Guest guest Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 I've seen a lot of references to people who make their own smoothies for the kids (and themselves). I make them, too, sometimes. But other times things are hectic and I look for something quicker with no blender clean-up. Recently I started buying V8 Splash Smoothies. They seem like a reasonable alternative for a packaged/processed food. Although they have only 10% juice, they contain 3g protein, no fat, low sodium, and are fortified with some vitamins. Non-dairy. Does this seem like a reasonable drink to give our non-infant kids? - Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Alan If it is working for your family then it is reasonable. However, I remember reading the ingredients and putting it back on the shelf-can no longer remember exactly why. If health and not just veg*anism is important, why not give regular juice and a cracker with peanut or nut butter for protien. And, the real reason I was inspired to respond is that I used to feel the same way about smoothies. Then, I simply stopped worrying about scrubbing the blender. I simply rinse it with water, fill it with soapy water and blend for 30 sec, rinse again and leave it in the sink because I'll use it again soon. I know this will sound terrible to others on this list but it is working for me. It is not spotless but it is clean. And we haven't been sick yet. The key is to NEVER let the smoothie sit-it will harden and be tough to clean. I rinse it before I even drink my smoothie. Alternately, you could try A hand held blender which really just needs a rinse and put the cup in the dishwasher-if you have that luxury item! Buy an extra so one will always be available. Madeline > " Alan " <soy_decaf_latte > > > V8 Splash Smoothies >Wed, 02 Feb 2005 20:42:07 -0000 > > > >I've seen a lot of references to people who make their own smoothies >for the kids (and themselves). I make them, too, sometimes. But >other times things are hectic and I look for something quicker with >no blender clean-up. Recently I started buying V8 Splash Smoothies. >They seem like a reasonable alternative for a packaged/processed >food. Although they have only 10% juice, they contain 3g protein, no >fat, low sodium, and are fortified with some vitamins. Non-dairy. > >Does this seem like a reasonable drink to give our non-infant kids? > >- Alan > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Does it have high fructose corn syrup in it? If it does I would say no. I guess it depends on how much sugar you want your kids to have. First thing I did was buy one of those mini blenders, and they are a snap to clean up. It's not as overwhelming as dragging a big blender out, with all the parts and such. It's just the base, the cup, and a lid....and the cup and lid go in the dish washer or can just be rinsed out. Then for Christmas my husband bought me one of those " Magic Bullets " (as seen on t.v.) and I love that even more. Anyway I buy the bagged frozen fruit (with no sugar added), usually (frozen) berries, a banana, a bit of ice and throw that in the magic bullet with soy milk or orange juice (sometimes we get more creative and add other things) and you have a smoothie that is healthy without added sugar.....and you know what is in it.....no preservatives or artificial colors. Kelly Alan <soy_decaf_latte wrote: I've seen a lot of references to people who make their own smoothies for the kids (and themselves). I make them, too, sometimes. But other times things are hectic and I look for something quicker with no blender clean-up. Recently I started buying V8 Splash Smoothies. They seem like a reasonable alternative for a packaged/processed food. Although they have only 10% juice, they contain 3g protein, no fat, low sodium, and are fortified with some vitamins. Non-dairy. Does this seem like a reasonable drink to give our non-infant kids? - Alan For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 ooohhh!!! I want a magic bullet so bad!! you like aye? c - Kelly Weyd<kellmar98 < > Thursday, February 03, 2005 2:24 PM Re: V8 Splash Smoothies Does it have high fructose corn syrup in it? If it does I would say no. I guess it depends on how much sugar you want your kids to have. First thing I did was buy one of those mini blenders, and they are a snap to clean up. It's not as overwhelming as dragging a big blender out, with all the parts and such. It's just the base, the cup, and a lid....and the cup and lid go in the dish washer or can just be rinsed out. Then for Christmas my husband bought me one of those " Magic Bullets " (as seen on t.v.) and I love that even more. Anyway I buy the bagged frozen fruit (with no sugar added), usually (frozen) berries, a banana, a bit of ice and throw that in the magic bullet with soy milk or orange juice (sometimes we get more creative and add other things) and you have a smoothie that is healthy without added sugar.....and you know what is in it.....no preservatives or artificial colors. Kelly Alan <soy_decaf_latte<soy_decaf_latte> wrote: I've seen a lot of references to people who make their own smoothies for the kids (and themselves). I make them, too, sometimes. But other times things are hectic and I look for something quicker with no blender clean-up. Recently I started buying V8 Splash Smoothies. They seem like a reasonable alternative for a packaged/processed food. Although they have only 10% juice, they contain 3g protein, no fat, low sodium, and are fortified with some vitamins. Non-dairy. Does this seem like a reasonable drink to give our non-infant kids? - Alan For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org<http://www.vrg.org/> and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This<http://www.vrg.org/family.This> is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 FWIW, I think the reason I decided not to buy the V8 Splash Smoothies is that they have way too high a sugar content in them for us. If I remember correctly (and that can be a very big IF), high fructose corn syrup was among the first three ingredients if not the first. 