Taste Test Tuesday: LightFull Satiety Smoothies

This is a smoothie you want to love, what with the first 5 ingredients being water, strawberry puree, nonfat plain yogurt, erythritol, sugar (for the strawberries and cream flavor)... And water, nonfat plain yogurt, erythritol ("a natural sweetener" they say on the label), crystallized cane juice, coffee concentrate (for the cafe latte flavor).

Each 11 ounces container = 90 calories with 5 or 6 grams of fiber (depending on the flavor), 200 milligrams calcium, 6 grams protein, .5 grams fat, 10 grams sugars.
Where is the fiber coming from? From the looks of the ingredient label, it's coming from the fruit puree (in the peaches & cream and strawberries & cream flavors) plus added pectin and gums (which tend to be soluble fiber).

They suggest drinking this between meals and waiting 30 minutes after drinking it to feel its maximum satiety effect. Where is this great "satiety" coming from? The 5 to 6 grams of fiber certainly isn't hurting, along with a dose of protein (6 grams).

The Cafe Latte and Chocolate Fudge flavors also contain some green tea extract (3 cups worth they say) and all the flavors contain some stevia leaf powder.

I liked the Cafe Latte and the Chocolate Fudge all right, but my favorite flavors were Peaches & Cream and Strawberries & Cream! They seemed to have less of that "yogurt" flavor and that's probably because yogurt was the 3rd ingredient with peach or strawberry puree being the 2nd ingredient.

I suggest you freeze the smoothie pouches and stick one in your lunch bag in the morning. It will keep your lunch cold and will have a pleasant slush texture right around lunchtime!

Where can you find them? Whole Foods Market, Wegmans, Safeway, Vons, Dominick's, Randalls, Hannaford and Shaw's stores. They are also available for purchase online at both Amazon and LightFull.

~~Elaine

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