# Ms. Banning's strange drink

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-bannings-strange-drink/8238>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 6, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-bannings-strange-drink/8238 "2000-03-06T17:02:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-bannings-strange-drink/8238/1 "2000-03-06T17:02:00Z")

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What the heck was that green gloop Rene Russo was drinking in _The Thomas Crown Affair_? She poured it out of a bottle when she was drinking it at the police station when it made this awful sound like there were chunks in it. Later when she had breakfast with Thomas his butler served what I guessed was the same stuff.

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**Author:** ![Thirsty4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Thirsty4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty4)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-bannings-strange-drink/8238/2 "2000-03-07T02:56:00Z")

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This question is so lonely with no replies. I sent an e-mail to MGM to find out the answer. I’ll let you know when they reply.

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“You CAN’T be evil. 'Cos no matter how many ‘bad’ things you do on purpose,  
you MUST be doing it because you think it’s the right thing to do.”

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**Author:** ![Ursa\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@Ursa\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ursa_Major)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-bannings-strange-drink/8238/3 "2000-03-07T02:58:00Z")

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Wheat grass juice?

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**Author:** ![Jorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorge)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-bannings-strange-drink/8238/4 "2000-03-07T06:12:00Z")

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Probably a spirulina-based drink (processed algae). It’s a more commonly available ready-to-mix product than wheatgrass, which I’ve not often seen in powder form.

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**Author:** ![crackwise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@crackwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crackwise)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-bannings-strange-drink/8238/5 "2000-03-07T06:45:00Z")

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I’m with Jorge. Most like spirulina and/or soy. The chunks? Not sure. I’ve had spirulina, soy, and the like, but nothing with chunks like that.

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I am large,  
I contradict myself,  
I contain multitudes.  
~Walt Whitman

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**Author:** ![TomH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@TomH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TomH)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-bannings-strange-drink/8238/6 "2000-03-07T10:44:00Z")

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Blech!

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**Author:** ![Thirsty4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Thirsty4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty4)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-bannings-strange-drink/8238/7 "2000-03-07T15:39:00Z")

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I found a drink that _might_ be it.

Green Angel

Serving Size: 15 fl. oz.  
Servings per Container: 1  
Amount per serving:  
Calories: 270  
Total Fat: \<1g  
Saturated Fat: \<1g  
Sodium: 30mg  
Protein: 1g  
Total Carbohydrates: 65g  
Dietary Fiber: 2g  
Sugars: 54g

90% Juice

Vitamin A 6%, Vitamin C 200%, Calcium 2%, Iron 8%, Vitamin B6 10%, B12 10%

Ingredients: banana puree, apple, white grape, and pineapple juice from concentrate, coconut cream (coconut, cane sugar, water, salt, and citric acid), lemone juice from concentrate, spirulina (550mg), citrus cloud emulsion, gardenia extract, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), citric acid (provides tartness), echinacea, astragalus, chlorella, angelica, wheat grass, and blue green algae

from [The Beverage Network](http://www.bevnet.com/reviews/supernectars/facts.asp)

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“You CAN’T be evil. 'Cos no matter how many ‘bad’ things you do on purpose,  
you MUST be doing it because you think it’s the right thing to do.”