The Vitamix A3500i Ascent® Series Smart Blender has become a game-changer in Australian kitchens, transforming the way we blend and prepare our favourite recipes. Known for its power and performance, this blender redefines what a blender can do, unlocking unparalleled flavour, convenience, and nutrition.
Good & Fugly sat down with the Vitamix team to discuss the magic that can be achieved by bringing together a box of fugly fruit or vegetables and a very smart blender.
Can you tell me about the Vitamix A3500i Ascent Series Smart Blender?
The power and performance of a Vitamix blender redefine what a blender can do. It's much more than a blender — owners worldwide quickly realise how much flavour, time, and nourishment Vitamix can unlock. With simple touchscreen controls, you can automatically process your favourite recipes with five program settings or a programmable digital timer.
The A3500i Ascent Series Smart Blender features SELF-DETECT* Technology, Variable Speed Control, Pulse Function, five Program Settings (Smoothie, Hot Soup, Dips & Spreads, Frozen Dessert, Cleaning), Programmable Timer, Touchscreen, and a 10-Year Warranty.
Vitamix machines are dependable and not disposable, built with high-quality, durable materials, and engineered and assembled in the USA. This is why Vitamix blenders are proven to last up to 10 times longer than your average blender.
Where do the smarts come from, and how does it make the blender a superior experience?
Smart engineering from the inside out offers a sleek, premium look from every angle, more user-friendly controls, and our most powerful motors for home kitchens. The Vitamix Ascent features SELF-DETECT* technology, with magnetic sensors and near-field communications that tell the motor base which container you’re using and automatically adjust blend settings. With the all-new family of containers, you’ll be able to create a customised blending system.
How do Vitamix blenders help Australians enjoy a more nutritious and balanced diet?
Vitamix machines have the power you need to pulverise even the toughest ingredients. When a blender can help you transform healthy ingredients into foods you actually want to eat, you’re more likely to use it often. Unlike that juicer you only use once in a blue moon, a Vitamix blender can unlock the benefits of whole fruits and vegetables, transforming them into silky smooth drinks, soups, frozen desserts, chunky salsas, dips, and more. You can easily incorporate extra veggies into your blends to boost the nutritional content.
What are some of the best ways to use a blender as part of a healthier lifestyle?
Vitamix is different from a traditional blender or any kitchen appliance you’ve ever seen. It truly is 10 machines in one! A Vitamix blender can liquefy and make frozen desserts in 30 seconds, frozen cocktails in 5 seconds, heat soups from cold ingredients in 5 minutes, make hot lattes, fondues, curds, and sauces in under 6 minutes. It will grind coffee beans, herbs, spices, make nut butter, chop, puree, mix cakes and batters, and make mouth-watering smoothies from fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes.
It seems a blender is the perfect partner to Good & Fugly fruits and vegetables. Do your customers use blenders to make use of ingredients they otherwise wouldn't?
Vitamix can turn leftover fruits or vegetables, or those with slight imperfections, into delicious meals, from soups and smoothies to cakes and batters. You (and picky kids) won't notice a difference, which during this cost of living crisis is a great way to utilise food that would have otherwise gone to waste, helping you save on the grocery bill.
What are some of the most creative ways to use a Vitamix blender?
You can use a Vitamix blender to make hot emulsion sauces, cold sauces, oils and butters, rustic sauces, nut butters and milks, dough, soups, grind spices, curds and custards, and cocktails.
The Vitamix generates the necessary heat for perfect sauces, emulsifies cold sauces, blends ingredients quickly for vibrant oils and butters, creates consistent textures in rustic sauces, blends nuts into smooth nut butter or milk, mills flours and grinds for doughs, creates smooth soups, grinds spices for curries and stir-fries, generates heat for curds and custards, and crushes ice for refreshing cocktails.
The best part is the taste, and you know what you are putting into each of your meals. For more creative ways to use the Vitamix blender, visit our website www.vitamix.com.au and browse all the amazing recipes. Check out our Instagram @Vitamix_AUNZ to see some incredible ideas from our talented users, sharing their tried and tested recipes using fresh whole foods.
*Vitamix blenders last up to 10 times longer than an average blender, as demonstrated in a study comparing full-size Vitamix blenders with a popular high-performance blender.
