{"id":3330,"date":"2009-04-30T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2020-12-05T13:20:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T23:20:42","slug":"news-addition-of-new-tropical-smoothie-causes-jack-in-the-box-menu-board-to-be-even-more-crowded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/30\/news-addition-of-new-tropical-smoothie-causes-jack-in-the-box-menu-board-to-be-even-more-crowded\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Addition of New Tropical Smoothie Causes Jack in the Box Menu Board To Be Even More Crowded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;padding-left:10px;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/newsjitbtropical.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> This week, Jack in the Box introduced their new Tropical Smoothie.  It joins the Mango, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/09\/jack-in-the-box-strawberry-banana-real-fruit-smoothie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strawberry Banana<\/a><\/u> and <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/05\/pomegranate-may-lose-its-health-cred\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pomegranate Berry<\/a><\/u> Smoothies on the clusterfuck known as the Jack in the Box menu board.<\/p>\n<p>The Tropical Smoothie is a blend of Minute Maid mango and banana fruit juices and purees mixed with nonfat frozen yogurt.  I&#8217;ve tried all the other flavors and thought they were decent.  I&#8217;ll probably try this one too just so I can tell my grandkids that I tried every Jack in the Box smoothie flavor and so that, as someone who lives on a tropical island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, I can find out if it captures the essence of the island lifestyle, which consists of getting up, going to work, eating lunch, going back to work, going home, eating dinner, watching television, going to sleep and repeating it all over again the next day.<\/p>\n<p>The Tropical Smoothie comes in 16- and 24-ounce sizes for $2.99 and $3.99, respectively.  A 16-ounce smoothie contains 325 calories, 0 grams of fat, 3 milligrams of cholesterol,  86 milligrams of sodium, 237 milligrams of potassium, 80 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, <b>63 grams of sugar<\/b> and 3 grams of protein.<\/p>\n<p>Now here&#8217;s the commercial for the Jack in the Box Tropical Smoothie:<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/nUYhcYw1ksw&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Jack in the Box introduced their new Tropical Smoothie. It joins the Mango, Strawberry Banana and Pomegranate Berry Smoothies on the clusterfuck known as the Jack in the Box menu board. The Tropical Smoothie is a blend of Minute Maid mango and banana fruit juices and purees mixed with nonfat frozen yogurt. 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