10 % juice content also doesn't cut it for us. It either has to be 100% fruit juice or nothing at all. There are way too many other places to get protein (legumes, peanut butter, etc...). I think also that the V8 Splash has dyes in them. We avoid dyes as much as possible, especially Red 40 which can cause kids to exhibit ADHD - like symptoms among other things. God's Peace, Gayle > Alan <soy_decaf_latte wrote: > > > I've seen a lot of references to people who make their own smoothies > for the kids (and themselves). I make them, too, sometimes. But > other times things are hectic and I look for something quicker with > no blender clean-up. Recently I started buying V8 Splash Smoothies. > They seem like a reasonable alternative for a packaged/processed > food. Although they have only 10% juice, they contain 3g protein, no > fat, low sodium, and are fortified with some vitamins. Non-dairy. > > Does this seem like a reasonable drink to give our non-infant kids? > > - Alan > > For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at > http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to > http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to > provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a > qualified health professional. > > edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health > professional. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 V8 Smoothie has sucralose aritificial sweetener in addition to high fructose corn syrup and sugar totaling 18 gm of sugars per serving. I think 100% juice would be more nutrition for the money. You could stir in a bit of soy smoothie powder if you want more nutrients for not much more trouble. .... Be kind. Be of good cheer. Dick Ford www.dick-ford.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 soy_decaf_latte writes: Recently I started buying V8 Splash Smoothies. They seem like a reasonable alternative for a packaged/processed food. Although they have only 10% juice, they contain 3g protein, no fat, low sodium, and are fortified with some vitamins. Non-dairy. Does this seem like a reasonable drink to give our non-infant kids? I would not pick this as a choice for nutrition. I seem to remember a fair amount of added white processed sugar or corn syrup in these drinks. There might be other juices that do not have the added sugar that would seem a better choice. Peace, Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 My husband bought this product (a couple of different flavors) and I could not get it down. It's too sweet, and I also found that there was a flavor in it that I did not like. For smoothies, I use an immersion blender, which is easy to clean up. I keep frozen blueberries in the house and throw in whatever else I have around -- banana, mango, yogurt, even wheat germ. If I'm really feeling lazy I simply add Very Vanilla Silk to calcium-enriched orange juice and give it a good stir. It tastes like an orange julius. It's good over ice. Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Red dye makes my 9yo hyperactive and he is very quiet normally. We also noticed that my 3 year old has serial temper tantrums if he has red dye (he is hyper anyway so it is hard to tell if that affects him). Jacqueline quintmom [quintmom] February 4, 2005 11:00 AM Re: V8 Splash Smoothies FWIW, I think the reason I decided not to buy the V8 Splash Smoothies is that they have way too high a sugar content in them for us. If I remember correctly (and that can be a very big IF), high fructose corn syrup was among the first three ingredients if not the first. 10 % juice content also doesn't cut it for us. It either has to be 100% fruit juice or nothing at all. There are way too many other places to get protein (legumes, peanut butter, etc...). I think also that the V8 Splash has dyes in them. We avoid dyes as much as possible, especially Red 40 which can cause kids to exhibit ADHD - like symptoms among other things. God's Peace, Gayle > Alan <soy_decaf_latte wrote: > > > I've seen a lot of references to people who make their own smoothies > for the kids (and themselves). I make them, too, sometimes. But > other times things are hectic and I look for something quicker with > no blender clean-up. Recently I started buying V8 Splash Smoothies. > They seem like a reasonable alternative for a packaged/processed > food. Although they have only 10% juice, they contain 3g protein, no > fat, low sodium, and are fortified with some vitamins. Non-dairy. > > Does this seem like a reasonable drink to give our non-infant kids? > > - Alan > > For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at > http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to > http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to > provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a > qualified health professional. > > edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health > professional. