Ninja foodi power nutri 2-in-1 blender
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- Power: 1,100W
- Accessories: Power nutri bowl, power nutri cup
- Dimensions: H30cm x W17cm x D17cm
- Capacity: 700ml
- Colour: Silver
- Guarantee: Two years
- Rating: 9/10
Made from plastic and stainless steel, this Ninja blender has a basic bullet-style make-up, whereby you place your chosen blending cup on top of the power unit with the bladed base screwed on. Choose from the basic power nutri cup for standard blended smoothies, milkshakes, cocktails or soups and sauces, or the special power nutri cup for thicker recipes like smoothie bowls. Both have a capacity of 700ml, serving 1-2 people easily.
The blender has a powerful 1,100W smart torque motor and claims to be able to churn through fruits, nuts and even ice.
The Ninja foodi power nutri comes with a range of automatic blending programmes – crush, blend, mix and powermix – but the real beauty of this machine is that it has Auto-iQ to automatically determine the optimum speed and time needed to prepare your recipe.
Ninja also prides itself on the fact that this blender can cope with some serious ingredients without rattling away on your worktop, or having to be held in place. The plastic parts can be placed in the dishwasher and stubborn residues can be whizzed off with soapy water in the blending cup.
PerformanceWe really love the Ninja foodi nutri 2-in-1 blender, and has completely replaced our Nutribullet in our affections. Nothing we tried was any problem for this super powerful machine, and we whipped up smoothies in seconds using massive frozen berries, ice cubes, carrots, nut butters and more without a moment’s thought. We like the way it works out the right amount of time and speed for your recipe – this never failed – and that you have options like “crush” and “powermix” for tougher ingredients (such as those ice cubes).
Forget about having to scrape down the sides or manually mix your concoctions up, because the Ninja blender has a clever “pull-down” mechanism, and will choose to pulse the mix instead of going full throttle. This ensures even, perfectly blended results, from the top to the bottom of the blending cup.
The power nutri cup means you can prepare thicker recipes like the completely delicious chocolate avocado banana bowl which is included in the recipe book; just attach as you would the standard cup and manually rotate the lid as the blender does its thing. You needn’t limit yourself to fruity things either – we made a tasty guacamole and blended a veg soup just as we would with any other blender.
We liked the 700ml capacity of the cup, which made for a filling post-gym smoothie, and vastly preferred the travel cap to the standard lid provided with many blenders, as it made it easier to drink on the go. It was also completely leak-proof.
The only negative we found? This machine is very noisy. But considering it does the job so quickly and effectively, we forgive it.
The verdict: Ninja foodi power nutri 2-in1 blenderThe foodie power nutri 2-in-1 blender is a hugely powerful, intelligent and slick-looking blender for not too big an outlay. If smoothies and healthy blends are your mainstay, then this is the first blender we’d suggest, for sure.
Pitched against other machines of its kind, it’s more effective and just seems to do every job a little bit better. It’s sturdy and robust enough not to travel across the worktop, even for harder jobs, and we’ll put up with the noise if the trade-off is not having to interfere with any of the blending. We’re sold.