- Real tea, it smells like pesto.
Turmeric, turmeric, turmeric.
That is lush, that is properly nice.
A dash of sweet potato extract? That's weird.
The best flavor of Innocent Smoothie is...
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Hello there and welcome back.
My name is Tom and today I'm gonna be trying every flavor
of Innocent Smoothie and figuring out which is the best
so you don't have to.
Innocent is one of those funny brands where, to me,
they feel like a kind of new, modern startup,
but at the same time they've been around
for as long as I can remember.
Do you know what I mean?
So with this in mind, I looked up the company
and turns out Innocent was started in 1999
when they were selling their smoothies at a music festival.
They had a big sign asking people
whether they should quit their jobs
to make smoothies full-time and two bins,
one that said yes and one that said no,
and asked people to vote with their empty bottles.
At the end of the festival, the yes bin was full
and they quit their jobs the next day,
which I just think is such a cool story.
So as far as I can tell,
they've got two different types of smoothies.
They've got just regular, 100% fruit,
just blended fruit, that's it, smoothies.
And they've also got their super smoothies,
which are similar but they're fruits, vegetables,
flax seeds, vitamins, things like that.
But all good, healthy stuff which thank God, honestly,
because with some of these videos, if it's not chocolate,
it's biscuits, if it's not biscuits,
it's the entire menu of Subway or Greg's.
A little bit of fiber and goodness and health
and fruit and juice and vegetables is gonna do me
the world of good I think.
So in keeping with this series tradition,
I'm gonna write down the flavor
that I think will be the best,
then after we've tried them all,
we'll reveal it and we'll see if anything's changed.
(record scratches)
(paper tears)
Trying to make a fool out of me. (laughs)
Okay, we'll keep that under lock and key.
(paper and pen clatters)
Let's try the first smoothie!
First up, we have Mangoes, Passion Fruits, and Apples.
Innocent's branding is very, it's all about being natural,
it's all just fruit.
For example, in this one, we have a pressed apple,
a third of a crushed mango, half a mashed banana,
a third of squeezed orange,
quarter of pressed passion fruit,
a piece of fresh peach and a squeeze of lime.
Sounds good.
(bottle cracks)
Smells good, too.
Ooh, that's good.
That's a classic.
I've definitely had this one before.
Yeah, it's really nice.
Mangoes, Passion Fruits, and Apples.
Weirdly, I can definitely get banana,
which isn't one of the main attraction fruits on here,
but I can definitely taste banana and mango as well.
That, to me, most strongly tastes of banana and mango.
And you kinda get a little lime vibe as well.
Next up, we have the Recharge Super Smoothie.
No added sugar whatsoever. (bottle thuds)
So this one definitely sounds a bit more health-oriented,
if you know what I mean?
The fact that it has carrot in it,
it might have a slightly more savory flavor.
Hmm.
Ooh, it's nice.
Ooh! (gasps)
It's very different to this one.
It's apples and oranges, if you will.
It's still sweet, right?
But because it has the carrot and the ginger in it,
it tastes, it definitely has more of a vibe
of one of those health shots.
Next up, we have Berry Light Super Smoothie.
This is strawberry, watermelon,
and other fruits with vitamins.
Okay, I can understand why they have a range like this
because a smoothie can only be as healthy
as the fruit that goes into it.
And fruit does have sugar in it.
So I can understand how there's a market
for people who want to have a smoothie
with a bit less sugar.
So it's very berry-ish, but also kind of earthy.
Ooh, oh wow!
Oh, it tastes nothing like I thought it would.
I was expecting strawberry jam. (laughs)
Do you know what it tastes like?
I used to have this strawberry lip balm
that I used to absolutely love.
This Berry Smoothie tastes exactly
like the smell of that lip balm.
I'm not saying it tastes like lip balm,
I'm saying it tastes like what that lip balm
I had smelled like.
I think I'd say the overarching flavor in this
is watermelon and slightly beetroot.
Next, we have the Culture Crush Super Smoothie.
Mango, coconut milk, apple, ginger,
and cultures with vitamins.
Hence why it's called Culture Crush, got it.
Mango and coconut milk.
That's sounds very interesting.
It sounds like a sort of pina colada, you know?
Oh, wow.
I'm, real tea, it smells like pesto.
Hmm.
Ooh, do I like it?
I don't know.
I mean, I felt what my face did
as soon as I tried it. (laughs)
Ooh, oh, it's definitely different.
I didn't expect it to taste like that.
You know, I can't describe it well. (groans)
Okay, so to me, you know when you eat mango,
like roll mango, the fruit itself
has a really interesting taste and texture.
It's not got necessarily the same
refreshing juiciness as an orange.
I define mango a lot more like it's denser,
it's creamier and it almost has
a kind of spiced flavor to it, do you know what I mean?
So imagine a pina colada that has that kind of mango edge.
That's honestly the best I can do
in terms of describing this.
Do I like it? I don't know.
Next up we have Blue Spark.
I'd say they did a pretty good job
of getting the color to be sort of blue.
