2006-10-12 22:17:39 · 29 answers · asked by tony t 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
'Smoothies' are yet another typical example of "you CAN eat/drink healthier if you CAN afford to. Organic foods are the same, especially organic meat. That low cholesterol flora spread, as advertised by Steve Redgrave, that's about £3 a tub. 'Benecol' (good) bacteria drinks, again, really good for a healthy diet but so over-priced. There's so much more good foods out there, but they're all pretty well expensive.
I'll just have to remain unhealthy because I'm on a low-income.
2006-10-16 12:16:48 · answer #1 · answered by Bont11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always thought so until I started making my own!! I was spending mega bucks on fruit, milk and youghurt then I had to peel, chop, clean up and afterwards. It all seemed a bit like hard work but at least I was 100% sure of what was going into it. Sometimes a couple of £ is worth it just for convience, you would want to spend it every single day tho. You'd think with the popularity of smoothies these days the price would be dropping.
2006-10-16 09:01:49 · answer #2 · answered by esmequeenoftheworld 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you buy the Innocent Smoothies book, it actually gives you the recipies to several of the smoothies it sells in the supermarket, saving you lots of money! But if i'm on the go, and haven't eaten very healthily that day, they're still good - fill you up just as much as a cake and you feel all virtuous.
2006-10-13 06:19:47 · answer #3 · answered by Nikita21 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are other smoothies called I Am Pure, that are even more expensive than Innocent.
For what it's worth, if you look at the ingredients, you're getting quite a lot. Eg. Blackberries and Blueberries flavour.
1/2 banana, 2 apples, 12 blackberried, 108!!!!! blueberries. Last time I looked a punnet of blueberries (100ish blueberries) cost more than an innocent smoothie.
2006-10-13 05:55:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES They are extremely over priced for a tiny amount. It's like those Danone Actimil or whatever-they're-called. One sip and they are gone.
Makes more sense to buy your own fruit. Fruit is cheap and Innocent use orange juice in most of their drinks. Cheap skates!
2006-10-13 06:41:20 · answer #5 · answered by buzybee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know!!! so bloody expensive, the people who came up with the price should be shot... I bought a little bottle for just over £2....I probably could have bough a big carton for less than that!!! but I was pregnant and had a craving - it was a life and death situation and I managed to force the money out of my purse to purchase the over priced mushed up fruit but soooooooooo definatly worth it... :)
2006-10-13 08:28:50 · answer #6 · answered by crazybex2006 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes I do. So I saved up and bought a blender and now I make my own. I get some frozen fruit from somewhere like Tesco (or normal fruit which I dice) throw it together in the blender and add either apple/orange or some other fruit juice and blend.
Hey presto a cheaper version and you know what's in it.
2006-10-13 06:01:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes well over priced
2006-10-13 05:27:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do!
Ridiculously high prized
Because they are "in"!
I make them at home for a fraction of the prize.
And by experimenting with the ingredients you come up with new great tastes.
2006-10-13 05:23:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How much are you paying???
They're about €5 (£2.20)in Ireland which is not bad considering that a packet of strawberries costs about €3.50 not to mention any other fruit.
2006-10-13 06:16:05 · answer #10 · answered by tom c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