In This Post:

The Best Juicers | Criteria for Choosing the Best Juicer |
The Four Different Types of Juicers | My Favorite Juice Recipes |
Frequently Asked Questions

Hiya Sweet Friends,

The other day I got a hilarious email from one of my closest pals. Here’s what she wrote:

“I hope you don’t want to poke my eyes out for asking this question, but you’re so educated on this stuff and I don’t trust anyone else but you! I think I need to upgrade my juicer. There are so many juicers to choose from on the market. Where do I start? Oh and if you haven’t blogged about this, you should. It’s all so confusing!”

When I think about all the diet and lifestyle upgrades I’ve made, juicing takes the cake.

Once you get on the juicing train, you won’t want to step off. But you guessed it, ya need a juicer to make the fabulous stuff. So to help you get started, or take your practice further, I’ve done a deep dive on many of the popular juicers available today.

Our Top Overall Picks

• #1: Hurom H400
• #2: Super Angel 5500
• #3: Breville Juice Fountain Multispeed

The Best Juicers

The low-down on my juicer ratings: In addition to my experience with many of these juicers, I reviewed every unbiased juicer review blog or website I could find as well as the most “helpful” positive and negative Amazon reviews for each machine. Everyone’s juicer experience is somewhat subjective, but I hope that these ratings and detailed juicer stats give you the tools you need to make an informed decision.

Hurom H400 Juicer

Type: Masticating/Slow Juicer

My rating: 15/15

I love the Hurom H400 juicer for many reasons. It has a large, self-feeding hopper. It’s quiet. It’s easy to clean, and it gives me a high yield.

Yield: The slow squeeze process allows you to get the most out of your produce. In fact, the H400 gives you the highest yield out of any of the Hurom Easy Clean models.

Usability: The large chamber and hopper size makes it easy to load larger amounts of produce. This is great for making larger batches to keep for later, or when you’re juicing for friends or family. The handy gauge window on the front of the model allows you to see how full the chamber is, as well as the beautiful colors of your juice.

Clean-up: The strainer-free design means less mineral buildup over time. And you can easily separate the individual parts. All this adds up to much less time scrubbing and cleaning.

Super Angel 5500

Type: Twin-Gear/Triturating

My rating: 14/15

The Super Angel 5500 juicer is a top-of-the-line twin-gear masticating juicer known for its high juice yield, ease of use, and excellent clean-up features, all housed in a durable stainless steel body.

Yield: The Super Angel 5500 is known for a high juice yield. It operates at a low speed of 83 RPM, which ensures minimal oxidation and maximum nutrient retention.

Usability: The juicer is straightforward to use, with a setup that allows even those new to juicing to operate it easily. Although it features a narrow feed chute requiring produce to be cut into smaller pieces, the overall juicing process is oh-so-efficient.

Clean-up: Cleaning the Super Angel 5500 is relatively easy. While not all components are dishwasher safe, the juicer is equipped with a cleaning brush and is designed for easy disassembly for cleaning.

BREVILLE JUICE FOUNTAIN MULTISPEED

Type: Centrifugal

My rating: 12/15

The Breville Juice Fountain Multi-Speed (BJE510XL) juicer is a centrifugal model that is well-regarded for its efficient juice extraction, particularly from hard fruits and vegetables like carrots and apples. It features a strong 900-watt motor with five adjustable speeds, which allows you to optimize the juicing process depending on the type of produce you’re using.

Yield: The juicer is very effective at extracting juice from hard produce, and while it is less efficient with leafy greens, it still performs reasonably well when they are packed between harder ingredients.

Usability: The Breville Juice Fountain Multi-Speed has a wide 3-inch feed chute that minimizes the need for pre-cutting fruits and vegetables, allowing for faster and more convenient juicing sessions.

Clean-up: Cleaning this juicer is easy-peasy. It includes a cleaning brush and most of its parts are dishwasher safe (top rack recommended), which facilitates quick cleanup. Immediate cleaning is advised to prevent pulp from drying up and staining the plastic parts.

Criteria for Choosing the Best Juicer

Before you select a juicer, ask yourself the following questions, and be honest!

