Types of juicers

December 22, 2023

When it comes to investing in a must-have kitchen gadget that will help you encourage healthy habits, a juicer is a great choice. These devices liquefy fruits and vegetables, and while they don't replace eating the whole produce (since they remove much of the fiber), they help you squeeze every drop of fresh, delicious juice from the pulp.

Instead of buying less-than-fresh, pre-packaged fruit juice or paying a lot of money at a juice bar, you can use your juicer to squeeze your own drinks based on the fruits and vegetables you have on hand.

Which type of juicer is best?

There are three main types of juicers: centrifugal juicers, cold press juicers, and citrus juicers . Centrifugal juicers are high-powered devices that can quickly liquefy produce. While this is great if speed is your number one priority, it also means that the device can be quite loud and its powerful motor generates heat while operating.

Cold-press juicers, also known as masticating juicers or slow juicers, extract juice from fruits and vegetables without the use of additional heat. The juicing process involves slowly pressing the produce, squeezing it, and then separating it from the pulp, which results in better preservation of the vitamins and nutrients that are naturally present in the fresh produce. And because cold-press juicers operate more slowly and use less power, they are also quieter.

Finally, citrus juicers are devices that have a rotating head for squeezing citrus juice. While they don't have the versatility of other types of juicers, if you love freshly squeezed orange or grapefruit juice, this is the best juicer for you!

Engine speed value

To get an idea of how fast and powerful your juicer is, look at the machine's rotations per minute (RPM) and watts, if available. For both of these features, a lower number indicates a slower and less powerful machine. This is important if you plan on juicing a lot of dense produce, like carrots and beets—the machine will have to run longer if it's a low-wattage juicer.

Centrifugal juicers are, by definition, faster than cold-press juicers, and because they blend the produce like a blender before juicing, you can usually add whole produce to them. However, centrifugal juicers have difficulty blending leafy greens.

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