degrees cooler just thinking about it.
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Permalink Reply by Terri Voltz on
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We use Dr. Smoothie 100% fruit smoothie mix. Blends nicely, tastes great! You can add yogurt, milk or protein, if desired.
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Nutritionals are on the cartons. Real fruit has alot of sugar too. Just like real fruit juice it has to have sugar
if the fruit has sugar.
Bryan Wray said:Bambi Clark said:I use Jet smoothie mix and have for years. My customers love it and it is very easy to use.
Jared Browers said:Spot on!
Bryan Wray said:My favorite recipe I have worked with to date is:
Cup half full of frozen fruit of choice
Other half filled with ice
Water/juice/milk until almost covering top of ice
Into blender.
Simple as ever and actually tastes like real fruit, because... well... it is. "Made with real fruit" always scares me. It's like juice that contains 30% juice, just kind of weird.
If I'm consuming a.... ? strawberry smoothie, I want to see someone put strawberries, ice and water ('cause I like mine with just plain water) into the blender. Not someone pour HFCS slurry from a jug over ice and tell me it's "made with real fruit."
If it has a shelf life of a couple months, that scares me... personally.
My .02
-bry
Go ahead and try to track down nutrition facts on Jet smoothie mix. I used to work for a company that distributed the stuff and I didn't even have nutrition facts for it. I'll bet it's so full of sugar it will blow your mind.
The fact that cases could sit in our warehouse for over a year, not to mention the fact that they sat in the central warehouse for probably just as long. This is before they are put onto a truck and sent to your store so that they can sit on your shelf for a month before they are opened, at which point they have something like a month of shelf life.
Scary stuff.
Jet tea is kind of like cotton candy to me... there's a market for it, but I don't really have a desire to be apart of it.
I've emailed Jet tea for the facts in the past but haven't received a response. This just inspired me to send another email. If they get back to me I'll post the findings here.
-bry
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AMEN...
Shadow said:I've tried several different brands of smoothie mix but find the Torani Frusia a great all-around mix. It is shelf stable, makes a great creamy smoothie and is very cost effective. Have tried the real fruit Dr. Smoothie, Jet and some new Torani samples. All were great in taste and texture, but required refrigeration after opening (not an option in a mobile setup with limited refrigerated space, which is what we do) and also weren't nearly as cost effective as the Frusia. Smoothies are like anything else, find what works best for your situation and something your customers love, then stick with it. We rely heavily on customer feedback because they are the ones buying the stuff and we have to keep them coming back.
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Is that cost effective? What do you have to charge for a 16 oz smoothie?
Jared Browers said:What you should try out is IQF (individually quick frozen) strawberries, blueberries or others from your food or produce supplier. Luckily we are part of a family of companies that includes a grocery store with a great produce section. We end up getting some cool fruits available in the summer but we always keep IQF Strawberries, raspberries on had to make our real fruit smoothies.
We make one size only 16oz: one full cup of the fruit, 3oz vanilla yogurt, 3oz of milk. We have soy yogurt for lactose intolerant. They are legendary and taste like a smoothie not like a Kwik-E-Mart squishee from Apu. (Simpsons anyone?)
We have a blend tec smoother that works like a dream 17000 cycles and counting
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