Blend your best-tasting smoothies with the Blender that delivers smoother results on tough ingredients compared to a leading competitor. * this blender is great for all of your best-tasting creations with 3 preset recipe programs: ice crush, icy drinks, and smoothie. Or, control the taste and texture to fit your personal preference With the 5-Speed variable speed dial. The soft start feature starts the motor at a slower speed to pull food into the blade then quickly increases to the selected speed setting to avoid splatter. It also features intelligent motor control, which senses contents and maintains the optimal speed to power through all ingredients. *Vs. Ninja BL642. Recipes incl. Carrots, chia seeds smoothie cycle. Ninja(r) is a trademark of sharpening operating LLC.