NutriBullet warning: Blade can break causing risk of ingestion

A blade on the Nutribullet Pro 900 can break, causing risk of ingestion

Consumer Reports put the NutriBullet Pro 900 through a performance test using ice. But on two separate units, the ice caused a blade to crack or break completely.

Consumer Reports is now listing the $150 device as a safety hazard and is urging people who already own one to stop using it immediately.

An infomercial for the NutriBullet Pro 900 blender claims "Even the toughest ingredients don't stand a chance," but NutriBullet now says the machine is not a blender or ice crusher and subjecting the device to the ice-crush durability test constituted a misuse of the product.

However, Consumer Reports points out that major retailers such as Amazon.com, Best Buy, and Walmart all sell it as a blender, and NutriBullet, LLC itself compares the product to "other blenders" in its owner's manual. There's also no explicit warning in the owner's manual against blending ice in the device without liquid.

Consumer reports also points out that earlier models of the NutriBullet passed the crushed ice durability test without any trouble

The findings have been reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, but no recall has been issued.