We love when people ask us “what’s in your smoothies?”  Maui Wowi does thousands of catered events every year – everything from corporate events (employee appreciation, picnics, wellness fairs, product promotions, bank openings, and more); private parties (birthdays, communions, bar mitzvahs, weddings, sweet 16, graduations); to campus events (orientation, back to campus, spring fling and hundreds of others).  People always want to know what’s in our smoothies, either because they are so good that they want to make them at home (alas, you can’t!) or they have health or allergy concerns.

So, here’s what’s in Maui Wowi smoothies. The different flavors are obviously constituted a bit differently but the key points of the composition:

• 30% Yogurt: Most of our blends are yogurt based but when we serve your catered function we always provide at least one that is non-dairy, like Lemon Wave (frozen lemonade). We use pure live and active yogurt cultures. Our yogurt is not the frozen soft serve type frozen yogurt (which is typically not real yogurt at all). Our manufacturer uses only Grade A milk and has a policy of not accepting milk from dairy herds which have been treated with BST (bovine somatotropin or bovine growth hormone). It must be free from antibiotics, sanitizing chemicals, mastis milk, colostrum and rancid milk. It must have no contamination by bacteriophages. The milk is heat treated and then fermented and homogenized.

• Up to 12% Sugar: We use beet sugar to sweeten our blends. All of the fructose comes from the fruit itself.

• 0% Fat: Although there is a tiny bit of fat from the yogurt, if it is less than 1/2 gram. The only exceptions to this are our Pina Colada and frozen Cappuccino blends. 

• No Artificial Colors, flavors or preservatives. –Since we make our own yogurt and mix it with our fruit and juices, the products are preserved with all natural lactic and citric acid.

• Low in sodium, high in vitamins: Maui Wowi has only 47 mgs of Sodium. It must have a Daily Value of 10% or more from one or more of the following: vitamin A, C, calcium, iron, protein and fiber – Maui Wowi has a calcium value of 10.5% and a Vitamin C content of 66% (wow!) In other words, drinking one 12 oz Maui Wowi smoothie gives you 66% of your recommended daily nutritional requirements of Vitamin C.