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Since 1921, the Vita-Mix® Corporation has been an innovator in blender technology. Vita-Mix's commercial food preparation blender, the Vita-Prep®, has been endorsed by some of the top chefs nationwide such as the late Jean-Louis Palladin and Todd English, made famous by the memorable advertising campaign, Naked Chefs with their Blender.

Specifically, the Vita-Prep® 3 is designed for tough, high-volume, versatile applications. "It can grind a traditional mix salsa to something very fine and dense," according to Vita-Mix spokesperson Tom Poje. "It also makes purèes, grinds whole spices, meat and grains, and chops vegetables."

Poje notes that Vita-Mix offers a variety of different blending products, such as the Blending Station with 34 different programming possibilities that allows presetting of different recipes. Additionally, the BarBoss® professional bartender's blender "is carried by probably nine out of the top ten major restaurant chains," according to Poje.

He adds, "we're definitely not the cheapest but we offer value in the long term. We've seen some residential units operating after 40 years. Some of our commercial units are five, six, seven years old and still running strong."-JMW

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