Having a healthy blast

What is it?
Where have you been? Nutribullet is the must-have gadget - a super-fierce, mini blender that takes no prisoners. A lesson in marketing - 250,000 of them are sold weekly. Yes, weekly.

What does it promise?
The product blurb claims it will "get the most" from food, extracting every last molecule of goodness from the fruit, greens and veg. All sorts of health benefits are promised if you follow their eating plan.

What does it do?
It blitzes anything - and I mean anything - into submission. We chucked in ever-larger lumps of carrot, unpeeled fruits, whole nuts and seeds, to see how far we could push it. To use, you plonk the ingredients in the blending cup, screw the blade on top, invert it onto the base and push to operate. Simples. When smooth, you just unscrew the blade and screw on a lid and off you waltz with your Nutriblast - as the drinks are termed - held high.

Does it work?
It does, although a few basic instructions would have been helpful. Once we'd worked it out, it did turn everything into a smooth-ish juice drink. The effect on our health remains to be seen.