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  • YFRUIT SOFT SERVE MACHINE: Easily create yummy tasting treats by adding any combination of chocolate, or fruits like over-ripe bananas, berries, or mango to the chute for a smooth "ice-cream" like taste..Frequency : 60 hz
  • HEALTHY GOODNESS: With Yonanas, you can instantly churn 100% frozen fruits to create a healthy dessert without additional fat, sugar or preservatives compared to other "ice cream" or "yogurt" like treats.
  • EASY & FUN TO USE: Transform frozen fruit into dessert in just seconds by simply inserting frozen banana (or any fruit of your choice) into the chute and pushing down using the plunger. It's that easy and fun to make!
  • EASY TO CLEAN: Create delicious treats without the hassle of cleanup; as the chute, plunger, and blade are dishwasher safe.
  • FROZEN DESSERT: Use Yonanas to turn desserts into yummy goodness! Make simple, elegant homemade desserts like cakes, pies, bon bons and sorbets. Perfect for entertaining guests, snacks for the kids, or a yummy anytime treat.
  • Included Components: Owner's Manual Manual Given In Detail Page, Yonanas Classic dessert maker, 36 Count Recipe Book, BPA Free Yonanas Classic dessert maker

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Yonanas 902 Classic Vegan Non-Dairy Frozen Fruit Soft Serve Dessert Maker, BPA Free

Yonanas 902 Classic Vegan Non-Dairy Frozen Fruit Soft Serve Dessert Maker, BPA Free

Yonanas 902 Classic Vegan Non-Dairy Frozen Fruit Soft Serve Dessert Maker, BPA Free

Yonanas 902 Classic Vegan Non-Dairy Frozen Fruit Soft Serve Dessert Maker, BPA Free

THE HEALTHY DESSERT BOOK lets you indulge your sweet tooth without the guilt with nutritious and delicious recipes.

Since Yonanas is made from frozen fruit, you can truly snack guilt free! ​

LESS FOOD WASTE - Stop tossing those spotted bananas! When it comes to making the best and sweetest Yonanas, it’s those older, spotted bananas that are the absolute best choice.

Yonanas 902 Classic Vegan Non-Dairy Frozen Fruit Soft Serve Dessert Maker, BPA Free

Yonanas 902 Classic Vegan Non-Dairy Frozen Fruit Soft Serve Dessert Maker, BPA Free

Yonanas 902 Classic Vegan Non-Dairy Frozen Fruit Soft Serve Dessert Maker, BPA Free

Yonanas 902 Classic Vegan Non-Dairy Frozen Fruit Soft Serve Dessert Maker, BPA Free

To make your Yonanas dessert simply cut up and freeze fruit.

Let the frozen fruit thaw 7-10 minutes and begin inserting fruit into the Yonanas machine.

Enjoy your Yonanas! And when you’re done, clean-up is a breeze with top-rack dishwasher-safe components.

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If you can slice and freeze fruit, you can use the Yonanas fruit soft serve maker! This frozen treat maker allows you to make wholesome, delicious dairy-free and vegan desserts in just minutes – no added fats, sugars or additives needed. Create your own or use the 36 included recipes. All the Yonanas frozen dessert maker’s removable parts are top-rack dishwasher safe and BPA free.

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4.3
4.3
4.3
4.3
4.5
4.5
Easy to use
4.3
4.3
4.3
4.3
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Customer reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars
21,597 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the ease of cleaning, taste, and smoothness of the ice cream maker. For example, they mention it comes apart easily, makes delicious ice-cream and frozen yogurt, and is great for making healthy treats. Some appreciate the ease to use. That said, opinions are mixed on quality, freshness, and value.

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1,330 customers mention "Taste"1,250 positive80 negative

Customers like the taste of the ice cream maker. They say it makes delicious icecream, frozen yogurt, and healthy treats that feel like indulgence. They also say it's great for making healthy treats and fresh fruit is transformed into a soft serve dessert. Customers also love all the different flavor options.