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 One exception to the " no " to these drinks would be if it was a way to wean children from soda. If the sweetness helps them drink even the 10% juice I would start with that and then add real juice to the smoothy until it was 100% juice. My kids do have the occasional soda or junky juice when we are out at a movie or that sort of thing. My daughter hates soda but loves " Fruitopia " so I let her have that when we are out. I think when kids get older moderation helps keep the kids from rebelling. Jacqueline VAP79 [VAP79] February 5, 2005 12:36 AM Re: V8 Splash Smoothies soy_decaf_latte writes: Recently I started buying V8 Splash Smoothies. They seem like a reasonable alternative for a packaged/processed food. Although they have only 10% juice, they contain 3g protein, no fat, low sodium, and are fortified with some vitamins. Non-dairy. Does this seem like a reasonable drink to give our non-infant kids? I would not pick this as a choice for nutrition. I seem to remember a fair amount of added white processed sugar or corn syrup in these drinks. There might be other juices that do not have the added sugar that would seem a better choice. Peace, Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Thanks to everybody for your thoughtful replies. I agree with the comments about too much sweetner, artificial colors, etc. As parents, nutrition is a very important consideration to us, and making the drink from scratch is only a minor inconvenience. This drink only has 1g of fiber, also; I bet our homemade smoothies have more. Still, I find it refreshing (no pun intended) that the product doesn't contain any hidden animals or dairy, and Ocean Spray appears to be making some effort to understand the vegan diet by fortifying the beverage (only 10% though) with B6 and B12. Maybe someday they will no longer find it necessary to add the artificial sweetners and colors. Probably competitors have products like that already. - Alan , " Dick Ford " <dickford@d...> wrote > > V8 Smoothie has sucralose aritificial sweetener in addition to high fructose > corn syrup and sugar totaling 18 gm of sugars per serving. > > I think 100% juice would be more nutrition for the money. You could stir in > a bit of soy smoothie powder if you want more nutrients for not much more > trouble. > ... > Be kind. Be of good cheer. > Dick Ford > www.dick-ford.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Oceanspray does have a 100% juice blend that has no colour or sweetener. Jacqueline Alan [soy_decaf_latte] February 8, 2005 6:24 PM Re: V8 Splash Smoothies Thanks to everybody for your thoughtful replies. I agree with the comments about too much sweetner, artificial colors, etc. As parents, nutrition is a very important consideration to us, and making the drink from scratch is only a minor inconvenience. This drink only has 1g of fiber, also; I bet our homemade smoothies have more. Still, I find it refreshing (no pun intended) that the product doesn't contain any hidden animals or dairy, and Ocean Spray appears to be making some effort to understand the vegan diet by fortifying the beverage (only 10% though) with B6 and B12. Maybe someday they will no longer find it necessary to add the artificial sweetners and colors. Probably competitors have products like that already. - Alan , " Dick Ford " <dickford@d...> wrote > > V8 Smoothie has sucralose aritificial sweetener in addition to high fructose > corn syrup and sugar totaling 18 gm of sugars per serving. > > I think 100% juice would be more nutrition for the money. You could stir in > a bit of soy smoothie powder if you want more nutrients for not much more > trouble. > ... > Be kind. Be of good cheer. > Dick Ford > www.dick-ford.com For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I hoped it didn't sound as if the group were criticizing you for buying V8 Splash Smoothies. It does have real nutrition and certainly is better than soft drinks. I would get it before pink grapefruit juice colored with cochineal. .... Be kind. Be of good cheer. Dick Ford www.dick-ford.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 for me - I add fiberwise from Melaleuca into the drinks and plan to try a home-made jell-o with plain pectin and juices as a recipe I recieved for the fiber purpose for myself and my boy --- Jacq <jacqcote wrote: > > Oceanspray does have a 100% juice blend that has no > colour or sweetener. > > Jacqueline > > > Alan [soy_decaf_latte] > February 8, 2005 6:24 PM > > Re: V8 Splash Smoothies > > > > > Thanks to everybody for your thoughtful replies. I > agree with the > comments about too much sweetner, artificial colors, > etc. As > parents, nutrition is a very important consideration > to us, and > making the drink from scratch is only a minor > inconvenience. This > drink only has 1g of fiber, also; I bet our homemade > smoothies have > more. > > Still, I find it refreshing (no pun intended) that > the product > doesn't contain any hidden animals or dairy, and > Ocean Spray appears > to be making some effort to understand the vegan > diet by fortifying > the beverage (only 10% though) with B6 and B12. > Maybe someday they > will no longer find it necessary to add the > artificial sweetners and > colors. Probably competitors have products like > that already. > > - Alan > > > > , " Dick Ford " > <dickford@d...> wrote > > > > V8 Smoothie has sucralose aritificial sweetener in > addition to high > fructose > > corn syrup and sugar totaling 18 gm of sugars per > serving. > > > > I think 100% juice would be more nutrition for the > money. You could > stir in > > a bit of soy smoothie powder if you want more > nutrients for not > much more > > trouble. > > ... > > Be kind. Be of good cheer. > > Dick Ford > > www.dick-ford.com > > > For more information about vegetarianism, please > visit the VRG website at > http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially > useful for families go to > http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list > and is not intended to > provide personal medical advice. Medical advice > should be obtained from a > qualified health professional. > > edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained > from a qualified health > professional. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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