Bolthouse Farms – Green Goodness Review
No clever message this time.
Before I begin this post, I will direct you to by previous diatribe on corporate responsibility, directed mainly at Bolthouse Farms‘ connection with William Bolthouse and his foundation, which funds fundamentalist and homophobic causes. After a year of debating whether or not I should review a product from a company with dubious connections to its former owner, I decided to do one along with my rant, after which I will mention it not again.
This is one of Bolthouse Farms fruit smoothie flavors, packaged in a sleek, colorful bottle, which is slightly less busy than Naked’s packaging. The drink itself looks like a dark green slurry, not quite appetizing, but I have come across worse. The scent is rather reminiscent of the kiwis and apples pictured on the bottle, with a hint of banana.
The taste is immediately sweet and tart, then leaves you with a sour-apple tang on the back of your tongue. I can pick out the mango and pineapple, too. This goes down quite smooth, think but not chunky or gritty like a lot of smoothies out there. There is a veritable laundry list on the side of the stuff inside the bottle, which looks quite healthy. The sugar is a little high at 54 g per 16 oz bottle, but its all natural sugars, and there’s a load of potassium to boot.
If you like the tart flavor of green apples and don’t mind chugging a thick, green smoothie, you may like this. Overall, it appears quite healthy, and would be a welcome substitute for one of these juice-hut’s calorie-laden smoothies.
Score: 4 out of 5. Tart and a little sweet, good, but didn’t quite fulfill my expectations.
– WiseGuise
User Reviews: 
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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This drink must be from some divine spring in the heavens. It literally sustained me when I was weak and anemic and with severe hypothyroid. I owe a good 3 years of my life to the makers of this beverage. Don’t ever stop production!!!
I need to manage my sugar intake. I limit soda’s, still indulge,- maybe 1 can every 2 weeks. I added Bolt house Fruit smoothie’s to my drinking portfolio because the product meets nutritional content. 1 – 16oz bottle will last me 3 days. You do not have to gulp the whole drink in one setting. Excellent product.
I was just surfing the web to try to find coupons for Bolthouse. Reason? Because I’m a fanatic about these smoothies. I buy 3-4 32 oz bottles per week, especially the green goodness. I like the smooth, sweet taste from natural fruits. At first I was hesitant because it looked so green and it mentioned “grass” in the contents. But I also knew I was having problems trying to eat vegetables and I had a liver and cholesterol problem. I just tested it and got hooked immediately. I mean it’s a safe hook.
My sister now buys them for me when I can’t go to the store. She ran into a young lady who was diagnosed with cancer and was browsing for nutritional foods. She saw my sister stocking up with the green goodness and asked her if it was really ok. My sister just piped up back at her and told her “my sister swears by this stuff!” Confidence.
I know that this particular shelf at the store can sometimes be empty. I think it’s me, but now I suspect that others are picking up on it. Try it. It helps. One other comment: I sometimes use it as a meal replacement. I will drink 12-14 oz’s and I’m not hungry for a full meal.
Give it to my children who are picky eaters. My son will down about six ounces a day and my daugter about4-5 oz per day. It gives them their veggie/fruit serving that I wish they would eat daily and I have no complaints.
I’ve been drinking this for years. The taste and viscosity may not be to everyone’s liking (my wife hates it), but it’s really good stuff; tastes good and it’s good for you.
is your green goodness gluton free?
Well hmm yeah it tastes great . . so do all the smoothies. bbbButtt, its not RAW . . its totally gotta be pasteurized, so all the *super* good for you stuff gets smoked. So yeah its better than coke or sink water, but its still dead. Nothing will be good for you like uncooked things. Why? Good question . . simple answer. Enzymes help us digest food. Everything on the planet except us (for the last 5,000-10,000 years) eats raw food. When many enzymes go over 105 degrees F, they become duds i.e. they dont do anything enzymey any more. Thats why people croak when they get a fevar over 105. So when you cook your food you kill the stuff in it that helps you break it down. Thats why italians eat salad last, all that good fresh green helps break the pasta down.
So the trick is, if you still eat cooked stuff, get multi-digestive enzyme caps. $15 for 120 at a health store, a bottle lasted me & my girl 2 months so far and its half gone only. We eat raw often though too. Good Luck! And remember, *NOTHING* is as truly good for you as UNPROCESSED from God’s Grace of Bountiful Nature! This includes *FIRE*!!! lol
@Viviane Jesequel
yes gluten free
@scooter
btw Hannafors sells bolthouse farms items much much cheaper than anyone else. Shoprite seems to be a bit pricey and Stop/Shopt is like in the middle.
Green goodness is also MUCH cheaper than Odwalla although that seems to have come down in price over the years. I guess $9 for the large was a bit pricey for everyone