"...It was fast, easy and delicious!! The cleanup was so easy and quick too...." Read more

"...It came out perfect. Both batches tasted sweet and good. Surprisingly they tasted almost the same. My fiancee was sure that I had added table sugar...." Read more

"...The blueberry yonana bowl I ate last night was delicious! And zero WW points!!Now, don’t get me wrong, it is NOT ice cream...." Read more

"...I like that you do not need any dairy or sugar. The bananas give a great sweetness and texture." Read more

1,241 customers mention "Quality"864 positive377 negative

Customers are mixed about the quality of the ice cream maker. Some mention that it works well, produces great results, and is a great little device. Others say that the results are runny, not as good as ice-cream, and that the plunger system is not really effective. Some customers also report that the dishwasher didn't drain water and that there was brown particulate food matter down the chute.

"...It was so creamy and so good. Actually tasted better than my fattening ice cream maybe because it is guilt-free...." Read more

"...It came out perfect. Both batches tasted sweet and good. Surprisingly they tasted almost the same. My fiancee was sure that I had added table sugar...." Read more

"...Now, that was a good mixture that I can easily eat multiple times. It is runny, like soft serve ice cream that's melted, but, boy did it taste good." Read more

"...And I can have it completely guilt free.It was also pretty filling, i.e. when I finished, I didn’t crave another bowl, but sat there in awe,..." Read more

965 customers mention "Ease of cleaning"707 positive258 negative

Customers find the ice cream maker easy to clean. They mention that it comes apart easily and is not hard to take apart.

"...It was fast, easy and delicious!! The cleanup was so easy and quick too...." Read more

"...Can’t speak for longevity yet, but it came apart easily and was easy to wash. Great find for the summer!" Read more

"...this burnt smell when used for an extended period of time… also kinda hard to clean and blade spinner will color after time...." Read more

"...and the blade cone and some in the gasket too, but that's very easy to scrape out, put in the bowl, and enjoy...." Read more

887 customers mention "Ease of use"761 positive126 negative

Customers find the ice cream maker easy to use. They mention it's simple and sleek, making it easy for older children to use with minimal supervision. They also say adding fruit to the yonana is very easy. Customers say it'll be fun for any age and a great way to involve the whole family.

"...I used for the first time today and I am beside myself! It was fast, easy and delicious!! The cleanup was so easy and quick too...." Read more

"...Well, I can't vouch for the Ninja, but I can say that adding fruit to the Yonana is very easy...." Read more

"...Set up was a cinch, it was already assembled so there was no confusion about where parts go...." Read more

"...A great way to involve the whole family! I like that you do not need any dairy or sugar. The bananas give a great sweetness and texture." Read more

321 customers mention "Smoothness"274 positive47 negative

Customers like the smoothness of the ice cream maker. They mention that the texture is creamy and perfect, the product is soft, and fluffy. They also say that it makes the fruit so creamy and delicious.

"...It was so creamy and so good. Actually tasted better than my fattening ice cream maybe because it is guilt-free...." Read more

"...The texture was creamy and perfect (besides some seeds from the berries), had nice flavor, and I am really happy and looking forward to trying a lot..." Read more

"...This product touts that the end result is creamy. I did not find that the result was creamy at all. No matter which kind of fruit was used...." Read more

"This machine is magical. We still can’t figure out how it makes the fruit so creamy but it’s delicious!..." Read more

247 customers mention "Value"149 positive98 negative

Customers are mixed about the value of the ice cream maker. Some mention it's well worth the price, and saves them money by making icecream at home. However, others feel that it'll waste their money and is not economical.

"...I stumbled across this and due to the inexpensive price tag, I decided to give it a try. I used for the first time today and I am beside myself!..." Read more

"...At the end of the day, I just felt that this product is not worth the money considering you could probably do the same thing in a higher end food..." Read more

"...Not a bad price at $40." Read more

"...Such a great way to extend your grocery budget...." Read more

215 customers mention "Freshness"75 positive140 negative

Customers are mixed about the freshness of the ice cream maker. Some mention that the fruit is awesome, healthy, and gives them the fruit they need while they feel like they're eating icecream. However, others say that it's easy and healthy, but a lot of food gets stuck inside the machine in the shoot. Some say the fruit stays behind and is sticky.

