Vitamix 5200 Blender Puts a Powerful Spin on Whole Foods

Flagship Household Blender Features Efficient Motor and BPA-Free Container

CLEVELAND, OH - The Vitamix Corporation has been extolling the virtues of a whole food diet for decades, quietly amassing thousands of loyal customers who have made Vitamix highperformance blenders an integral part of their healthy lifestyles. The company's newest household blender - the Vitamix 5200 - continues the company's commitment to quality, innovation and wellness.

With an efficient 2 peak HP motor, whole foods aren't just blended in the 5200; they are pulverized - seeds, stems, skin and all. By rupturing cell walls and creating more surface area, the Vitamix releases the full bioavailability - and flavor - of what you put in it, making it the ultimate whole food machine.

Furthermore, the Vitamix 5200 features a container made from material by the Eastman Chemical Company called Tritan™ copolyester, a shatterproof material that is BPA-free, a first in the home appliance market.

"The Vitamix 5200 adheres to our founder's vision of producing an appliance that goes well beyond what is expected from a conventional blender," explains Jodi Berg, president of Vitamix Corporation. "Partnering with Eastman Chemical Company on our new container material gives our customers a super-strong, state-of-the-art product that delivers the performance and legendary durability for which our company is known."

Mixing It Up

The 5200, like all Vitamix machines, isn't just an appliance, it's truly a lifestyle. Flip it on for the first time you'll be a convert - its power will more than surprise you. For example, if you drop in a handful of strawberries, add honey and ice, you'll have the most deliciously rich, scoop-able ice cream that no other appliance can even begin to match. Even the tiny seeds from the strawberries will be broken down completely, releasing their maximum nutritional value.

In fact, the Vitamix Super 5200 can do the work of 10 kitchen appliances and perform over 50 different processes without any separate attachments. These include five that no other single kitchen appliance can execute as flawlessly: making ice cream, grinding grains to make flour, kneading dough, making whole food juice - even making piping hot soups heated by nothing more than the blades spinning at 240 MPH.

Blending in the Green

Not only is blending with a Vitamix a great way to consume more healthy greens, but is also environmentally-friendly. Because a Vitamix allows you to use the entire fruit or vegetable, you are wasting less food every time you use the machine. You will also find yourself less reliant on preservative-laden, convenience foods and able to avoid wasteful, expensive packaging. The blades and motor are so powerful that you can even cook faster with a Vitamix 5200 than with other, less efficient appliances. For example, fresh vegetable soup only takes minutes to cook from scratch in the Vitamix and a fruit smoothie takes seconds—saving you time and energy costs.

Furthermore, the 5200's durable container material developed by Eastman Chemical Company is the first food preparation material to meet the growing demand of environmentally and healthconscious consumers looking for BPA-free products.

"Our partnership with Vitamix represents one of the very first commercial uses of our innovative new material," adds Mark C. Plemmons, Tritan™ Sales Launch Manager, Specialty Plastics Business Organization, Eastman Chemical Company. "We feel our new Eastman Tritan™ copolyester differentiates Vitamix in the marketplace and reinforces the company's position as a true industry innovator."

Over 85 years of History and Innovation

In business since 1921, Vitamix introduced the first Vitamix blender in 1937 and 13 years later hosted the world's first television infomercial during which Vitamix founder William G. "Papa" Barnard offered his prescient principles of consuming whole foods that hold truer today than ever.

Still family-owned and run to this day, the company itself remains every bit as unique as its products. Vitamix maintains its own health program for its 200+ employees, its products are assembled entirely in the USA and it is one of the few companies still marketing its products directly to consumers.