MagiMix Le Blender

£159, magimix.uk.com

Reassuringly heavy and sturdy, Magimix’s glorious-looking machine (available in five colours) will tackle anything you throw at it. The chunky, heat-resistant glass jug gives you the capacity to blitz up to 1.8 litres of hot soup, (protein) pancake batter, fresh smoothies or whatever else your diet demands, while the four speed settings, a suite of automatic preset functions (smoothies, soup, ice, desserts) and a pulse mode all add up to a premium performance. Magimix’s Blendermix system annihilated the teeny chia seeds in our breakfast smoothie, producing a rich, velvety finish.