"...You're done!" thing isn't true either. Fruit is sticky because of the fructose in it and it will not come off with just rinsing...." Read more

"...And it's made with all fruit witch is very healthy. I love mine" Read more

"I love this product and how it is so easy and healthy, but a lot of food gets stuck inside the machine in the shoot...." Read more

"...I tried right out of the freezer and the fruit World not move through and also became impacted inside the feeder. Lesson learned...." Read more

212 customers mention "Noise"46 positive166 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the noise produced by the ice cream maker. They mention that it is a bit loud and does not make a sound or rumble of life.

"...Only negative was the noise, but it worked fast and wasn’t an issue for long...." Read more

"...Last night I got to try the Yonana. My assessment...it is noisy. So noisy that it should be packed up and shipped back? No...." Read more

"...Seems like a normal blender volume? So yes, noisy, but not enough to give me a headache or make it difficult to talk to someone next to you...." Read more

"...Noise is comparable to my blender. Again, texture is definitely like ice cream and not like a smoothie. Highly recommend" Read more

It works!
5 out of 5 stars
It works!
Okay, I know I'm late to the party, since this device has been around over a decade, but Yonanas is awesome! This machine can take frozen fruit and turn it into a soft serve ice cream consistency without anything else added! I've been interested in it for a long time, but always thought it'd be silly to have a device like this that can basically only do one thing (as opposed to a blender) but I just found it cheaper than normal on Amazon (the "classic" version for around 30 instead of 50) so as a lactose intolerant person I decided to finally get one and give it a try. We just finished our first attempt, which was a mix of two bananas, some strawberries and blackberries. It made a lot more than we expected, around 10 scoops! It was a bit softer than it'd be normally because I let the frozen fruit thaw longer than the recommended 7-10mins, but it was still great. The texture was creamy and perfect (besides some seeds from the berries), had nice flavor, and I am really happy and looking forward to trying a lot of other combinations. I rarely eat fruit but now this will definitely "trick" me into eating more. And since it's so healthy it doesn't feel as bad making it fancier with chocolate sauce or sprinkles. I really like the idea of using this to make an easy icebox pie too! That should really impress everyone at a party. The included recipe book is beautiful (and in a few languages), and there are a lot of other great ideas on their website and elsewhere online.The noise level wasn't as bad as I expected based on other reviews. Seems like a normal blender volume? So yes, noisy, but not enough to give me a headache or make it difficult to talk to someone next to you. And this machine works quickly too, so it's not on for long (and isn't supposed to be on for longer than 2mins at a time). Cleaning it really wasn't that bad either. My husband quickly rinsed everything while I was taking pictures to show to everyone, haha. Based on reading and watching video reviews, I already knew to open the unplugged machine and get the extra mixture out with a small spatula to not waste anything like some people complained about. It really didn't take long. And it honestly makes sense that there would be some left inside since it slowly mixes everything together as it grinds the frozen fruits. I also cut the bananas into smaller pieces before freezing so I could alternate the fruits quicker for a better blended finished product (see images).This was definitely a winner! I'm very glad I purchased this, and even my husband (who doesn't have lactose intolerance like I do) was impressed and said he'd be happy to eat more (but maybe mixtures with less tiny seeds since he found that odd in an otherwise creamy "nice cream"). The fruit can really pack a punch for flavor, but the banana can help mellow out sour/tart notes.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2024
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I was skeptical as I have purchased so many ice cream makers that claim to be quick and able to make healthy choices from fruits only to come out as a thin shake consistency at best. I needed to break my nightly ice cream habit when my waist really started to grow. I stumbled across this and due to the inexpensive price tag, I decided to give it a try. I used for the first time today and I am beside myself! It was fast, easy and delicious!! The cleanup was so easy and quick too. I cannot wait to try more recipes but knowing that I can still have my ice cream is the best news I’ve had in a while. It was so creamy and so good. Actually tasted better than my fattening ice cream maybe because it is guilt-free. No sugar or milk was added nor needed. Frozen Bananas and berries, that was it! Took me less than 15 minutes to whip up a bowl which included 7 minutes to let thaw a little. PERFECTION!!!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2024
I was skeptical as I have purchased so many ice cream makers that claim to be quick and able to make healthy choices from fruits only to come out as a thin shake consistency at best. I needed to break my nightly ice cream habit when my waist really started to grow. I stumbled across this and due to the inexpensive price tag, I decided to give it a try. I used for the first time today and I am beside myself! It was fast, easy and delicious!! The cleanup was so easy and quick too. I cannot wait to try more recipes but knowing that I can still have my ice cream is the best news I’ve had in a while. It was so creamy and so good. Actually tasted better than my fattening ice cream maybe because it is guilt-free. No sugar or milk was added nor needed. Frozen Bananas and berries, that was it! Took me less than 15 minutes to whip up a bowl which included 7 minutes to let thaw a little. PERFECTION!!!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2024
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This Dietitian approves! I got this today and almost immediately tried it out. First bowl was banana, strawberry and pineapple. The fruit was all straight out of the freezer and super hard, so it was hard to push through. I waited a few minutes for the fruit to thaw a tad and I layered the next batch of fruit with a teaspoon of yogurt, a bit more fruit, teaspoon of yogurt. It came out perfect. Both batches tasted sweet and good. Surprisingly they tasted almost the same. My fiancee was sure that I had added table sugar. I love super thick smoothies, so I’ll probably try this with my smoothie ingredients next time.

