Smoothie nutrition, answered

A smoothie is not one food, so here are six real blends counted from water-and-berries up to a full oats-and-nut-butter meal.

Six all-fruit blends costed out ingredient by ingredient, and why the liquid you pour in matters as much as the fruit.

Same two fruits every time. The liquid, the base and the sweetener decide everything else.

The total moves more with the banana portion than with anything else you put in the jar.

Six mango blends costed ingredient by ingredient, from a coconut water cooler to a full breakfast in a glass.

Six worked blends, from berries-and-milk to a berry breakfast that replaces a meal.

The spinach is not the problem — the fruit you added to make it drinkable is.

The base of a bowl is lighter than the same smoothie in a glass. Then the toppings go on.

Six blends you would actually make at home, counted line by line — including the same recipe measured and then poured by eye.

Six worked blends, the carb count for each, and the swaps that actually move it.

Fruit contributes almost none of it, so here is what actually does, ranked.

Their own published figures for the best-known smoothies, plus what the same drinks look like when you build them yourself.

Pick a smoothie, see Jamba's own figures for it, then see what the same drink costs you at home.

What the cafe publishes for its best-known smoothies, and what the same flavors cost when you blend them yourself.

What the chain publishes for its own menu, and what the same drinks cost you once you build them in your own blender.

The food court cup and the freezer aisle packs are two different drinks. Here is how each one is built, and what it takes to rebuild them at home.

Costco publishes nothing for it. Here is what the drink is actually made of, and what it costs you to build at home.

Costco states nothing for the food court cup. Here is what the drink is built from, and what it costs when you make it yourself.

Erewhon prints the ingredients but not the nutrition. So we rebuilt the drinks from their own lists.

The Erewhon Strawberry Glaze Skin Smoothie, reconstructed from its published ingredients — and the at-home build that gets you the same drink.

There is no nutrition panel for a drink someone makes in their own kitchen. Here is what the ingredients she has described actually add up to.

The base is fruit puree. The granola, the nut butter and the drizzle are where the number comes from.

A convenience-store smoothie is built for speed, not for a nutrition panel. Here is what that means for the cup, and what the same flavor costs at home.