Helpful advice: how to choose a juicer for home. Types of juicers and the main parameters that you should pay attention to when buying. What power is better to buy. Tell me, who of us doesn't like freshly squeezed juice? Delicious, fresh, bright and, most importantly, healthy! And it doesn't matter whether it's spring outside or autumn, winter or summer, but our body wants to consume vitamins constantly, regardless of the season. And most of all vitamins, as you know, are in freshly squeezed natural juice.
Juicer history
Since time immemorial, people have been making their own juice from fruits and vegetables. And this juice was obtained by means of primitive methods - fruits and vegetables were crushed using power devices, presses, or finely chopped using graters and meat grinders. But this puree-like mass did not resemble juice, it contained many small pieces - pulp.
This continued until the middle of the 20th century. At this time, the first juicers with a centrifuge appeared, which are practically nothing like modern improved copies. This innovation was invented by Urs Pfluger in 1955 in Switzerland.
Yes, of course, now you can buy any juice in any supermarket. But will it be as useful as a DIY one? And it is not cheap, much more expensive than raw vegetables and fruits, and even diluted with water and with the addition of sugar or aspartame, which is even worse for the body.
There is an exit! After all, you can pay once and provide yourself and your family for a long time with natural juices from all kinds of ingredients! Buy an electric juicer!
Types of juicers
The juicer is one of the most used household electrical appliances. It belongs to the category of professional and is of the following types:
- for fruits and berries;
- for vegetables and fruits;
- for citrus fruits;
- for fruits, berries and vegetables (combined);
- for fruits, berries, citrus fruits and vegetables (universal).
The best type of juicer is universal, they are more powerful, they squeeze juice better, and they allow you to squeeze juice from all types of fruits, citrus fruits, berries and vegetables. In addition, the life of such a unit is much longer.
The main parameters of juicers that you should pay attention to
When using universal juicers, pay attention to the names of vegetables and fruits, as some types of fruits are likely to be excluded. On such a juicer, it is possible to process a huge amount of fruits, but a lot of waste material remains. That is why the function of discarding the pulp will be especially important. Without such a function, the pulp will clog the mesh, and in this case you will need to be distracted from time to time by cleaning the juicer.
There are a lot of citrus juice lovers among us. If you are one of them, then you probably know that freshly squeezed citrus juice should be drunk immediately after its preparation, because only in this way the beneficial properties of the substance and vitamins are preserved in it.
Juicer manufacturers know this too. This is why citrus juicers have a small juice container for a couple of glasses. But they also meet with a tank of up to 1 liter of capacity - in the event that they are bought for a large family.
However, any juicer necessarily includes a glass for juice. This glass has markings to determine its volume, as well as to collect the pulp. This glass can have a volume of approximately 0.4 to 1 liter, and the container of the juicer up to a liter. In more expensive models of juicers there is a so-called double container for pulp, as well as for drawing out the resulting juice. At the same time, the pulp turns out to be almost dry.
When buying, be sure to pay attention to the composition of the material from which the centrifuge mesh was made. Great if it's stainless steel. Such a mesh must necessarily be very thin and have many holes - the more of them, the better.
A container for serving fruits and vegetables must be convenient - with a wide feeding tray. This is necessary so that you can put several fruits or their parts there at once.
Juicer power
Also juicers differ in power. The higher the power of the juicer, the more the main product will come out (higher percentage of juice) and the longer it can work continuously, and, accordingly, it will last longer. High power juicers can juice very hard fruits and vegetables.
In such devices, the power ranges from 0.2 to 1.5 kW per hour (or from 200 to 1500 watts per hour). There is one more difference between juicers from each other - this is the rotation speed of the centrifuge. It so happens that the processing of berries occurs at a lower speed than the processing of vegetables and fruits, but, unfortunately, not all models of juicers use two processing speeds.
Juicer safety
An important feature of juicers is their safety. They usually use a triple defense system. The juicer will not be able to start if the clip on the lid is not latched. If suddenly this bracket accidentally moved during operation or the container with pulp is disconnected, then the juicer turns off automatically.
All models of juicers are equipped with rubber feet, which gives them stability. The weight of the devices ranges from 2kg to 3.5kg. Absolutely all of them have a great modern design.
So, to summarize: How to choose the right juicer?
When choosing a juicer, pay attention to the following:
- The body of the juicer must be made of high quality, environmentally friendly material. Now models of juicers are produced from stainless steel, as well as plastic. Plastic, undoubtedly, is more economical, has a low weight, a variety of shapes and colors. However, in case of a poor-quality purchase, the plastic case, when it interacts with food, darkens, oxidizes and can affect the taste of the squeezed juice.
- An equally important detail is the steel mesh of the centrifuge.
- Take a closer look at the juicer motor. How long can he work without stopping? There are such models that have to be turned off after five minutes of continuous operation, such a juicer will burn out very quickly.
- Another factor that affects the quality of juicing is the power of the juicer. For home, many users prefer to take models with a capacity of 0.2 to 1.5 kW per hour (or from 200 to 1500 watts per hour).
- Juicer safety.
These are the main characteristics that you need to pay attention to in order to choose the right juicer. Happy shopping! And be healthy!
