A fruit juicer is an appliance specially made to extract juice from fruits. It can be categorized further into manual or electric type. Though some can only squeeze out specific variety of fruit like a citrus juicer, others cater to different kinds of fruit juicing. However, one can never be considered superior from the other. The best fruit juicer for each individual is the one that meets ones juicing needs. Hence what might work well for one person may not do as good to the other. That is why it is very important to know what type of juicing you really desire so you would know what to look for.
Different types of juicers differ in their method of extraction. Below are the most commonly used types:
This type of fruit juicer somehow works like a blender. Instead of squeezing, it chops the fruits into very tiny pieces. However, unlike the blender, by spinning rapidly at a speed of 3,000- 7,000 RPM, it removes the pulp from the juice. As the juicer employs its centrifugal force, it throws the chopped fruit against the strainer where the juice drains through its tiny holes leaving the pulp behind. The remaining pulp can be manually removed or automatically ejected for those machines with pulp ejector feature.
This works a lot quieter as compared with centrifugal juicer. With its chewing action, it tends to breakdown fruit fibers making it a lot easier to squeeze out the juice at a later stage of juicing. And with its very slow juicing action, lesser oxidation takes place as well. This also means that a lot of the nutrients are preserved along the process.
This is used as a citrus fruit juicer. Since it doesn’t involve any electricity to do the juicing, there is no swirling motion that builds up heat that can be very destructive to its nutritive content. By using this tool, you can best preserve its nutritive value and come up with the juice in its natural sweet flavor devoid of any tangy or bitter taste.
The choice of a juicer would vary much on your personal preference. For fast juicing, you can have centrifugal juicer. For quantity and better quality, you may opt for the masticating type. But if you want to save most of your juice’ nutritive value, you can go for a manual fruit juicer. So pick up your best choice and have fun juicing.