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Although some brands/models may be more durable and have different features than others, there is no real best juicer. The best juicer is the juicer that best fits your needs. Evaluate what is most important to you. What will you juice - root vegetables, leafy greens, fruit or wheatgrass?
WHEN CHOOSING A JUICER, CONSIDER:
• Affordability
• Cleaning ease
• Design – appearance, few hard to clean crevices
• Durability – strong motor that will last
• Features – other purposes such as making nut butters
• Feed chute size – larger reduces chopping & efficiency
• Juice quality
• Juice volume – the drier the pulp, the better
• Noise level
• Power – ¼ hp or greater to juice produce & avoid extra chopping
• Speed of juicing
• Types of produce juiced
• Warranty length – 5 - 10 years is great; 1 year is good
TYPES OF JUICERS
Juicer type matters. Root vegetables juices well in centifugal, better in masticating, and best in twin gear juicers. Not including citrus and wheatgrass juicers, designed to juice wheatgrass only, there are three main types of juicers - masticating juicer (single gear juicers), centrifugal juicer and triturating or twin gear juicer.
Masticating juicers
• single gear juicers that run at lower speeds
• provide more fiber, enzymes, vitamins and trace minerals
• juices most fruits and vegetables, including leafy greens
• require some physical strength
• quieter than centrifugal
• examples - Champion Household and Champion Commercial
• Champion juices variety and has homogenizing features.
• feed alternating cubed hard and soft fruits and non-leafy vegetables to prevent backup.
Centrifugal juicers
• primary type juicer sold
• beginners often use to juice variety
• grind food, pushing mixture through strainer as it spins at a high rate
• usually produces greater volume
• some eject pulp automatically
• fast, easy to clean
• juice most fruits and vegetables
• louder than slower speed juicers
• best for juicing both fruits and vegetables
• do not juice wheatgrass or leafy greens well
• examples - Nutri Source and Omega Juicer 1000, 3000, 9000
• centrifugal ejection juicer, great for beginner L'Equip Mini 110.5 Juicer
Twin gear juicers:
• triturating juicers
• preserve enzymes, fiber, vitamins and trace minerals more efficiently
• quieter, spinning at a slower rate
• magnetic and bio-ceramic technology slows oxidation
• preserves juice for storage if desired
• juice leafy greens, wheatgrass, sprouts, root vegetables, most water dense, non-pulpy fruits
• root vegetables juice better in twin gear than single.
• juice vegetables better than fruits unless with fruit attachment
• require some strength for feeding produce and cost more
• examples: Green Star Juicers: 1000/3000,and Samson Juicer
Commercial Juicers
• Examples: Miracle Pro Juicers and the Nutrifaster N450 juice large quantities
JUICER TYPE COMPARISON
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Juice Best
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Draw Back
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For Best Results
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Juice Quality
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CENTRIFUGAL JUICERS
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Fruits & vegetables, carrots
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Do not juice leafy greens well or wheatgrass
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Feed produce slowly with continued pressure
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Very good/good
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MASTICATING JUICERS
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Root vegetables, most water dense fruits, leafy greens
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Don't juice wheatgrass, or greens as well as Green Star Juicer
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Versatility
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Very good
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SINGLE AUGER JUICERS
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Leafy greens & wheatgrass
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Carrots don’t juice as well
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Cut fruits & non-leafy vegetables into small pieces, alternate hard & soft produce
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Very good
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TWIN GEAR JUICERS
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Vegetables including root vegetables & wheatgrass
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Fruits don’t juice well, more expensive
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Pressure needed to feed
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Excellent
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FEEDING CHUTE
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SMALL FEED CHUTE
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WIDE FEED CHUTE
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GOOD FOR
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Leafy greens since greens can be compressed more closely
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Hard fruits & vegetables like root vegetables
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ADVANTAGE
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More efficient, greater yield
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Less chopping/faster
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DISADVANTAGE
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More chopping/slower
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Less efficient, less yield
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SUGGESTED JUICERS FOR SPECIFIC PRODUCE
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IF YOU WANT
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SUGGESTED BEST JUICERS
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To juice mostly: Carrots
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Champion Juicer, Green Star Juicer
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Celery
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Samson Juicer, L’Equip, Champion Juicer
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Wheatgrass
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Samson Juicer
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Leafy Greens
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Samson Juicer and Green Star Juicer better than Champion Juicer
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Fruit & Non-leafy Veggies
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Champion Juicer, centrifugal or centrifugal ejection
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Wide Variety of Vegetables, Some Fruits
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Green Star Juicer
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Combo Fruits & Vegetables
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Samson Juicer, Green Star Juicer
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Most Nutrients & Longest Juice Storage
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Green Star Juicer with Bioceramic and magnetic technologies
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Lowest Price
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Champion Juicer
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Cleaning Ease
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Samson Juicer
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Most Quiet
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Lower rpm juicers: Green Star Juicer, Centrifugal: NutriSource, L'Equip
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Best for Traveling
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Green Star Juicer with built in handle & cord storage; Samson Juicer with handle & more compact size
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Best Warranty
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Samson Juicer (5 years and 10 yrs on motor), Green Star Juicer (5 years)
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JUICE STORAGE
For maximum benefit and nutrition:
• Drink juiced produce as soon as possible after juicing to reduce potential Free Radicals.
• If juices must be stored, store no longer than 8 hours if using a centrifugal juicer.
• Store juice no longer than 24 hours if using a low rpm juicer.
• The best juicers for storage are:
• twin gear juicers → single gear juicers → centrifugal ejection → centrifugal.
• Start with cold fruits and vegetables.
• Store in single serving glass or stainless steel container filled to brim.
• Pure water can be added to fill to the top if needed or use a vacuum seal.
• Add citric acid containing lemon juice to aid preservation.
JUICING TIPS & INFORMATION
• Use a blender for avocados and bananas since they puree instead of juice.
• Compress leafy greens into compact balls before inserting into chute.
• A pound of produce yields about 8 ounces of juice depending on juicer and produce.
• When juicing large quantities, empty pulp bin and clean cutter/strainer for efficiency.
• For pulp-free and foam-free juice, filter through layers of cheesecloth or a coffee filter.
• A strainer further reduces pulp and foam.
• Substitute fruit or vegetable juices for water in recipes.
• Use fresh juice in raw food recipes.
• Pulp adds flavor and nutritional value.
• Substitute potato juice for cornstarch or flour as a thickening agent.
• Carrot juice helps sweeten and flavor vegetable juices.
• The softer the fruit or vegetable, the thicker the juice.
• Mix nectar (soft-fruit juice from apricots, peaches, pears, melons and strawberries) with thinner juice.
• Mix strongly flavored vegetables like beet greens, parsley, spinach, and watercress with other juices.
• Use organic produce to avoid herbicide and pesticide residues and benefit the environment.
• See benefits of juicing and wheatgrass benefits.
