Horrible Product: Smoothie Mixes

While I was perusing through the produce section at my local grocery store, I spied these on an end-cap:

On the package it states: "Just add fruit, milk, and ice!"

Um... what else is in a smoothie?! Is it really that hard to make a smoothie?!

Curiosity prompted me to check them out further. Here's a sample of what I found:

• Concord Foods Strawberry Smoothie Mix:
  Sugar, corn syrup solids, nonfat dry milk, xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavors, sodium citrate

• Concord Foods Chocolate Banana Smoothie Mix:
  Maltodextrin, nonfat dry milk, cocoa (processed with alkali), natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum, aspartame

• McCormick Produce Partners Orange Smoothie Mix:
  Sugar, Nonfat Dry Milk, Egg White Solids, Dextrose, Propylene Glycol Alginate (Thickener), and Natural Flavor

• McCormick Produce Partners Pineapple Smoothie Mix:
  Sugar, Nonfat Dry Milk, Citric Acid, Egg White Solids, Propylene Glycol Alginate (Thickener), and Natural Flavor

So in addition to making your smoothie more expensive, these packets are just a bunch of sugar and additives. Skip them. Make your smoothie from real food!