Mark Hutchinson / 28 March 2025 / Categories: Food & Drink, Product and Brands, Brands, Food

Mockingbird Raw Green Juice Smoothie

The original Virgin Smoothie

Suzy's got me on a health kick. She's badgering me about my smoking, I've had a cough for a week. Usually she'd be dosing me up with cough medicine and forcing Benylin Chesty cough non drowsy mixture down my throat that tastes absolutely disgusting and I don't think actually does anything.

She's decided to try food as an alternative to medicine. She's doing an experiment she tells me and I am the guinea pig. The Benylin medicine has been replaced by the Virgin smoothie, a concoction of raw greens, yep you heard me right, whisked up broccoli, kale and the like, sweetened with apple and kiwi. I know I hear you sounds disgusting. She administered it to me like she deals with the kids, forcefully and with no room for dissent.

I asked her how much it was when I saw 5 bottles of the stuff lined up and she told me we were drinking one a day for 5 days between us to see if overdosing on vitamins and easing off the fags would help her get some sleep. Her motive, to stop me keeping her awake at night.

I am on day three and it's honestly not that bad. The consistency is is just like a fruit smoothie so that's fine, not that thick and the taste whilst unusual is not repulsive. I am getting it down. The fruit helps. That's what you taste the most. It's not like drinking liquid broccoli.

They also contain spirulina which has additional health benefits I am told Spirulina contains protein, vitamins, and minerals along with being a powerful antioxidant. The antidote to free radicals. It's also maintained to help manage inflammation, blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure.

An award winning juice of crisp leafy greens sweetened and balanced with pears and apples and you know what I am getting it down. It's not bad. And I don't know if it's cutting down the smoking or the juice, loaded with vitamin C or placebo, who knows but the cough is definitely better.

The cost of the virgin smoothie might be a turn off at £5 a go. Mockingbird make up for the high price tag with some other credentials I am reliably informed that may or may not float your boat. the bottle is made from 50% recycled materials, the juice is vegan, one of your five a day and the bottle is 100% recyclable.

The Raw press series includes 4 other options to try Raw defense, Raw Vitalise, Raw Boost and raw Glow. Raw Glow has pineapple and cucumber which sounds like a more appealing flavour combination for me once I've finished my first course of Raw Greens, alternative therapy.