I mean, obviously it's not bright blue,
this is much more like a kind of, it's a teal, you know,
it's an aqua marine.
She's a sort of turquoise.
The amount of naturally occurring blue foods and drinks
are quite few and far between.
There's blueberries.
So it is guava, pineapple, apple,
and blue spirulina with vitamins.
Ah, so it's the blue spirulina
that gives its color, I suppose.
Cool! Oh wow, oh my goodness.
Yeah, guava, it smells like guava.
Wow.
Oh.
You know, you know, I've got time for that.
I do, actually.
I didn't know that I was gonna like this so much.
They've got the balance kinda just right.
I'm not always a huge fan of guava.
I think guava by itself, for me,
can be a bit overpowering in it's flavor.
But the fact that this is mixed with pineapple and apple,
all the rest of it.
Yeah, it's nice.
Next up, we have the Tropical Light Super Smoothie.
So this is another one of the less sugar range.
Says pineapple, guava, orange, and turmeric with vitamins.
Huh.
Can we talk for a second about pronunciation
of the word turmeric?
I'd say more often than not people pronounce it tu-meric,
but I'm sat here looking at it
and there's an R before the N.
I mean, not that any pronunciation is right or wrong,
I just think it's interesting.
Turmeric, turmeric, turmeric.
Anyway.
I guess the reason that opting for stuff like pumpkin
and pepper and carrot is because it still provides
that kind of orange-y juice,
but it's not a sugary as some fruit.
Oh wow, you can really smell the pumpkin!
Thanksgiving!
It, I mean, I'll be honest,
it smells a bit like a pumpkin soup.
Let's try it.
Ah, okay.
Deaf-o one of the healthy ones.
I could tell you that blindfolded.
This is the least sweet so far.
They've definitely tried to make the flavor more interesting
in lieu of having the sugar there.
But it, just, at the end of the day, if it's less sugary,
it's just gonna be less fun to drink,
do you know what I mean?
Let's try the next one.
Next up, we have the Energize Super Smoothie.
This one looks like a classic.
This looks like something that I've picked up
in a co-op as part of my meal deal.
You know what I'm saying?
I'm actually almost certain I've had this before.
And it sounds great.
This one is strawberry, cherry, apple, guarana,
and flax seeds with vitamins.
I don't know what guarana is.
G-g-guarana?
- [Siri] Guarana.
- Yeah, guarana, okay.
Well, I had that right, brilliant.
Ooh, it's a scary-looking fruit.
It looks like eyeballs, how weird.
Guarana is a Brazilian plant native to the Amazon Basin
and mature guarana fruit is about the size of a coffee berry
and is also caffeinated.
Oh, that's very interesting!
I'm glad I looked that up.
So this has guarana in it, which is a source of caffeine.
I had no idea.
Ooh.
Ooh yeah, that is lush.
That is properly nice.
If I was getting up in the morning
and I needed a smoothie to pick
as a get up and go, it would be this one, I think.
It does taste like it will give you energy.
It's sweet, it's berry infused.
It's just good. It's just good.
Next up, we've got Strawberries, Pineapples, and Apples.
Obviously, this one, we weren't able to source
in a large bottle, but don't worry.
I came prepared for just such eventualities.
I mean, you didn't think I was just gonna drink it
straight out of the massive bottle, did you?
I'm being filmed here.
I've gotta maintain some class and decorum.
Three and a half pressed apples,
one and a half mashed bananas,
six crushed strawberries, a fifth of a pressed pineapple,
three quarters of pressed white carrot,
one crushed passion fruit, squeeze of orange,
a splash of pressed beetroot,
and a dash of sweet potato extract.
(breathes heavily)
A dash of sweet potato extract? That's weird.
All right.
Well, cheers.
It's good, it, obviously, it's nice.
It's like, I don't know what to,
after this many smoothies, there's nothing
jumping out at me about it.
It's just sort of like,
it's that smoothie flavor and you know what I mean.
It's just like, it's sort of berries, banana-y, whatever.
Really good, but just sort of like, "Yeah."
Okay, next up, we have Guavas, Pineapples, and Apples.
Okay, so this one is another entry
in the kind of blue-green arena.
It's guavas again.
We're starting to get repeat fruits now.
I reckon this one is gonna taste a bit like this one.
'Cause this was also blue-y green
and it's also had guava in it.
So maybe this is like the diet version of this?
I don't know.
Ooh, yeah, it's a lot more guava-y,
which I personally don't love.
I mean, I think that's just personal tastes,
but, eh, it's fine.
You know, it's okay.
This is basically, to me, a thicker version of this.
It's not unpleasant by any means, but I wouldn't buy it.
Next up, we have Strawberries and Bananas.
This one is definitely a bit of a classic.
I think this is probably one
of the first ones they ever released.
It's definitely the first one I ever tried.
It's just nice.
It's just like, it kind of, it sort of
tastes like strawberry ice cream.
I don't know what else to say. It's delicious.
It's actually kind of nostalgic.
These are the ones that remind me of, you know,
at Christmas time or in the winter,
they have little woolen hats that they put on top
as part of a charity initiative.
