I have fruit smoothies most mornings and blend a range of ingredients regularly through this blender including frozen fruit (cut up into smaller pieces before freezing) muesli and ice. The Breville has no trouble getting through the ingredients. I also regularly blend a range of ingredients to make baby food (both fruit and vegetables) and it has no trouble. I think this is a very good product and I would recommend to anyone looking for a higher end blender without all the buttons and controls as the Breville only has four and is very easy to use. Cleaning is easy too. Would recommend buying on sale if possible (I used gift vouchers and waited for a sale at Myer for mine) as it is quite pricey. Although it has lasted me two years and counting already.