If its yoghurt you’re after, go right ahead, if its a real smoothie you’re looking for then guess again.

They’ve been staring at me on the shelf in the shop at lunch time for the past few weeks - Yoplait’s ‘Smootheze’. Long being a fan of the ’smoothie’ drinks, whether making them at home or picking them up in a smoothie bar. I’d be quite critical therefore of what people offer to me as a smoothie and on that note I’m quite disappointed in Yoplait’s latest offering.

Described as

A delicious mix of yummy mango and scrumptious banana blended with a smooth, low fat probiotic yoplait yogurt.

I’ll have to say that I was less than pleased with the content. They’ll score points for their presentation and the flavour, the mango and banana compliment reasonable yet nothing ground-breaking, but beyond that I won’t be buying one again.

I feel a smoothie needs a certain thickness, the heavier drink representing (I feel) more of a value for money. Fruit bits are ok too you know, they add a nice texture to the drink! Ok, you might not get away with the use of fresh fruit or some kind of modified fruits given how long some of these drinks have to sit on the shelf but the overall it is simply lacking. Lacking in enjoyment, lacking in refreshment, lacking all round.

If you’re a fan of yops or yoghurt drinks then you might get something out of this one - but not me. ‘Smootheze’ by name but certainly not by nature, more of a pricey yoghurt in my books.

Rated 2/5 on Sep 03 2007 by Ken McGuire
Review Tags: smootheze, yoghurt, yoplait
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