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North Shore Smoothies: Taste, Calories, and Ingredient Freshness Compared Here! - The Results Will Surprise You...
Posted: August 18, 2008 It's the middle of summer and what's more thirst quenching, refreshing, and delicious than a smoothie? Fortunately, smoothies have caught on around town and are now offered at many restaurants, coffee houses, and ice cream parlors. So who makes the best smoothie on the North Shore? Where you can find just the right mix of fruit, yogurt, and fiber– minus all the cavity-causing artificial sweeteners? MIBS sent our group of taste-testers out to find cool treats sure to delight even the most fastidious caloric-counters and health nuts. Keep reading as we compare nine local smoothies… It's the middle of summer and what's more thirst quenching, refreshing, and delicious than a smoothie? Fortunately, smoothies have caught on around town and are now offered at many restaurants, coffee houses, and ice cream parlors. So who makes the best smoothie on the North Shore? Where you can find just the right mix of fruit, yogurt, and fiber– minus all the cavity-causing artificial sweeteners? MIBS sent our group of taste-testers out to find cool treats sure to delight even the most fastidious caloric-counters and health nuts. Keep reading as we compare nine local smoothies…
Primary Ingredient: Homemade vanilla yogurt Taste Rating: * * Two stars Tasters' Comments: "Taste too much like ice cream!" Price: $4.96 (Smoothies are $2.50 on "Shake Day", every Tuesday and Thursday) Ounces: 16 Calories: Unavailable
Primary Ingredient: Smoothie Mix Taste Rating: * * * stars Tasters' Comments: "Good and light, refreshing fruity taste." Price: $4.09 Ounces: 16 Calories: 230
MIBS Pick: Wild Berry Smoothie (also available in Berry Pomegranate, Strawberry Banana, Mango, and Peach Passion)Primary Ingredients: Non-fat frozen yogurt, fruit mix concentrate (which is made from high-fructose corn syrup and red, blue, and yellow dyes) Taste: zero stars Tasters' Comments: "Too sweet, too sugary, artificial taste, too icy." Price: $4.30 Ounces: 16 Calories: 360
Primary Ingredients: Low-fat milk and Splenda base Taste: * * * stars Tasters' Comments: "Good tasting, light, and healthy!" Price: $3.69 Ounces: 16 Calories: 150
Primary Ingredients: Frozen yogurt, whole milk, and fresh or frozen fruitMIBS Pick: Strawberry Smoothie (also available in Pineapple-Coconut, Boysenberry, and Banana) Taste: * * stars Tasters' Comments: "Too creamy. Good, but tastes more like a shake." Calories: 481 Ounces: 16 Price: $2.66
Primary Ingredient: 100% fruit juice in blended concentrate, water, and ice Taste: * * * stars Tasters' Comments: "Very good and fruity. Not too filling." Price: $3.52 Ounces: 16 Calories 160
MIBS Pick: Strawberry, Raspberry, and Peach Smoothie with apple or orange juicePrimary Ingredients: Low-fat vanilla yogurt and fresh fruit Taste: * * * stars Tasters' Comments: "Refreshing, light, and fresh." Price: $5.19 Ounces: 20 Calories: Unavailable
Primary Ingredients: Whole banana, juice, 2% milk Taste: * * * stars Tasters' Comments: "Nice, light, and delicious taste!" Price: $4.10 Ounces: 16 Calories: 250
Primary Ingredients: Sorbetto, fresh strawberries, low fat vanilla yogurt, apple juice. Taste: * * * * stars Tasters' Comments: "Yum! Fresh fruity light and great flavor!" Price: $ 5.50 Ounces: 20 Calories: Unavailable
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