What bracha do you make on smoothies?

Question

If I put grapes, apples, strawberrys, watermelons, and other fruits and vegetables, as ingredients, in a smoothie, what bracha do I make, because its filled with foods of different brachos?

Answer 1

If it's all mushed-up enough that you can't tell what it is anymore, the bracha becomes "shehakol." You only say "thank you Hashem for this fruit" (or vegetable) if it still looks like a piece of fruit or vegetable.

Even something like applesauce; it can be made of 100% apples (their bracha is "ha'etz", they're a fruit), but if the applesauce is pureed enough that there are no chunks of apple, the bracha is "shehakol."

If you have a fruit salad where you can see different pieces, some of which are "ha'etz" (like apples) and some are "ha'adama" (like watermelon), then make separate brachos on each. While there are many exceptions, usually you make the "ha'etz" before the "ha'adama."

Answer 2

While this is highly disputed (see Shalom's answer), R. Yitzchak Abadi (Ohr Yitzchak II OC §77) holds that something which is commonly squeezed / mashed up etc. retains its beracha even after its original form is not discernible. With regard to mixtures, the correct beracha is established in these cases by whatever the greater part of the mixture is.

Answer 3

BS"D

"When a person squeezes fruit to extract its juices, he should recite the blessings shehakol beforehand and borei nephashoth afterward."- Hilkhoth Brakhoth 8:2 M"T