My favourite smoothie at McDonald’s is the mango pineapple smoothie. The ingredients are listed as ice and mango pineapple fruit base. Upon further searching, I found the ingredients to the mango pineapple fruit base, on the McDonald’s website:

Water, Clarified Demineralized Pineapple Juice Concentrate, Mango Puree Concentrate, Pineapple Juice Concentrate, Orange Juice Concentrate, Pineapple Puree (Pineapple and Ascorbic Acid), Apple Juice Concentrate, Contains Less than 1%: Cellulose Powder, Natural (Plant Source) and Artificial Flavors, Xanthan Gum, Pectin, Citric Acid, Fruit and Vegetable Juice for Color, Turmeric Extract (Color).

I was expecting added sugar in the ingredients list, but found artificial flavours and colours! Plus, I’m not really sure how ‘juice concentrate’ compares to real fruit.

So… I think I will choose my Nutribullet mango pineapple smoothie instead.
Here’s the recipe:

• fresh pineapple chunks
• frozen mango chunks
• cold water

Place everything in the Nutribullet cup. Add the blade. Blend. It tastes the same and contains only pure and natural ingredients!

Enjoy! Michelle