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Article #165: Guide to choosing a juicer in the UK

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Your Guide to Choosing a Juicer Whole Fruit Centrifugal Juicers
Choosing a juicer can be a very tough More and more of these juicers are
decision, considering the amount of appearing on the market now and while the
products on the market. The information benefits of not having to chop up the
we provide you with here should arm you produce before feeding through the
with enough knowledge to choose a juicer machine seems great at first - the
suitable for your individual needs. downsides can outweigh the good. Firstly,
Firstly, the juicers on our website are the extra power needed to juice whole
selected on the basis of quality, ease of fruit increases three-fold over the
use and reliability and they are all L'Equip 110.5, so the extra frictional
serviced in the UK. All our juicers eject heat that is created can further destroys
the pulp (fibres) separately to allow the enzymes and the amount of foam
continuous juicing. We do not generally produced is considerably more! This extra
sell 'high-street' juicers, as the ones power can also result in the machine
we have tested have been found to be of sounding like a jet engine taking off and
poor quality and difficult to clean. The some of our customers have reported
motors and juicing parts tend not to be concerns about the effect on their
as refined as with the professional hearing!
juicers which can lead to poor quality Secondly, once you have done a fair bit
juice with lots of foam and a very wet of chopping up of produce - you'll be
pulp. These factors can often be enough surprised what you find inside. Grubs and
to turn the user off juicing for good! decay can be found in even the most okay
There are different types of juicers looking produce - do you really want to
often referred to as 'centrifugal', contaminate what you are drinking with
'masticating' 'twin gear' and 'citrus' this? If your requirements still point to
juicers. We will attempt to explain a Whole Fruit juicer, consider the Easy
further the different types of juicers Health Cyclone as it utilises far less
below but firstly, we will cover how power than some of the high-street
juicing works. versions.
What is Juicing? Masticating Juicers
Juicing is the separation of the juice These type of juicers utilise a slow
and the fibre (pulp) from the produce speed extraction process of between 80
being juiced. The juicing process breaks RPM and 100 RPM (depending on the juicer)
down the cells of the produce which to prevent heat and oxygen affecting the
releases the liquids in to one receptacle juice. There are different types of
and the fibres are discarded in to a 'masticating' juicers with different
separate container. processes with the most common being the
Why would we want to do this? 'single auger' process.
Removing the fibre allows us to get at Single Auger Juicers
more of those essential nutrients The produce is pushed on to a large, slow
contained in fruits and vegetables which turning screw (the auger) which crushes
would otherwise take a lot of chewing to the fruit and vegetables against a cone
eat, juice is also much easier for the shaped sieve (the juicing screen) which
body to absorb and digest. As we are now separates the juice from the pulp. The
being encouraged to eat 5 different auger contains tiny grooves which direct
portions of fruit and vegetables per day the produce along the juicing screen.
- juicing is an excellent way to get Juicers in this category include the
these nutrients in to our bodies. The manual Z-Star,the budget electric Live
juicing process also discards the Enzyme juicer and the motorised L'Equip
chemicals found in non-organic food into Visor 509 and the Matstone 6 in 1juicers.
the pulp. Single auger juicers are able to juice
The heating of food destroys a wheatgrass and produce an excellent
significant proportion of the vitamins, yield, they are also whisper quiet in
minerals and enzymes contained in it, it operation.
also changes the structure of the Advantages: Excellent quality juice as it
molecules - making it more difficult for has not been affected by frictional heat.
the body to absorb and in turn less This allows certain juices to be stored
digestible. for up to 48 hours in a refrigerator with
The use of natural 'raw' foods in minimal loss of nutritional value. They
treating cancer and other serious come with extra attachments for making
illnesses has proved successful where noodles and pasta and also a separate
conventional modern medicine has failed. screen for making smoothies, purees,
THERE ARE GENERALLY THREE CATEGORIES OF salsas, peanut butter and even truffles.
JUICES: Juice can be made in batches, stored in
GREEN JUICES: Green juices cleanse the an airtight container and taken to work
body of pollutants and have a or school - you are not tied to only
rejuvenating effect. Made from a variety drinking juice when you're at home. Juice
of green vegetables, green juices are can also be frozen with minimal loss of
rich in chlorophyll, which helps to nutrients, so its a good way to utilise
purify the blood, build red blood cells, all the produce that usually gets thrown
detoxify and heal the body, and provide away.
the body with fast energy. Green juices Disadvantages: It's a slow process
can be made with alfalfa sprouts, compared to a centrifugal juicer, the
cabbage, kale, dandelion greens, spinach, obvious difference is in the RPM (100
and other green vegetables, including compared to 10,000). Also, the produce
wheatgrass. To sweeten and dilute your needs to be chopped smaller to fit the
green juices, try adding fresh carrot and feed chute (usually 38mm). Unfortunately,
apple juice. Although green juices have the slow speed is the price you have to
great health benefits, they should be pay to get the best quality juice.
consumed in moderation. Try drinking Single Cutter Juicer
about 8 to 10 ounces a day. The Champion juicer, the original and
VEGETABLE JUICES: Fresh vegetable juices only true 'masticating' juicer has been
are restorers and builders. They boost around for 50 years. It utilises a cutter
the immune system, remove acid wastes, that has tiny teeth running along it
and balance the metabolism. They also aid which shreds and chews the produce. It
in the control of obesity by removing operates at just over 1,000 RPM and is a
excess body fat. Among the most healthful commercial grade juicer which you will
and delicious of the vegetable juices are find in bars and restaurants around the
beet, cabbage, carrot, celery, cucumber, country. This is one of our best-selling
kale, parsley, turnip, spinach, juicers due to the fact that its
watercress, and wheatgrass juice. Carrot extremely well built and therefore should
juice is probably the most popular of the last a life-time.
