In the last couple of years, smoothies have become one of the trendiest healthy meals, since not only they give you your daily dose of vitamins, but they’re great to boost your metabolism, help you lose weight and give you better skin, hair and nails. And this won’t be as great as the fact that smoothies fit everybody’s lifestyle since you can consume them both from the comfort of your home or take them wherever you need to go.

But you probably know that it would be impossible to consume your favourite fruits and veggies mixed together if you don’t have a convenient smoothie tumbler. This is why we put together a couple of useful tips to help you choose the best option for your needs and preferences.

The truth is that the market is overflowed with many different smoothie cups, mugs and tumblers, and not all of them are created equally good. So, to ensure maximum convenience and get the most out of your healthy meal, it’s very important to choose a smoothie tumbler from reputable brands only.

Talking about brands that offer a great value to every fresh smoothie lover, it’s best to choose local and go for a nice Avanti smoothie takeaway cup. In fact, Avanti have been present on the Australian market for over 20 years, designing a huge range of quality and budget-friendly reusable smoothie cups. But they aren’t only popular for their cute cups for smoothies, since Avanti have been always striving to develop functional and high-quality homeware products for everyday use such as kitchen utensils, knife blocks, tea mugs, coffee cups as well as Australian designed thin wall glassware.

MontiiCo is just another of the brands offering a great quality of these convenient smoothie mugs for everyone who wants to enjoy a freshly blended mixture of healthy ingredients. With their slogan "Rad Reusables", MontiiCo are also striving to deliver high-quality products and create the most innovative designs for every active Australian family. This means that except for their rad smoothie mugs, you can also find reusable coffee cups or thermoses, convenient lunch bags, pack & snack bags, sandwich cutters etc…

Finally, if you want to get yourself something customized with your name, company logo, brand or any unique quote on it, check out the extraordinary Cheeki smoothie mugs. Not only are they one of the most popular local Australian brands for producing different smoothies, coffees and wine tumblers, but Cheeki’s products are packed with many modern technologies and features such as triple wall vacuums, BPA and toxin-free surfaces as well as patented designs and innovations.

Aside from getting the right brand for yourself, it’s essential to choose a smoothie travel mug made from the right material. So, it’s about time to ditch all those BPA plastic cups and get yourself stainless steel or a glass made smoothie cup as one of the healthiest variants.

Starting from stainless steel cups, they may not seem like the most glamorous option, but know that they offer a plethora of benefits. First of all, stainless steel smoothie cups are a way more durable option than the plastic and glass-made ones, since they won’t crack or break if you accidentally drop them.

Not only will a stainless steel smoothie mug last for a lifetime, but it’s also one of the safest and non-toxic choices on the market. This is due to stainless steel having natural antibacterial properties, rust and corrosion resistance and being nonreactive to acid. Aside from this, you can always wash it in high temperatures in your dishwasher without worrying that it will "melt" or shatter.

On the other hand, glass smoothie mugs are also a popular choice, and there’re many reasons behind this. First of all, glass mugs make smoothies and every other beverage taste better since they won’t hold any tastes from the previous smoothies. Glass also makes for one of the healthiest materials for cups, since it won’t leach any chemicals from the container to the content inside. So, if you’re about to keep your smoothie cold, tasty and "out of contamination", then a glass smoothie cup is undoubtedly the right choice for you.

Smoothie cups come in many different sizes to fit as many people’s preferences as possible. So, you can always choose from the huge range of large smoothie cups that are able to accommodate up to 500ml of liquid or smaller ones from around 250 to 350 ml. This will highly depend on your usual portion size.

But when it comes to making a delicious smoothie, you have an endless range of choices. So, if you prefer consuming a smoothie that contains 100% of fruit, know that you won’t need the largest cup since the recommended dose is 150ml per day (or around 80g of fruit). This is because fruit is easier to be consumed when blended than eating the whole fruit, and if you pack more than one of the recommended portions, you’ll get a bigger dose of sugar which is not healthy at all.

On the other hand, if you want to replace some of the fruits with other ingredients, or there’re days when you’d rather carry a milkshake instead of a smoothie, then it can be helpful to consider a larger cup.

Aside from being made of different materials and featuring different sizes, it doesn’t mean that smoothie cups should be boring since they actually come in many cute colours and designs- from the dusty pink, rose gold and lavender girly shades to the more universal eucalyptus, greys and navy colours. Smoothie cups can also feature cute prints with birds, flamingos or different fruits, as well as different quotes to uplift your mood once you want to take a sip of your fresh smoothie. So, aside from keeping your smoothie cold and tasty, why not make the whole experience more fun?

When choosing the perfect smoothie thermos for yourself, there’re also a couple of things you need to avoid. For instance, every smoothie cup will feature a lid that will securely seal the content inside the cup. But some of them have holes for straws, which is a potential hole for your smoothie to get spilled inside your bag. So, if you’re looking for a portable cup to carry at work or anywhere you go, make sure you avoid the ones with straws, unless you’re about to keep the cup upright.

Also, the smoothie cups featuring straws will usually go with metal or plastic ones. But as we already mentioned, plastic materials are not safe and can intoxicate the content inside. On the other hand, metal straws are strong and sturdy, which means that there’s a potential risk of harming yourself if you’re drinking your smoothie while you’re walking.

For this purpose, silicone straws are the best option since not only are they BPA free and non-toxic, but silicone is a soft material that bends very easily. So, make sure you swap the original straw with a silicone one, or simply choose a smoothie mug that comes with silicone straw.

Once you get the right smoothie cup for yourself, you’ll see how smoothies will instantly become your new favourite food.