Smoothie Maker In The Test: The Winners Of The Stiftung Warentest

2023 Author: Sheila Hailey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-08-25 04:29

• Test winner smoothie maker
• Test winner high-performance mixer
• Price-performance tip for blenders
• Buy smoothie maker: You should know that

The best smoothie mixers 2020: All test winners at a glance

placement	product	price	offer
Stiftung Warentest winner smoothie mixer	WMF Kult X Mix & Go	about 30 euros	at Otto
Stiftung Warentest winner high-performance mixer	Vitamix Professional Series 750	approx. 900 euros	about Idealo
Price-performance tip blender	Philips HR3655 / 00 Avance Collection	approx. 130 euros	on Amazon

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Test winner at Stiftung Warentest: WMF Kult X Mix & Go

The WMF Kult X Mix & Go is the darling of the public, you can always find it in the top places in the bestseller list on Amazon. With a chic aluminum housing, 300 watts of power and, depending on the set, one or more containers, the smoothie maker has already convinced many buyers. And also the Stiftung Warentest: Three models achieved a grade of 1.9 in the 10/2016 test, including the WMF Kult X Mix & Go. Other mixers in this class only received a 4.0 because they failed in the long-term test.

A 4-bladed stainless steel knife purees the fruit and vegetables for smoothies and juices in the small stand mixer from WMF. The knife attachment of the jar can be exchanged for a drinking lid and easily taken with you. According to the manufacturer, the Mix & Go also creates nuts and ice cubes for crushed ice. In general, for a clean result, we recommend a high-performance mixer for nuts and chopped fruit kernels (see below).

WMF Kult X Mix & Go smoothie maker

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Advantages:

• Prepares fruit and vegetable drinks very well
• Easy to use

Disadvantage:

Performance only suitable for fruit and vegetable drinks

Test winner high-performance mixer: Vitamix Professional Series 750

For heavy tasks, there are high-performance mixers such as the Vitamix Professional Series 750. With the higher speed of the knife and its 1400 watts, you can not only use it to make smoothies, but according to the manufacturer, almond milk, pesto, frozen yoghurt, crushed ice, baby porridge, chopped root vegetables and the like. Because with his performance he gets - according to Stiftung Warentest - even raspberry seeds and nuts. In the test, he received a grade of 2.2 and thus leads the category of high-performance mixers. Performance that costs - and ensures higher energy consumption.

Vitamix Professional Series 750 blender

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Advantages:

• Prepares fruit and vegetable drinks very well
• Powerful
• Good at crushing ice and nuts

Disadvantage:

• Expensive
• Only available from a few dealers

Value for money: Philips HR3655 Avance Collection

35,000 revolutions per minute according to the manufacturer and a 1,400 watt motor: The Philips HR3655 Avance Collection also belongs in the "high-performance mixer" category despite the significantly lower price. Three presets are started at the push of a button: pulse, ice crush and smoothie functions. In addition, you can continuously adjust the speed of rotation using the rotary wheel. The ETM test magazine noticed, among other things, the mix performance when crushing ice, the authors chose the Philips HR3655 in issue 10/2019 (readable for example via Readly) as the test winner.

A small “foretaste” of delicious smoothies is provided by Philips' official HR3655 video:

Philips high-performance mixer HR3655 for smoothies (manufacturer's video)

Philips notes that the HR3655 knife is removable for easier cleaning. In addition, some parts can be put in the dishwasher. Practical: In addition to the 1.8 liter jug, the scope of delivery also includes two plastic bottles with a capacity of 0.6 liters each. So you can prepare the drink in the wrong place to take away, just like with a small blender.

Philips HR3655 / 00 blender

Now from € 135.50 at Otto Similar offer at Amazon price can now be higher. Price from 2020-27-07 1:27 a.m.

Advantages:

• Powerful
• Good at crushing ice
• Bottles for mixing & drinking included

Disadvantage:

Smoothie maker: This is how the stand mixers were tested

How well does the blender chop and mix the ingredients? Which do you fail? This is the most important question in the test of a blender. For example, the Stiftung Warentest weighted the sub-grade "preparations" in the final grade with 40 percent. To do this, they examined different drinks, but also pancake batter, soup, baby porridge, nutmeg and ice cubes. Further subnotes:

• handling
• Durability (1,250 cycles)
• Environment and health (noise, energy consumption in standby, pollutants)
• Safety.

In the ETM test magazine, in addition to the mix result, handling, power consumption and volume were also taken into account.

Smoothie maker: You should also know that

Which smoothie mixer should you buy?

For a fruit mix with apple and banana, for example, a simple model, a small blender is enough. Handling is good because the mixing bowl also serves as a drinking bowl. They are also less dangerous since there is no possibility to reach into a rotating knife with the standard concepts.

If you want to use nuts or root crops like ginger in your drinks, you should have a powerful blender. The results are better and some of the devices even chop small raspberry or watermelon seeds - ice cubes anyway. One advantage of high-performance mixers is that they can be used in many different ways. Depending on the model, they create the ingredients for potato soup, pesto, pancake batter and mayonnaise themselves. Since they are significantly more expensive, they are only worthwhile if they are used frequently. In addition, high-performance mixers consume more energy and are usually louder.

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How to make a smoothie yourself

A smoothie is usually made very simple: peel fruits and / or vegetables, cut them into pieces and add a little water to the blender. Depending on the ingredients, you have your finished drink in the device after about half a minute.

The following applies to the ingredients: what tastes is allowed. I like to start with a ripe (if necessary overripe) banana, it makes for a creamy drink. There are also three strawberries or some mango, for example. Fruit classics are also apple, pineapple, peach and kiwi. In winter, a few frozen berries can cause variation.

Vegetables and herbs include lettuce, carrots, coriander and basil. But the variety doesn't stop there: milk and coconut water can be found in smoothie recipes as well as nuts, ginger, tofu and muesli. The drink becomes a delicious breakfast substitute. You can almost save yourself the third tooth.

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