miaow

You may have noticed that now and again we like to make sure our drinkers are on their toes and paying attention by slipping in the odd unlikely ingredient to the list.

Shiny trumpets, two-man tents and rubber ducks have all been known to have made an appearance at some point.

But we were still shocked to receive a concerned email from Rhian about a new entrant:

While drinking my delicious innocent breakfast thickie this morning, I was most alarmed to read that the ingredients included 'a sprinkling of ground up cats'.

Thankfully I am not a vegetarian, but do not usually eat any cat until after lunch as it plays havoc with my digestive system. I would be most grateful if you revise your recipe as I'd hate to give them up. Surely there is something else you can use to give it similar bite?

We are happy to inform Rhian that this particular label appears to have been the victim a printing slip-up, and not an attempt on our part at introducing exciting new ingredients into the world of quality fruit drinks. It should of course read 'a sprinkling of ground up oats'. Of course.

And we'd like to take this opportunity to say that our drinks have been cat-free since we launched. We plan on maintaining this stance for the foreseeable future.

Comments

[Andypip]

Well I for one will have to revise my consumption of your smoothies now you have confirmed that you will not be adding cats anymore, nor ever have. I always thought they added an extra piquancy. I'm dejected (!)

[Lydia Everitt]

I have discovered that Innocent smoothies are perfect for the 'food' the invalid needs before taking certain tablets. However, Smoothies are imperfect for gravy.

[CM]

For a moment then I thought you had fallen yet another victim of Banksy - or employed him...?

[cheezehog]

Poor kitties - being ground up and put into smoothies. Then when questioned, the bigwigs at innocent deny the existance of kitties, and claim it was a printing error.'Ground up oats' indeed. You guys must have a good pr person :D

[Emz]

Oh no! I wouldn't want to find my ground up kittie in my smoothie! Gah! The mangoes are MINE!

I do enjoy seeing my smoothie includes a library. I had one during an exam and it surely did seem to make me have more knowledge!

Way to go innocent!

[Emz]

Oh no! I wouldn't want to find my ground up kittie in my smoothie! Gah! The mangoes are MINE!

I do enjoy seeing my smoothie includes a library. I had one during an exam and it surely did seem to make me have more knowledge!

Way to go innocent!

[Sarah Yeldham]

I prefer rubber ducks!

[Birogrrl]

Dont worry people, you can always grind up your own cat if the oats dont give enough "bite" for you. Just make sure the cat is dried out first otherwise it'll make a huge mess and end up looking like a strawberry smoothie exploded over the kitchen!

(As a side note for those who are bound to get offended, I dont advocate grinding up cats!!)

[Heather]

I, for one, am very disappointed that you will no longer be including cats in your recipes. For eons I have been espousing the nutritional and spiritual benefits of occasionally ingesting small pieces of feline, and was overjoyed on hearing that you had decided to start including it in your smoothies, since cat hair, which had previously been the easiest form of intake, has a tendency to stick in the gullet.

Mrs Trellis, North Wales.

[Sara]

i thought i had a feeling of hair stuck in my throat ! surely, that doesn't happen with oats..

[Thoughtful]

MAGNIFICENT! We can't think of another company that could get away with that.

We laughed so hard a little bit of wee came out.

Top marks from the Manchester jury.

[hannah]

how do you make a cat drink? put it in a blender! (hee hee. sorry, I felt I couldn't miss the opportunity no matter how old/childish the joke...!)

[Christina East]

I thought this ingredients label was extra informative. My husband had almost given up trying to get a bottle of Innocent, as he is allergic to oranges. This recipe may or may not contain cats, but that's fine as he isn't allergic to them. It doesn't contain oranges. Hooray!

[Lucy]

I have never laughed so hard at a blog.

[Emilie]

Following the advice on the carton of of my super detox smoothie, I recently had a go at cleaning my car with its contents.
Unfortunately, the attempt was largely unsuccessful, leaving me with a very nice smelling but very messy Ford three-wheeler.
Perhaps I didn't quite keep to the instructions as I should have - any tips?

[Nick]

It could have been worse -added 'Cat sprinklings' would no doubt have caused even more controversey...

[Andypip]

Ahem, another cat joke - what's red and taps on windows.....a cat in a microwave.....it still tickles me every time.

[Andrea]

Unfortunately after I checked on the ingredients list I couldn't drink your smoothie as I am allergic to cats, maybe you could add poodles instead?!!!!!!

[Sandra]

Morning!

Here I am, drinking my RDA of cats, and your label tells me the Chinese are probably having turnip cakes for breakfast whilst the Swiss are eating eggs in sand (really?) and the Japanese are dealing with their portion of fermented soya beans. Far away in the Philippines, someone is tucking into their fried beef jerky and my Polish neighbours are now tasting their sardines. Yep. I sure got lucky. The combination of ground up cats, yoghurt and fruit is certainly the yummiest of all. Life is sweet. Must be that honey.

[Peter]

Did the star after "the ground up cats" say miaow at the bottom?? then we would know whether it was really a printing error or more innocent wit!! Very funny though wondered why i coughed up a hair ball the other day!!

[aqua]

LOL that made my day XD

I like cats, cats are yummy.
That's my favourite typo, in the whole wide world of typos =]