Are the innocent smoothies for kids really innocent?

[FairyMum]

My DD has recently decided she wants me to buy smoothies rather than make them for her breakfast. I have a perfectly nice blender and make lovely homemade smoothes, but she only likes the innocent smoothies now apparently. Are they really what they say they are? As pure as what I make in my blender? I know I must sound totally neurotic now, but I.....well....I am!

[WideWebWitch]

I'm fairly sure they are Fairymum. They're not organic though iirc so if that's important maybe they're not for you.

[WigWamBam]

All they have in them is fruit juice and pressed fruit. Nothing else at all. The only difference is that they are pasteurised to keep them fresh.

[Twiglett]

yes IIRC but they aren't totally fresh

[WideWebWitch]

yep, apparently so!

[Twiglett]

here

[WigWamBam]

They're fresh in the same way that milk is - just pasteurised. They don't use concentrates, and there are absolutely no additives in them at all.

[FairyMum]

Ok, seems good enough. I might make my own and just put it into Innocent bottles. Ha ha!

[Twiglett]

sorry, what I meant by fresh was that fruit and vegetables are better when freshly peeled and chopped (ie more vitamins in home-made carrot batons, than shop-bought ones) and also as they are in see-through packaging there is vitamin leaching

but wouldn't stop me giving them to kids TBH - I think you can take these things too far

[Twiglett]

I posted previous message in the full knowledge that I have just fed my 2 a bowl of cheerios and a glass of milk and a marmite sandwich each for dinner