Green Juice Superfood Mix by Vit4ever
Making a green smoothie normally takes time: washing vegetables, juicing, and cleaning up. This green juice superfood mix makes it much simpler. You stir the powder into water or a smoothie and you're done. It consists of six plant-based ingredients, including barley grass, guarana, maca, moringa, chlorella, and spirulina. Convenient for anyone who wants to drink something green daily without the hassle in the kitchen or a kitchen cabinet full of separate jars.
What is in this green mix
The base of this mix is young barley grass powder. Barley grass is the young green leaf of the barley plant, harvested before the grain forms. It is precisely at this young stage that the leaf is richest in fiber and green in color. In addition, the mix contains maca root powder, a root crop from the Peruvian Andes that has been part of the local cuisine there for centuries, comparable to how we use radish or celeriac. Moringa oleifera powder comes from the moringa tree, a tree that is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions because of its nutritious leaves. These three ingredients together give the mix its body and deep green color. Erythritol, a sweetener obtained from fermented starch, and natural lemon flavoring provide a fresh aftertaste. Citric acid has been added as an acidity regulator, so that the taste remains stable from the first to the last scoop in the jar. This way, you will taste approximately the same with the last portion as with the first.
Guarana: origin and use
Guarana is a climbing plant from the Amazon region, known for the seeds from which this powder is made. The local population has been using guarana for generations, often grated into powder just like in this mix. Guarana can contribute to physical and mental vitality*. In this mix, each 20-gram serving provides 2.5 grams of guarana powder, the same amount as the maca and the moringa. This makes guarana one of the larger components alongside the barley grass, and not just a minor flavor. What many people do not know: guarana seeds are traditionally dried and roasted before being ground into powder, a process that determines the taste and dark color of the final product.
Spirulina and chlorella, two algae in one scoop
Spirulina platensis and Chlorella pyrenoidosa are both single-celled algae that grow in fresh water and have been known for decades as a food source for humans and animals. Chlorella is in a similar amount in the mix, 2.3 grams per serving compared to 2.3 grams of spirulina, and is valued mainly for its dense cell structure and deep green color. The difference lies in the cell wall: chlorella has a tougher outer shell than spirulina, which is the reason that chlorella is usually processed finely ground. Together, these two algae form the green base of every scoop, alongside the barley grass.
How to fit this green drink into your day
A daily serving of this green powder mix consists of five level scoops, calculated as 20 grams of powder. You stir that into water, juice, or a smoothie, as clearly indicated by the composition. Many users choose the morning, as a fixed part of breakfast or just before. Others prefer to mix it with yogurt, oatmeal, or a piece of fruit, so that the serving automatically goes with a meal you are already eating. This way, this green juice superfood mix becomes part of a habit instead of a separate action that you quickly forget. By the way, the taste is less bitter than you might often expect with green powders due to the lemon flavoring and the erythritol. What stands out is that the powder is fine enough to dissolve quickly, without lumps at the bottom. This is partly because barley grass, maca, and moringa all have a fine grain in powder form.
This mix is vegan and consists of six plant-based ingredients in one 420-gram jar, good for approximately 21 servings. Barley grass, guarana, maca, moringa, chlorella, and spirulina cover a wide part of the plant world in one scoop. This way, you do not need to get six separate jars in the house, but you reach for one jar on the counter.
*Health claim pending European approval.