Fruit smoothies are delightful ways to have a satisfying and generally healthy snack or even meal replacement. But, you have to know if the smoothie you are drinking has added refined sugar or other additives that can boost calorie count.

While I enjoy all-fruit smoothies (natural sugars), the calorie count of smoothies made with prepared ingredients have concerned some. Result? Sugarless smoothies that are tasty (I guess) but have little to few calories.

The replacement for sugar is the sugary-hybrid Splenda, which is an interesting product in and of itself. It combines regular sugar and ingredients that do not occur in nature to give no-calorie sweetness without adverse health affects (at least, not yet). Great concept, but I'm sticking with fresh fruit myself.