'The Salad in a Bottle'
Gazpacho is a traditional Spanish dish and it's literally a soup that's eaten cold. Cho! had the clever idea of putting their gazpachos into a bottle so they can be consumed on the go. As I'm a fan of soup, I was curious to try this new drink for myself.
Cho! gazpacho is made by hand
in the hills of Andalucia by blending whole fruits and vegetables
with extra virgin olive oil. It comes in three flavours: tomato &
peppers (clasico), beetroot & apple, and tomato & strawberry.
After tasting all three flavours, I
have to say that my favourite was the Clasico because it was a
more savoury, 'normal' taste for a soup, that I'm used to. The tomato
& strawberry confused my taste buds – I like both tomatoes and
strawberries, but I've never had both in my mouth at the same time
before. It reminded me of when I first tried a peanut butter and jam
sandwich – my tongue couldn't understand what was going on with the
sweet and savoury flavours all mixed in to one. I could definitely
get used to it though. The beetroot & apple was also nice, but
again confusing for a tongue that had never tasted those two flavours
combined before.
I love the packaging – it has a
fun Spanish feel and would definitely catch my eye on a
supermarket shelf. The bottles are glass so can be reused or recycled, which is always good. I also love that the gazpacho has very few ingredients, and
no artificial ones. The Clasico flavour, for example, only
contains tomatoes, mountain spring water, red and green peppers,
extra virgin olive oil, bread, garlic, sea salt, cumin, sherry
vinegar, lemon juice and pectin.
I
think Cho! gazpacho would be great to have as a drink
with your lunch, a quick filling snack or, for a more satisfying
meal, decant it into a bowl and eat with a few chunks of bread.
Check out Cho!'s website (the link's at the top of this post) for a list of stockists or to order online.
Thanks to Amelia for sending me some Cho! drinking gazpacho to review. If you have a health/fitness/nutrition related product you'd like me to review, you can either email me at nicspirational@gmail.com or contact me via Twitter. I will aim to post my review within a week of receiving your product and will always give my honest opinion.
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Check out Cho!'s website (the link's at the top of this post) for a list of stockists or to order online.
Thanks to Amelia for sending me some Cho! drinking gazpacho to review. If you have a health/fitness/nutrition related product you'd like me to review, you can either email me at nicspirational@gmail.com or contact me via Twitter. I will aim to post my review within a week of receiving your product and will always give my honest opinion.
Read my other reviews:
Crackin' Eggs, Upbeat Drinks, TreeVitalise, Fitbit, Life Tonics, Nutrifiz, Multipower, Build Your Running Body, Selwyn's Seaweed, Jump Attack and DermaGlo.