Choosing the Best Fruit and Vegetable Juice Machine to Buy

If you’re looking to buy a new juicer then this article is for you. To begin with, we will look at the reasons why you should juice. We will then look at the major features of a decent juice extractor. We will then finish with a look at the main juicer brands.

Why Juice?

Let me get one thing straight right now. If you think when you buy a carton or bottle of fruit or vegetable juice in the store that you’re getting wonderful nutritional benefits: this is SO WRONG!!

Shop-bought juices have been treated so that they will be able to sit on the shelf for a long time. This robs them of many of the nutritional benefits that freshly-made juice has. Also, they are usually very high in added sugar and other bad ingredients.

By making your juice fresh, you will make a drink that is so packed full of nutrients it's like nothing else you've ever put into your body. Also, it tastes great too!

What Makes a Good Juicer

Fast: You don't want to have to wait around for ages for your juice to come out. No, you want it quickly. But this isn't so true if you want to get a masticating juicer, as these work much slower to gradually chew up the grassy or leafy veg.
Big Feeder Tube: If your juicer has a wide chute, you will be able to put most fruit and vegetables into it whole, without the need for chopping beforehand.
High Juice Yield: Some juice extractors do their job better than others. To get an idea how good your juice is, feel the pulp that comes out the other end.If it’s very wet, then your juicer is not doing a very good job. Masticating juicers, although much slower than the standard centrifugal juicers, will tend to extract more juice.
Easily Cleanable: Most people don't have the spare time to struggle to clean their juicer. You want your juicer to be very quick and easy to clean.

Main Juice Extractor Brands

Probably one of the best juicer brands is Breville, who have a number of high quality juicing machines ranging in price from $65 to $400. Hamilton Beach are also a popular brand, though they do tend to make lower-priced juicer, ranging in price from $25 to $85 for a standard juicer, although they do make a few more expensive specialist citrus juicers as well. Another brand that is similar to Hamilton Beach are Waring.

However, if it's the aboslute top of the range superior quallity juicer that you are looking for, Omega is your brand. Their best juicers are their masticating machines, which are priced at approximately $300. Having said that though, they do also do some standard juice extractors for about $100. In addition to this they also produce a specialist commercial citrus juicer for $4,500. Tribest and Jack Lalanne are also good juicer brands.