Making your own juice can be fun and nutritional. Fresh homemade juice starts with a good juicer. Before purchasing a juicer, decide how it will be used. Will you primarily juice citrus fruit, various fruits, or various fruits and vegetables? Answer this question and then compare juicers.

There are typically two different kinds of juicers on the market: masticating and centrifugal. 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 means reducing something to a pulp by crushing or kneading. Masticating juicers operate at slower speeds, compared to centrifugal juicers, and grind, chew and squeeze juice out of food, like teeth. Centrifugal juicers usually cannot cut through as many vegetables as a masticating juicer. In addition, masticating juicers are able to produce and yield more juice from food because they use more of the vegetable or fruit.

Juicer reviews of the Omega J8005 and Omega J8006 masticating juicers carry high marks at 4.5 out of 5 stars. Both of these Omega juicers feature low 80 revolution per minute speeds so that the motor won’t heat up, the juice won’t clog and the product won’t foam. Less foam means reduced oxygenation and juice with more nutrients. Another great feature of the juicers is the auto-pulp ejection so that you can continue juicing without stopping to clean a filter of pulp.

Masticating juicers give you more juice out of the fruit or vegetable you choose. More yield means more value out of the fresh produce you’re buying. Juice can be made out of virtually any fruits and vegetables. Omega masticating juicers are especially good for juicing green leafy vegetables. A masticating juicer can grind and mash juice from leafy vegetables, carrots and other foods that have lower juice content as compared to a centrifugal one. Thus, if juice from various fruits and vegetables is a primary goal, consider using a versatile masticating juicer.

Published 4/17/2011 12:00:00 AM

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