Nutrition··4 min read
The truth about added sugar in "clean" smoothies
A smoothie can have more sugar than a can of soda and still get called healthy. Here's how we read a label — and how we write ours.
Whole-fruit sugar comes with fiber, water, and polyphenols. Juice concentrates and "cane juice" don't. On a label, look for anything ending in -ose, plus "concentrate," "nectar," or "crystals."
Our blends use whole frozen fruit, dates when we need caramel-depth, and raw NC wildflower honey in trace amounts. That's it. No agave, no cane sugar, no juice concentrates.
If a T4 Smooth blend tastes sweet, it's because a mango was picked ripe — not because a syrup was added at the last second.