Our local Starbucks was really pushing this new smoothie they’re selling, the Vivanno. I was walking by one day and decided to give it a try on a whim. There are two versions, one is Orange Mango Banana and the other is Chocolate Banana. I tried the Orange Mango Banana one. It’s made with a whole banana, which I actually saw them blend and use. I liked that it was fresh and not some frozen banana who knows what. The banana is blended with an Orange Mango Naked Juice that is made just for Starbucks, protein powder, fiber powder, milk and ice. I think they usually use 2% milk, but I requested skim. You can only get the grande size. Some of the nutritional information for the Orange Mango Banana Vivanno is 250 calories, 2 grams of fat, 47 grams of carbs, and 6 grams of fiber. Since I used skim milk, I think that the calories and fat grams were even less. The cost was about $4.50.

Now, what about the taste? I thought it was good. Very banana, less mango and orange. I don’t think that there is anywhere else in our neighborhood that you can get a smoothie, so I might try another one some time. Then again, I rarely ever get smoothies even when they are available, so who knows. I thought $4.50 was a bit much, but I always think that smoothies are expensive so maybe that’s about what smoothies cost?

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