Centrifugal Juicer - Centrifugal means moving or directed outward from the center. Centrifugal juicers have shredder discs that spin at high speeds. Food hits these shredding discs, and gets shredded to pulp. The high spinning motion forces the juice released from the food towards the sides of the juicer while retaining the pulp in the center.

Masticating Juicer - Masticating means reducing something to a pulp by crushing or kneading. Masticating juicers operate at slower and lower speeds, compared to centrifugal juicers, and grind, chew and squeeze juice out of food.

Citrus Juicer - As the name implies, a citrus juicer is specifically designed to juice various citrus fruits. Citrus juicers are designed to juice halves of fruit like oranges, lemons and grapefruits and thus avoid grinding any of their bitter outer rind.

Steam Juicer - Steam juicers uses steam from heated water to extract juice from fruit. In particular, the steam juicers’ steam penetrates fruit skin, breaks down fruit fibers, ruptures fruit cells and releases rich juice from fruit. Steam juicers can also double as a steamer for cooking vegetables, rice, chicken and tukey, among other foods.

Continuous Juicer - A juicer that ejects pulp into a separate container that is separate from the juice.

RPM - Revolutions per minute. This is a measure used to describe how quickly centrifugal juicers spin.

Horsepower - A measure used to describe a motor’s power. 1 horsepower is equal to about 746 watts.

Watts - A measure of energy power.

Fruit Juice - In the United States, a drink labeled as fruit juice must contain 100% fruit juice. A blend of fruit juice and other ingredients, such as high-fructose corn syrup, is called a juice cocktail or juice drink.

Published 10/24/2009 12:00:00 AM

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