Super Smoothie Update
- Gary Moller
- 4 minutes ago
- 6 min read
Our Progress, Best Practices, and How You Can Help Us Improve
This article invites your feedback and shares ideas on creating a delicious and nutritious Super Smoothie.
The short version, minus the waffle
We just finished making another batch of the Super Smoothie. Even though the economy is tough, demand has been strong. As we approach Christmas and New Year's, we have a short time to think about what we need to improve before the next production run.
This update explains why the Super Smoothie exists, how to use it better, and what possible changes we're thinking about. Its main purpose is to get feedback from people who use it.
Key points:
• Around 90 percent of the protein comes from the Super Smoothie mix itself, based on high-quality whey protein from grass-fed dairy
• Milk, yoghurt, fruit, fats, and other additions enhance flavour, texture, and nutritional balance, but the base mix remains the foundation
• Natural variation in colour and flavour between batches is expected when using real ingredients and avoiding artificial additives
• We are considering increasing the New Zealand blackcurrant content to improve flavour and consistency, if users are in agreement
• The Super Smoothie should be introduced gradually, starting low and going slow
• There is currently no plant-based protein version due to limited demand and a commitment to freshness and quality
• User feedback over the Christmas and New Year period will directly inform future improvements
Please leave your feedback in the comments section at the bottom of this article, or drop me an email. gary@garymoller.com
The long-form article below explains everything in more detail.
Introduction
I want to give you a clear, honest update on the Super Smoothie. This is a progress report, a practical guide, and most importantly, a genuine request for your feedback.
As we head into the Christmas and New Year period, we have a rare breather. That gives us the opportunity to listen carefully, reflect, and make considered improvements before the next production run.
This smoothie was never created as a fashion item or a quick fix. It grew out of decades of clinical work, endurance sport, injury, recovery, ageing, and one principle that keeps proving itself true: the body heals best when it is properly nourished, consistently, day after day.
Where we’re at right now
We have just completed our third production run of the Super Smoothie.
Demand has been strong. In fact, we’ve gone through stock almost as fast as we can organise the next run. That tells me people aren’t just trying it once out of curiosity. They’re using it, often daily.
This Christmas–New Year window gives us time to take stock. Any changes to the formula are not instant. They involve a fair bit of bureaucratic process. But if a change genuinely improves the product and serves your health better, then it’s worth doing properly.
Why the Super Smoothie exists
The Super Smoothie was designed to address a problem I kept seeing over and over again.
People were trying to improve their health, fitness, resilience, and recovery, but they were doing so on a background of chronic nutrient shortfall. Even people eating “well” were often missing key building blocks for tissue repair, hormone balance, immune resilience, brain function, and metabolic stability.
Food quality has declined. Soils are depleted. Life is busy. Meals are skipped. Snacking creeps in. Blood sugar becomes unstable. Supplements alone rarely fix this, and diet advice alone often falls apart in the real world.
The Super Smoothie was designed as a foundation. Something simple, repeatable, adaptable, and food-based that could be used:
• By children who need nutrients to grow and develop properly
• By adults under physical, mental, or emotional stress
• By athletes who need recovery and repair
• By older people wanting strength, independence, and reserve
It is not a replacement for real food. It is a way of making real nutrition easier to deliver, every single day.
What people are reporting so far
From the feedback already coming in, several themes keep repeating.
People commonly report:
• More stable energy across the day
• Less reliance on sugar and snacking
• Improved digestion once they find their rhythm
• Better recovery from training or long workdays
• Children accepting it better than expected when prepared properly
What encourages me most is not dramatic stories, but quiet consistency. People often say they feel more solid, more resilient, better able to cope.
That mirrors my own experience. I use the Super Smoothie as part of how I stay competitive, injury-resistant, and mentally sharp well into my seventies. If it didn’t work, I wouldn’t touch it.
Flavour and appearance differences between batches
We’ve received thoughtful feedback about differences between batches, particularly between the first and second production runs.
This is normal when you use real ingredients and deliberately avoid artificial colourings, flavourings, and stabilisers.
Turmeric and blackcurrant, in particular, naturally vary from batch to batch. Uniformity is a cosmetic goal. Biology doesn’t care about cosmetic goals.
A possible refinement, without compromise
One sensible option we’re considering is increasing the New Zealand blackcurrant content and slightly reducing turmeric.
Blackcurrant improves colour and flavour naturally and brings genuine health benefits. It is more expensive, but good health isn’t built by cutting corners.
This is exactly the kind of decision your feedback helps guide.
How to use the Super Smoothie properly
The Super Smoothie powder itself provides around 90 percent of the whey protein in a typical smoothie. Milk and yoghurt are supportive additions, not the main protein source.
They add texture, flavour, fats, enzymes, and beneficial bacteria. The foundation remains the Super Smoothie mix.
Healthy fats are essential. Coconut products, olive oil, avocado, and omega-3 oils all help balance the smoothie properly.
You can purchase good-value virgin coconut oil from a great NZ company that champions organics and traditional farming: Waihi Bush Coconut Oil - Organic Extra Virgin 500 grams
And they have this delicious oil specifically designed to add to your Super Smoothie: Waihi Bush Super Boost - 500mls
Where the flavour really comes from
The base mix is deliberately neutral.
Flavour and texture come from what you add: yoghurt, berries, seasonal fruit, milk, coconut products, and the occasional egg.
Natural flavourings such as cocoa, chocolate, vanilla, or cacao work well. Even coconut cream.
With children, adding a little ice cream or custard is perfectly acceptable. The benefit of nourishment far outweighs the downside of a small amount of sugar in an active child.
Starting low and going slow
If you’re new to some of these ingredients, start small.
Start low - Go slow!
Begin with a quarter scoop of Super Smoothie, or even less. Hold it there for a week or two. Increase gradually. Nutrition works like training. You don’t start with the heaviest weight in the gym.
Listen to your body
Guidelines are guides, not rules.
What works for someone else may not work for you. Listen to your body. Listen to your gut. Go with your gut feeling.
Plant-based protein options
Presently, demand does not justify a plant-based version without compromising freshness and quality.
Over 90 percent of demand from us is for whey protein, supported by ethically produced, grass-fed dairy. That aligns closely with the Freerangers philosophy.
A seasonal request
This article exists for one main reason: to hear from you.
If you are using the Super Smoothie I would really appreciate your feedback.
Comment on anything you like:
• Your experience• How you prepare it
• What you’ve noticed• What you enjoy or struggle with
• What you’d change or improve
I read the comments. I consider them carefully. And they directly inform what we do next.
Please leave your feedback in the comments section at the bottom of this article, or drop me an email. gary@garymoller.com
Thank you for being part of this, and for walking the talk.
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