juices and is packed with beta-carotene, Advantages: Especially good at chewing
the vitamin A precursor that helps fight through harder produce like carrots and
cancer. Because carrots are the sweetest apples. Includes an extra screen for
of the vegetables, their juice is not making smoothies, purees, salsas, peanut
just delicious on its own, but is great butter and even truffles. An 'optional'
for mixing with other vegetables to screen for juicing soft fruits can be
increase their appeal. On the other hand, purchased from us separately and there is
strong-flavoured vegetables - broccoli, also a Grain Mill for milling your own
celery, onions, parsley, rutabaga, and flour and grinding coffee. This is an
turnips, for instance - should be used in extremely robust machine. Its commercial
small amounts only. Garlic is also a capability means that it can be run for
great addition to vegetable drinks in longer than other domestic models without
small amounts. For the greatest health giving it a breather. It also has a feed
benefits, use many different vegetables chute of 45mm which is the biggest in the
when making your juices. That way, you professional range.
will provide your body with a variety of Disadvantages: Leafy greens have to be
important nutrients. passed through in small amounts with
FRUIT JUICES: Fruit juices help to harder produce. When juicing larger
cleanse the body and nourish it with volumes of fibrous vegetables and greens,
important nutrients, including cancer there can be a slight increase in
fighting antioxidants. Although any fruit temperature of the juice from friction.
can be used, certain juices are Refrigerating produce prior to use does
particularly healthful and delicious. One alleviate this. However, providing you
favourite cleansing juice is watermelon. are happy to juice any greens with plenty
To make this refreshing drink, place a of carrot and apple, this should never
whole piece of watermelon - with rind happen. The Champion is not suitable for
intact - in the juicer. Other delicious juicing wheatgrass.
juices can be made with apples, berries, Twin Gear (Triturating) Juicers
citrus fruits, kiwi, melons, pears - or The most affective juicers out there.
just about any fruit that you want to They utilise two stainless steel
use. You can enjoy fruit juices at any cylindrical gears that sit side by side.
time of the day. About 10 to 12 ounces The produce is drawn in and effectively
per day is recommended. pulverised by the gears. This process
Types of Juicer produces the best quality juice and the
We will now explain the different types highest yield of all the juicers. We
of juicers and their particular always recommend these juicers first if
advantages and disadvantages. your budget allows. Different models have
Centrifugal (high-speed) Juicers their own unique selling points but our
These type of juicers work by centrifugal first recommendations are the Twin Health
force (pretty much like a Tornado), the Living, Green Power Kempo, The
produced is pushed down on to a grater 'Angelia' Live Enzyme Pro and the Green
which is revolving at approximately Star range.
10,000 Revolutions Per Minute (RPM). The Advantages: The best quality juice you
speed of the grater effectively shreds are going to get with the longest
the produce and the centrifugal force shelf-life. Although these type of
created underneath - sucks the liquid juicers cost significantly more than the
through which is dispensed into a others, the savings made due to the gain
receptacle. The fibres are flung upwards in yield and nutritional value will pay
and are discarded into a separate for itself in the long-term. They come
container. with separate screens for juicing
Advantages: These juicers are generally different produce and the build quality
very easy to use and are quick at is excellent. Excellent at all leafy
producing juice. The juice quality is greens and wheatgrass.
very good. We have tested the majority of Disadvantages: Depending on the machine,
centrifugal juicers on the market and these are the slowest of the juicers.
have found that the L'Equip 110.5 All juicers struggle with soft fruits
'Mini' juicer is the best of the bunch by like oranges, strawberry, kiwi etc
far. A good entry-level choice of juicer compared to with harder fruit and
to start with if you are not sure that vegetables as the pulp is much stickier
you will use it on a regular basis. which sometimes causes blockages, also
Disadvantages: Centrifugal juicers the yield from these fruits isn't as
introduce oxygen and heat into the good, The following juicers have a
juicing process which reduces the separate screen included or that can be
shelf-life. Juice produced from these purchased separately for juicing soft
types of juicers should be drank fruits. The Champion Juicer, Green Power
immediately to prevent any further loss Kempo, Twin Health Living and the Green
in nutritional value, therefore it cannot Star juicers.
be stored. This juicing process is not as Citrus Juicers
effective when juicing leafy produce and These machines are dedicated to juicing
therefore they are not recommended for oranges, grapefruit, pomegranate and
juicing wheatgrass and other leafy greens other citrus fruit and therefore produce
such as spinach. This type of produce can a better yield than using one of the
be successfully fed through by screwing conventional juicers above. They are
it up in to a ball and feeding through motorised version of the old reamer style
between firmer produce but the yield is and can be manually or automatically
nowhere near as good as with operated by the user, good models are the
'masticating' and 'twin gear' juicers. Citri-Star and the Remida range. There
Also, the pulp will be wetter than that are also Citrus Presses which require the
from the other types of extraction user to pull down on a lever which juices
process. They can be slightly noisy due the half orange, we recommend the X-Lever
to the high-speed motor. citrus press.






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