Only negative was the noise, but it worked fast and wasn’t an issue for long. Can’t speak for longevity yet, but it came apart easily and was easy to wash. Great find for the summer!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2024
This Dietitian approves! I got this today and almost immediately tried it out. First bowl was banana, strawberry and pineapple. The fruit was all straight out of the freezer and super hard, so it was hard to push through. I waited a few minutes for the fruit to thaw a tad and I layered the next batch of fruit with a teaspoon of yogurt, a bit more fruit, teaspoon of yogurt. It came out perfect. Both batches tasted sweet and good. Surprisingly they tasted almost the same. My fiancee was sure that I had added table sugar. I love super thick smoothies, so I’ll probably try this with my smoothie ingredients next time.

Only negative was the noise, but it worked fast and wasn’t an issue for long. Can’t speak for longevity yet, but it came apart easily and was easy to wash. Great find for the summer!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2012
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I was telling a couple of the girls at work yesterday about how I'd gotten a Yonana and how eager I was to try it. One of the other girls comes up and says, "You ordered a Yonana?" I said yes, thinking she was going to tell me wonderful things about it. Instead, she said she'd had one, that she hated it, and recommended that I immediately pack it up and ship it back without trying it. She claimed it was noisy and difficult to clean. She recommended getting a Ninja instead and said a Ninja is more versatile, but then she went on to say that she has to add liquid to her fruit, which defeats the purpose for why I'd ordered the Yonana in the first place. I'm on Weight Watchers, and I'd ordered the Yonana because all you need is fruit and fruit is zero points on Weight Watchers. What's not to love about "free" food? My co-worker also complained about needing to use two bananas for the Yonana and said that bananas are too high in carbs. High in carbs or not, bananas still count as "free" food on Weight Watchers and, contrary to what my co-worker said, you do not need to use two bananas nor do you need to use any bananas. So, being the stubborn person that I am, I decided not to take my co-worker's advice.

Last night I got to try the Yonana. My assessment...it is noisy. So noisy that it should be packed up and shipped back? No. It's no more noisy than my blender or my son's juicer. And it is not difficult to clean. Not in the least little bit. In fact, I was a bit wary of the blades on the blade cone because they looked a bit evil, like they could scrape up a knuckle without a second thought - but the blades actually ended up being very easy to clean off. You can actually just run the parts under water and rinse them off, it cleaned up that easily. If my co-worker wants to see difficult to clean, she can borrow my son's juicer, which requires scrubbing with a toothbrush to get all the pulp out.

