{"id":6885,"date":"2010-07-09T01:04:42","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T11:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=6885"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:33:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T07:33:10","slug":"review-mcdonalds-real-fruit-smoothies-wild-berry-strawberry-banana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/09\/review-mcdonalds-real-fruit-smoothies-wild-berry-strawberry-banana\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: McDonald’s Real Fruit Smoothies (Wild Berry & Strawberry Banana)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The coolest thing about the McDonald’s Real Fruit Smoothies are not the smoothies themselves, even though they’re made with ice, but rather how they’re made.<\/p>\n

The machine that blends it is part-coffee vending machine, part-blender, part-dishwasher and, because it has a touchscreen, part-iPhone. With that technological combination, I’m surprised these space-aged blenders haven’t become self-aware and tried to take over the world, or because they’re part-iPhone, lose their ability to make smoothies if you hold them the wrong way<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watching the McWorker make my McDonald’s Real Fruit Smoothies was like watching a NASCAR pit crew do their thing (or Formula One for our foreign readers). She made my Wild Berry and Strawberry Banana smoothies with speed and precision. <\/p>\n

Actually, let me take that back. The blender made my smoothies with speed and precision. <\/p>\n

All she had to do was select the smoothie I wanted and the proper size on the touchscreen and the blender did the rest, dropping crushed ice into the blending container, oozing the low-fat yogurt and fruit puree into the container and blending all of it to perfection. All of that took less than 30 seconds. Then after she pulled out the blending container and poured my smoothie into a cup, she placed it upside down on a tray and water started shooting up to rinse it. Within seconds, it was ready to make another smoothie.<\/p>\n

The Wild Berry flavor consists of a mix of strawberries, blackberries and blueberries, while the Strawberry Banana is made up of self-explanation. As I mentioned above, each is blended with low-fat yogurt and ice, which creates a consistency that I would describe as easily suckable. While sucking, I was surprised to find seeds among the ice granules in both smoothie flavors, since it gets its “real fruits” via a puree. <\/p>\n

Blueberries were the dominate flavor in the Wild Berry smoothie, and I could hardly detect the strawberries and blackberries. As for the Strawberry Banana smoothie, I thought the strawberries had the stronger flavor. However, I thought both flavors tasted like store-brand yogurt.<\/p>\n

I didn’t enjoy the McDonald’s Real Fruit Smoothies as much as their coffee-flavored counterparts, the Frapp\u00c3\u00a9<\/a>. But I do think they’re inexpensive and decent tasting smoothies.<\/p>\n

And I’m not just saying that to please our future McDonald’s blender overlords so that they’ll spare me and not turn me into a smoothie.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1 small smoothie – Wild Berry<\/b> – 210 calories, 0.5 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 30 milligrams of sodium, 48 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of fiber, 44 grams of sugar, 2 gram of protein, 2% vitamin A, 80% vitamin C, 8% calcium and 6% iron. Strawberry Banana<\/b> – 210 calories, 0.5 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 35 milligrams of sodium, 49 grams of carbohydrates, 44 grams of sugar, 2 grams of protein, 2% vitamin A, 70% vitamin C, 8% calcium and 6% iron.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> McDonald’s Real Fruit Smoothies (Wild Berry & Strawberry Banana)
\nPrice:<\/b> $2.29 each
\nSize:<\/b> 12 ounces (small)
\nPurchased at:<\/b> McDonald’s
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Decent tasting. Easily suckable. Reasonably priced. Low fat. Awesome source of vitamin C. Made in an awesome blender. No high fructose corn syrup. Having my life spared by our future blender overlords.
\nCons:<\/b> Not as tasty as the Frapp\u00c3\u00a9. Uses fruit puree, instead of pieces of fruit. Not a good source of calcium. Not having balanced fruit flavors. Being turned into a smoothie by our future blender overlords.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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