And I just love that, I think that's so cute.
So yeah, Strawberries and Bananas.
Brilliant, can't fault it, next.
Next up, we have Blueberries, Peaches, and Apples.
This is another big bottle boy.
This one is a smoothie color we've not had yet.
It's like a deep purple.
I absolutely love peach-flavored stuff.
I thought it would smell super peachy.
It doesn't, it just smells like the other berry ones.
Very rich color, loving that.
Completely opaque, that's for sure.
Blueberries, Peaches, and Apples, cheers!
Ah, that is disappointing. (laughs)
No, that's such a shame!
I really thought this was gonna be good.
It just tastes like miscellaneous berries.
If you just said, "Oh, it's mixed berry,"
I'd be like, "Oh, okay."
It doesn't taste like peach at all,
which I think, to be honest, is the selling point of this.
None of the other smoothies that I've had so far
have had peach in them and I was quite excited about that.
And I'm disappointed.
Next.
Next up, we have the Invigorate Super Smoothie.
There're are those green juices you can get,
like health food stores or the ones that you make yourself,
with has straight up spirulina, spinach,
and they're just not sweet at all.
I don't think this will be like that.
From what I know about Innocent,
I know that they don't make green juices that are
straight up like green, green.
Do you know what I mean?
It smells like freshly cut grass,
which I personally love the smell of.
Oh, oh no, that's very nice.
Ooh, wow!
That's so much better than I thought it would be.
It definitely has that green vibe to it
where it's kind of earthy and kind of, you know, grassy.
But at the same time, the fact that it has cucumber in
makes it a bit lighter and more refreshing.
Yeah, that's really nice.
You know, I've always avoided this one.
I'm impressed.
Oh, and apparently this one has 13 different types
of vitamins in it, huh.
You know what?
I judged a book by its cover in the past with this one
and I shouldn't have done.
I'm glad to have been proved wrong.
Nice, next!
Next up is the Berry Protein Super Smoothie.
Smells interesting.
Definitely smells creamier and milkier than the other ones.
Cheers!
Ooh, wow, oh my God!
It's totally unlike any of the other ones.
You know what, that is really, really nice.
I can tell you, hand on heart,
I thought this was gonna be rubbish.
It kinda tastes like a vegan milkshake.
That's genuinely really nice. I'm really impressed.
Berry Protein is lush, very good.
Nice! Next!
The final smoothie we have is the Up and Oat Super Smoothie.
Ooh, so this one sounds good.
This one sounds a little bit different.
Again, this is oat, apple, banana,
and cinnamon with vitamins.
This one says it's high in fiber, which is great.
So the fact it has cinnamon in
will be very interesting to see
whether that's overpowering.
But I suppose the ones that have turmeric and ginger,
they totally work, so.
Oh my God! (gasps)
Wow! It tastes like a flapjack.
That's amazing.
And it's funny, it doesn't smell anything
like it tastes, that's so weird.
So it smells like, all I can smell is apple, really.
It just smells like apple juice, 100%.
But then when you drink it, it's completely different.
It is oat-y, but the bits of the oats are ground up
so finely that it kinda just mixes in.
It tastes like a cinnamon flapjack.
That's delicious!
And the fact that this is marketed as like a sort of
Up and Oat, first thing of the day, I totally get that.
I think starting your day with something
that's high carb, high fiber is always good.
This is really nice.
I'm so full of smoothie.
It's funny, for the amount of smoothies
I've just consumed where the branding
is centered around get up and go, energize,
let's recharge, let's do it!
I feel very lethargic.
It's like I've had seven or eight
of my five a day, actually.
So yeah, I just, I feel very full.
I am very honored that I have the privilege to tell you
that the best flavor of Innocent Smoothie is...
Up and Oat! (crowd cheers)
Seriously! I am just as surprised as you.
Up and Oat.
I hadn't even heard of it before this video.
Oat, apple, banana, and cinnamon with vitamins.
When I was getting ready for this video,
I didn't think anything of this one.
I didn't think it was gonna be any good.
I thought it would be bit-y and that I wouldn't like it
and that it would just be kind weird.
It's honestly delicious.
It's like it has that cinnamon-y, oat-y taste,
almost like a flapjack, but it's not overly milky or sweet.
It still has that kind of smoothie,
healthy feeling to it.
And the fact that it has a lot of fiber
makes me feel like it's doing my body good.
So yeah, if you haven't yet,
try the Up and Oat Super Smoothie, because it is delicious.
There you have it, can you believe it?
I can't.
So, I bet we're all dying to know
which I thought was gonna be the best.
Well, I thought the best flavor of Innocent Smoothie
was going to be Blueberries, Peaches, and Apples.
And honestly, it was one of the most disappointing ones.
So there you go.
Turns out sometimes you just need to try
the entire range of something until you can find the best.
Thank you so much for watching this video.
If you enjoyed it, please leave a comment below
and let us know what you'd like us to try next.
We do read the comments and we love seeing your suggestions.
Until next time, see ya later!
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