I'd read some reviews on the Ninja and one of the reviews complained that the Ninja is a pain when you want to add additional ingredients because you have to take off the motor and take off a lid and there was another step that I don't remember. My co-worker agreed that you do need to do all that, but she poo-pooed that review as saying that's really not an issue. Well, I can't vouch for the Ninja, but I can say that adding fruit to the Yonana is very easy. You just pull out the plunger (which you can get a little bit of suction there) and pop in the fruit and then plunge away.

Creating the "ice cream" is very quick. I mean, very quick! In less time than it takes to dig frozen real ice cream out of a tub, you can have a Yonana treat. (Well, okay, that might not be totally true as you do need to thaw your frozen fruit first...but take the thawing part out of the equation, you can have the Yonana treat more quickly than real ice cream and without the cussing and swearing.)

There is no waste in ingredients with the Yonana. I am always astounded by my son's juicer at how much wasted product is left over. With the Yonana, you get to eat every bit of what goes into it. You will want to disassemble the unit right away, however, because you will find that some edible "ice cream" remains between the blade cover and the blade cone and some in the gasket too, but that's very easy to scrape out, put in the bowl, and enjoy. I did notice that it seems that the first bowl of Yonana gets cheated out of some of their treat and subsequent bowls seem to be more filled. I'm not sure what the reason for that is as it didn't appear that there was fruit left in the plunger. Maybe it's the amount of fruit that remains between the cone cover and blade cone? I don't know, but a solution is to make one big batch and then separate it into portions.

The unit is much smaller than I'd expected it to be. It takes up less room than a toaster or a traditional blender or my son's gigantic juicer. It is tall, however. But if you leave it out on a countertop, height isn't an issue. It's the footprint that would be an issue.

One thing I discovered that I don't really like about the design of the Yonana is that the spout the "ice cream" comes out is too close to the unit and sometimes the "ice cream" wants to curl back toward the unit and not into your bowl, even though I had the bowl pushed up next to the machine. A simple fix would be for the Yonana designer to make a longer spout. Next Yonana generation maybe. In the meantime, the user can use a higher bowl, or maybe a glass?

Overall, am I 100% sold on Yonana? No. I wish I could say I am, but, after tasting my first creation, I think I'd rather just eat the fruit. The concoction does not taste like ice cream - it does, however, have the texture of soft serve ice cream. Oddly, my son, who drank a full 12 ounce glass of grainy juiced carrots without complaint made faces as he ate his banana/peach Yonana. He did eat it all, but I don't think he's going to be asking me to make him another Yonana treat. As for me, I do not like bananas, at all, and a few areas of my banana/berry tasted way too much like banana. (And, yes, I know, you do not need to use the bananas. I made my Yonana treat using just one banana, one half before the berries and one half after.) Am I going to ship my Yonana back? No. I'm going to give it more of a try. First off, a lot of the reviews and the Yonana owner's manual/recipe books all say to use ripe bananas. I didn't have ripe bananas. I just froze the bananas that were the most banged up looking and they really weren't all that ripe. So I'm hoping that bananas that are truly ripe and not simply banged up will make a difference. Also, I intend to give it a try using just fruit without the bananas. I am also hoping that in time I will move beyond the desire for my concoctions to be ice cream and that I'll just be happy that I'm having a Weight Watchers zero point treat. My husband also said that he thinks the Yonana will be a nice cold treat come summer when it's hot.

So, do I recommend the Yonana? Yes, I do. In fact, despite my not being sold on the taste of my first creation, I do intend on sharing my Yonana experience with my Weight Watchers group as well as my friends. Like a few of the reviews said, if you want ice cream, go buy ice cream. If you want a good, healthy, zero point treat, then, by all means, get a Yonana. It's a good machine that does exactly what it's meant to do.

Follow up - I tried again and used just a berry mix (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries) and four slices of peaches (no bananas). Very good. Even better, I mixed in a container of blueberry Fiber One yogurt (just one Weight Watchers point). Now, that was a good mixture that I can easily eat multiple times. It is runny, like soft serve ice cream that's melted, but, boy did it taste good.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2023
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Why is this not a more prevalent appliance?!
I finally made my first yonanas last night after procrastinating for weeks, thinking it’d be too much work and not taste that great. I was so wrong. I’m so glad I got this.

