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Two awesome reasons why health enthusiasts love all kinds of berries, are their delicious flavor and powerful
antioxidants.
But the main reason why we totally and truly love them is because of their super low
Glycemic index score. They're a must have for any low sugar smoothie recipe.
The problem though is their seeds can pose digestive problems for some and
Others who absolutely hate the texture of seeds in their smoothies, like me. So today Blender Babes is hosting an all-new
90 Second Berry seed Smoothie tests to find out exactly which high powered blender
Totally obliterates berries and their seeds the best.
We're testing Dr.
Oz's high protein berry smootie because this recipe has two and a half cups of berries in, it including
Blackberries raspberries in Either Blueberries or strawberries.
Let's dive right in and meet today's lineup!
For today's 90 second Berry seeds Smoothie test. We chose the most popular and least
expensive models from Blendtec Vitamix and Ninja. The Blendtec Total Blender classic features a
1560 Watt 3 peak horsepower motor that can hit a maximum 28 thousand rPMs
It is the most powerful blender in today's challenge. It also starts at just two hundred and seventy nine dollars ($279)
Today, we'll be putting its soup setting to the test and see how it handles all of our delicious berries as well as those troublesome
seeds.
Next in our Berry seed test, we have the Vitamix 5200.
This incredibly popular and efficient standard model features a thirteen hundred and 80 watts to Peak horsepower motor
That hits a maximum of twenty five thousand rPMs and starts at just three hundred and Twenty nine dollars ($329)
And we're about to find out if the vitamix 5200
manual variable speed ten high setting will decimate tough Berry seeds and one and a half minute.
Finally we have the Ninja professional.
This stylishly sleek yet very affordable Blender features a thousand watt
Three-speed motor that can hit twenty four thousand rPMs. It is currently available for around $90
In ninety seconds we'll note just how well the ninja strongest speed three and six super sharp blade
measures up against the Blendtec and Vitamix Blenders.
So without further ado let's see how they all measure up.
So Dr. Oz
berry protein smoothie actually calls for three pitted dates or maple syrup or honey
You know it's some kind of like a little bit of extra sweetener
but to keep it really low sugar you want to use something like Stevia or
Xylitol...so I'm just gonna do a couple of little drops
Some Stevia is really strong
especially to me
It smells so good you know I left the vanilla Flavor
Actually have butterscotch too. Which I think is kind of fun and almond almond
Omeka organics, and I think sweet leaf have that flavor like Stevia.
Alright here we go, 90 seconds
So we're gonna taste these things now.
Cheers!
I got some seeds, how about you guys?
mines really smooth
That's my biggest pet peeves is the seeds getting stuck in your teeth. I get questions like that all the time.
Is do these blend Berry seeds, so this is like a really important test, and I do with all the blenders.
Okay, so now we're gonna do the smear test just to like see if you can see the berries
I can see a few berry seeds, I don't really feel it too much like everything's blended, but the Berry seeds Mm-hmm
The sign is a really good blender is when something gets extremely
Homogenized you can tell by the color yeah, so you see how like the Ninjas
Kind of a brighter Berry color. I think probably because this seeds
There's a lot of them with all those Berry seeds like if they do get pulverized
It's gonna Lighten the color because it's completely homogenized yeah, so that's um. That's the smear test
So now let's uh see if we can see the seeds.
We're gonna do the sieve test?
Our final test in the berry seed blend off is using a professional sieve.
And we're gonna see if there's lots of seeds left or a little bit of seeds left or exactly like you can really tell
how well these things blend Berry seeds, so
lets go.
so pretty!
really making a Berry pizza I
I think this is like a 20 grade sieve so that you know it's very very small holes
At this point, I can't feel the seeds.
I could feel like the particles. Definitely not full seeds for you guys
Can't say the same about the ninja. I actually have like whole seeds
Wow
two and a half cups of berries
and the
most seeds of any kind of berries of Blackberries and raspberries and
Strawberries, which is actually why I use Dr
Oz's Berry proteins smoothie for this test when we get a blender, because I think it's
one of the best recipes to really show
How good a blender can handle Berry seeds. So, you guys can see here...
the Ninja and
Our vitamix and our blendtec. There's really not, very
miniscule
They're really close
but I don't know I think that looks like the
Vitamix is slightly slightly fewer seeds. Yeah
Vitamix, I think won this berry seed blend off!
But they're definitely all iterative no whole seeds at all and yeah by a mix or blendtec
I'd say the Ninja lost. If you don't mind berry seeds in your in your smoothie, then you know
This is definitely a really economical blender
But if you hate Berry seeds, I would definitely go for a blendtec or vitamix
Just some quick tips for you about blending Berry seeds throughout all of our testing we learned that the best way to minimize
Texture and the overall chance of seeds not fully blending
Was simply to add more liquid to the recipe and run the machine longer than your typical fruit smoothie?
Just make sure to add lots of ice
So overall both Blendtec and Vitamix blenders can easily blend through fresh or frozen berries though there were a few sell differences
to obtain the perfect texture Berry smoothie with the blendtec you want to blend using the highest manual speed for 90 seconds or
use the soup setting
Just be sure to add lots of ice
Vitamix models blend Berry seeds Incredibly well either with the manual variable speed 10 high
Setting or the smoothie setting if it has one both which hardly leave any seeds at all and although we were
Totally rooting for the Ninja
It's six super sharp blades this blender doesn't blend Berry seeds at all
No matter how long we run this blender the Berry seeds remain completely whole and intact?
Even when we blended it on the highest speed for 90 seconds
Let us know what blend off you want to see next in the comments and give us a big thumbs up if you liked this
Video. Also don't forget to enter our latest Blender giveaway and until next time happy blending. Do you like Dr.?
Oz Berry Smoothie
Actually, she does love berries. I'm really lucky. I'm having only healthy pregnancy cravings and one is black berries and some blueberries
They're really good for pregnancy
Does she like Berry seeds I don't think she likes the berry seeds out. I don't think she likes celery either.
We got a blender baby on the way the blender, babe, Val and I know she can't wait to make organic baby food.
And yeah blenders no, and You have a Vitamix, right?
I do have a vitamix yeah, so we're gonna be making organic baby food with lots of recipes coming soon to blenderbabes.com
We'll see you next time!
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