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Unusable ingredients (causes of failure)
Preparation of ingredients
20
(2)
(1)
Push
Smoothie
container
unit
Vacuumizing
arm
Lighting up
Lighting up
★
Ingredients with
a temperature
higher than 40
O
C
★
Meat or fish
★
Flour such as
wheat flour
★
Hard or dry ingredients
・
Frozen food (excluding fruit)
・
Commercially available ice
・
Dried bonito or dried soybeans
・
Dried fruit, etc.
★
Sticky ingredients
・
Boiled red beans
・
Japanese yams, etc.
★
Powdered foodstuffs
(Please see p.8.)
* In the case of using the
vacuum blending function
The blender should not be used for mincing ingredients, blending ingredients with little moisture,
kneading, or preparing paste-like food (e.g. hamburger meat, dumpling stuffing, liquid diet foods,
etc.), etc. Doing so may cause failure.
In addition, depending on the combination of ingredients or amount of moisture, the operation may be
halted, in order to prevent failure. In such case, please handle the device following the procedure
shown on pp.27–28.
Also, please use the accompanying recipe book and refer to “Advice on processing” on p.22 as a
reference.
★
Fruit
Thick-peel fruit should be
peeled, cored, or seeded,
and cut into sizes of 2 cm
by 2 cm.
Bananas should be cut into
round slices with a thickness of about 2 cm.
★
Hard ingredients such as carrots
These should be peeled
and cut into slices with a
thickness of about 2–3
mm.
When they are still large,
they should be further cut
into pieces with a width of about 2 cm.
★
Leafy vegetables, such as spinach
The stems should be cut
off, and the leaves
should be cut into
pieces with a width of
about 2 cm.
When you want to use
more than the normal
amount, the pieces should be cut smaller.
★
Frozen fruit
They should be cut smaller than 2 cm by 2 cm,
and should be frozen.
(Please see p.22.)
★
Citrus fruit
These should be peeled,
separated into sections, and
seeded.
★
Warm ingredients
These should be
cooled down to
below 40
O
C.
★
Ice
Ice cubes of about 2.5 cm by 2.5 cm made with
an ice cube tray for household use should be
prepared.
* The number of ice cubes that can be used at
one time is six or less.
Using the vacuum storage function
Using the blender
* Vacuum: A state of pressure that is lower than atmospheric pressure
4
Push the Vacuum Storage button.
When the operation stops mid-way with repeated
beeps for warning, please follow the procedures
shown on pp.27–28.
* When the ingredients bubble and when the bubbles are about to reach the cover,
please push the Cancel button immediately and stop the operation.
2
Attach the smoothie container unit to
the main body.
(1) Stand the vacuumizing arm upright.
(2) Place the smoothie container unit on
the main body.
* Please be careful not to hit the
vacuumizing arm.
* With a clicking sound, the vacuumizing arm
becomes attached to the smoothie container
cover.
(3) Pull down the vacuumizing arm and
push it in using the palm of your
hand.
3
Insert the power plug into the outlet, and
turn ON the power by pushing the Power
button.
With a beep, the power indicator lights up.