Let me tell you, I am an ice cream addict. I could eat a whole half gallon tub of blue bell in one day. It is my Achilles’ heel when it comes to dieting. I’ve been doing a weight watchers for over a year now, and it’s been very effective. Except I can’t say no to ice cream, and then I binge and gain a ton back. I bought this machine as a kind of Hail Mary shot at finally finding a substitute. (Froyo bars are pretty good, but super expensive and only come in like 4 packs, that I want to eat all of…)

I made the right decision. The blueberry yonana bowl I ate last night was delicious! And zero WW points!!

Now, don’t get me wrong, it is NOT ice cream. It doesn’t taste like ice cream, it doesn’t look like ice cream. But it is a TREAT. It tasted more like froyo. And I can have it completely guilt free.
It was also pretty filling, i.e. when I finished, I didn’t crave another bowl, but sat there in awe, savoring what I had just eaten.

I wondered, and am still wondering, HOW IS THIS NOT MORE POPULAR?! How does it work sooo much better than a blender? (I had tried to make a similar ice cream substitute with the same frozen fruits and some Greek yogurt previously, but it was very disappointing)

Is this a first try phenomenon? Perhaps, but I doubt it. I have an ice cream craving solution now that I think will satisfy me for ever.

I don’t get me wrong, weight watchers is very clear about not eliminating foods, especially your favorite foods. But about learning moderation. Unfortunately, with ice cream, I have way too hard of a time stopping myself. And the idea of never having it again is too hard. The solution I came up with that sounds great in theory but have had trouble carrying out in reality, is to only have ice cream on special occasions. And that doesn’t mean find an excuse for special occasions to happen more often. And when I have ice cream it can only be blue bell, bc if I’m going to spend the points on ice cream, it better be the best ice cream in the world. Yonanas will get me through the rest of the year and hopefully train my body over time to crave fruits more than dairy. It is easily as good as any froyo I’ve ever had, and better than offbrand ice cream.

I love that it came with a recipe book for instruction, inspiration, and portion suggestions.

Set up was a cinch, it was already assembled so there was no confusion about where parts go. I to it apart before using to rinse it before use and see how it goes together. Easy.

As far as the cleaning goes, I don’t know why anyone is saying it is hard. It was super easy to rinse all the pieces after making my bowl. And the base doesn’t get dirty at all.

All in all I give this 15 stars.
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Linda F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Works as expected
Reviewed in Canada on July 7, 2024
Works as expected. Delicious sugar free creamy frozen treats.
Benjamin Hardy
5.0 out of 5 stars easy to use and clean, great value
Reviewed in Canada on June 29, 2024
Color: SilverVerified Purchase
I am very lazy, and even I think this is easy to clean. There are only a few big pieces.
I've tried banana + mango so far. The texture came out pretty decent.
For the texture and the ease of use at this price point, I would give it a 11/10.
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Fernando
5.0 out of 5 stars Bien
Reviewed in Mexico on March 1, 2024
Color: SilverVerified Purchase
Funciona muy bien y es muy fácil de usar además que es una opción más saludable de preparar helado
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MARIA CELESTE ARROYO AGUILERA
5.0 out of 5 stars Es fácil de usar y cumple con su función
Reviewed in Mexico on July 2, 2023
La máquina es buena y cumple su función, no me gustó el sabor ni la consistencia de las bananas parecía puré chicloso, quizás no las congelé lo suficiente, pero seguiré probando con otras frutas y haciendo nuevas combinaciones
Mohamed Almarzooqi
1.0 out of 5 stars ردئ الصنع
Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on May 26, 2023
انفجر الفيوز منذ اللحظة الاولى من التشغيل و اصبح غير قابل للاستعمال و تسبب في قطع الكهرباء عن المطبخ و عند محاولة اصلاحه تبين ان الجهاز عبارة عن هيكل خارجي فقط و محرك صغير و بدون وجود اية مكونات داخليه يعني الجهاز لم يصنع ليعمل