Nowadays smoothies are everywhere and the smoothie phenomenon is the next big thing in the food industry: Even Burger King has a “Real Fruit” smoothie line!! So the question is are all smoothies healthy? Let’s take a closer look at Burger King’s Strawberry Banana “Real Fruit Smoothie”.

It contains sugar syrup, natural flavors (???), Xanthan Gum, Pectin, Guar Gum and CMC Gum. If you want real fruit healthy smoothie it should only contain the healthy materials that you expect to see in a smoothie. So the next time, make your smoothie at home and enjoy the real health benefits of the ingredients. To make smoothies, you don’t need fancy ingredients or a fancy blender. Just start from the ingredients you have at home and follow these amazing infographic. As an old friend once said: “Do what you can with what you have to get started. Just get started!“