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Drinking fresh juices is considered an easy way to get a few extra vitamins quickly.
Unfortunately, it is always expensive to buy freshly squeezed juices every day.
Preservatives and added sugar are often hidden in packaged versions from the supermarket.
Having your own juicer could be worthwhile - whether you want to make sure that the ingredients are as healthy as possible or want to produce alternatives to the juice combinations from the supermarket.
Juicers: small, manual or electric up to high-end juicers
Before buying a juicer, there are of course a few things to be clear about.
Would you like to conjure up a green juice every morning, or should you only have freshly squeezed orange juice on the table on Sunday morning?
The answer to that should make it clear whether a high-end juicer is worth investing in, or a simple citrus juicer will do the same.
Another factor: the footprint of the juicer.
Many devices take up a lot of space.
If you want to keep the juicer visible on the work surface, you should of course like the design.
A large filling opening is an advantage if you want to save time, since less pressed material has to be chopped up before consumption.
If you want to produce large quantities of juice, it is advisable to also take into account the capacity of the juice container.
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Which juicer is best suited depends on the individual purpose, but there are basically two categories: juicers and centrifuge juicers.
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Juicers: This is what distinguishes them from conventional juicers
Juicers have one or two screws that pull the fruit and vegetables like a thread into the juicing chamber.
The material to be pressed is then slowly crushed until the juice comes out.
Then the pulp and liquid are separated from each other by a sieve.
This pressing process takes a little longer than juicing with a centrifuge juicer.
The advantage of this method, however, is that the gentle pressing process does not generate any heat and thus a large proportion of the vitamins and nutrients are retained.
In addition, the pressing of juices is less loud than the production in the centrifuge juicer.
The juices have a finer consistency and there is less foam.
Electric juicers: models for beginners
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The Panasonic MJ-L501Slow Juicer * is a mid-range product.
When purchasing, the customer receives both the conventional press screw for juice production and an additional attachment that can be used for processing frozen fruits.
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If you are always in a hurry, you should consider the NUTRI LOVER * Slow Juicer.
This is because it has two filling openings.
The forward and reverse function is also practical.
It ensures a high juice yield and is helpful in the event of a filling jam.
All parts of the model are dishwasher safe and as an added extra it comes with a glass bottle that is suitable for storing leftover juice for the next day.
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The MESM731M from Bosch * shines with its MixControl technology, which enables the user to influence the amount of pulp in the juice and thus the consistency.
This juicer also has a return function and also lures with a simple cleaning process.
All the user has to do is fill the machine with water and switch it on - it then practically cleans itself.
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Professional juice presses: high-end products for the daily increase in vitamins
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The Tribest Slowstar * is a high-priced, but also a very high-quality model.
Above all, it impresses with its versatility.
In addition to juice production, it can also be used to make nut butter, dips, patés or sorbets.
It also has a duoblade auger, which enables it to chop even more fruit and vegetables than is possible with a conventional single-edged auger.
A reverse button also proves to be practical in the event that the material to be pressed is stuck.
The only negative point: The Tribest is not suitable for the dishwasher.
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The Omega VSJ843 * is also a model that is in the higher price range.
Its exceptionally slow rotation speed ensures that particularly little foam is created during juice production and that it is also particularly quiet.
Like the Tribest Slowstar, it has a double propeller, but can only make juices.
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The Philips HR1945 / 80 * juice press directly advertises itself with several unique selling points.
Its MicroMasticating technology ensures that even more nutrients (90%) are extracted and retained than is already common for juicers.
Furthermore, this device works without a sieve and all removable parts are dishwasher-safe, which makes cleaning considerably easier.
The relatively large filling opening of eight centimeters is also an advantage: You can put most fruits in without chopping them up beforehand.
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Centrifugal juicer: delicious juices, prepared quickly
A centrifuge juicer chops fruits and vegetables very quickly and then presses them through a sieve so that the pulp and fibers get caught and the resulting juice flows through.
A powerful motor is required to chop the fruit and vegetables with a grater.
As a result, it gets loud - and also hot inside the juicer.
The heat can cause a large part of the vitamins to be destroyed during production.
On the other hand, juicing with a centrifuge juicer is faster than using a juicer.
One reason for this is that it is often not necessary to peel or stone the pressed material before use.
So if you are less interested in consuming large amounts of nutrients and just want to enjoy the taste of refreshing juices, you don't have to invest in one of the more expensive juicers.
At this point, you can also use a centrifugal juicer such as the HR1832 / 00 from Philips *.
This makes it possible to make 1.5 liters of juice in a single pass, but also to squeeze smaller quantities directly into a glass.
Even its removable parts are all dishwasher safe and it also advertises the QuickClean technology, which ensures that the device can be cleaned within a minute.
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Manual juicers: fresh juice for little money
The Lumaland Original Juice Press * is not only an eye-catcher in the home kitchen, but is also extremely quiet, as it naturally works without a motor.
Instead, the user has to operate a manual lever.
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Juicing without a juicer
If you only want to drink homemade juice now and then or spontaneously, you can do this without a juicer.
How this is done depends on which fruit you want to juice.
Everyone has certainly squeezed citrus fruits with their bare hands: This is a little less productive than with the juicer or the electric citrus press, but it works.
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Soft fruits, such as berries or cherries, can be relieved of their juice by placing them in a clean straining cloth *, placing the cloth over it and squeezing out the juice by vigorous turning.
With harder fruits, vegetables or even nuts, more is required than just muscle strength.
For carrot and celery juice or green smoothies, fruit, vegetables or leaves must first be washed, peeled and pitted if necessary, and then roughly chopped.
After that, they wander in a blender or a flash chopper and are finely pureed in it.
Then put the puree in a strainer and use it to separate the juice from the fibers or pieces.
Last but not least, you can also use a saucepan to extract the juice from fruit, berries and vegetables.
To do this, put the cleaned and chopped fruits in the pot, cover the.
Bottom the pot 1-2 inches deep with water and simmer everything for about 30 minutes, until fruits or vegetables are soft.
Then squeeze out the soft pieces in a paper towel.
However, most vitamins are lost through this method.
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This article was first published on August 26, 2019.