• How much prep time am I willing to invest in my daily juicing?
• How much cleanup am I willing to endure on a daily basis?
• What’s my budget?
• Will I be juicing wheatgrass?
• What’s more important: The shelf life of my juice or the time/effort it takes to make my juice?
• How much space do I have?

Which Juicer Should You Choose?

Frankly, that depends on your goals and your lifestyle. If you’re a hardcore raw foodie who wants to invest in a killer machine and you have some extra time on your hands, you might go full tilt with a twin-gear juicer.

On the other hand, if you’re a working mama who knows that she’s only going to make her green juice if it’s relatively quick, and easy to clean up, then you might opt for a centrifugal model. Will there be some compromise in nutritional value if you go the easier way? Sure.

But it all comes down to whether or not you’ll actually commit to juicing. Abandoned juicers make great dust collectors and door stops. So for best results, choose the juicer you’ll actually use!

Since everyone has different needs and budgets, I want to show you how I evaluate the many juicers on the market today so that you can choose a juicer tailored to your needs.

The Four Different Types of Juicers

In this section, I’ll teach you how to choose between a centrifugal juicer, a Masticating juicer, a Twin Gear/Triturating juicer, and a Wheatgrass juicer. I’ll list the pros and cons of each and some of my favorite brands and models of that type of juicer.

Centrifugal Juicers

Centrifugal juicers use a fast-spinning grater to shred the fruits and veggies. The juice then gets flung through a strainer and out the spout, while all the pulp flies up into a catch basket.

• Pros: A centrifugal juicer is easy to clean and use, juices fast, takes up less counter space, is less expensive, juices fibrous veggies well, and juices whole fruits well (large chute).
• Cons: Centrifugal juicers aren’t optimal for juicing greens. They’re also noisy, and the juice has a shorter shelf life (20-30 minutes), and nutrients oxidize quicker.

Tip: I stretch out the shelf life by storing any extra juice in an airtight jar to enjoy later that same day—realizing that it does lose nutritional value.

Other top centrifugal juicers that I tested include: Breville Juice Fountain Multi-Speed, Breville Juice Fountain Compact, and Black & Decker Fruit & Vegetable Juice Extractor.

Masticating Juicers (AKA Cold Press Juicers, Slow Juicers, Single Gear Juicers)

A masticating juicer uses one slowly turning screw-shaped gear that chews up the veggies and squeezes the juice through a stainless-steel screen. This action gently tears open the cell membranes to release the nutrients.

• Pros: A slow juicer extracts more juice with higher nutritional value (enzymes included). It also produces less foam, has a longer fridge life (about 24-48 hours), and is quiet with less waste (drier pulp = less produce in your garbage). Most models also juice wheatgrass and can make nut butters, ice cream, veggie pâtés, and more.
• Cons: Takes longer to prep produce and make juice (a smaller chute means that you have to cut up fruits and veggies into smaller pieces), more difficult to assemble and clean, heavy machine, higher price tag.

My personal favorite slow juicer (which includes a 10-year warranty!) is the Hurom Masticating Slow Juicer.

Other slow juicers that I tested include: Breville Fountain Crush Masticating Slow Juicer and Omega Nutrition Juicer.

Twin-Gear Juicers (or Triturating Juicers)

A twin-gear juicer is another slow juicer, slowly squishing the fruits and veggies between two gears until the pulp is nearly dry and almost all the juice is squeezed out.

• Pros: The juice stays fresh longer (about 72 hours), has a higher juice yield and nutritional value, is more versatile (It can juice wheatgrass and makes nut butter, ice cream, veggie pâtés, and more), and is quiet.
• Cons: It takes longer to prep and juice produce (again, smaller chute, etc.). Cleaning the juicer takes longer, and it is not optimal for juicing citrus fruits. It has a higher price tag and is a larger and heavier machine.

Other twin Gear juicers that I tested include: Super Angel 5500 and Green Star Elite Jumbo Twin Gear Juice Extractor.

Wheatgrass Juicers

Wheatgrass juicers work by slowly squeezing and pressing juice out of the tough wheatgrass fibers—similar to wringing out your wet clothes after running through the sprinkler on a hot afternoon.

Wheatgrass juicers come in hand-crank and electric versions and while some are specific for wheatgrass, others will also juice leafy greens, fruits and vegetables.

Other wheatgrass juicers that I tested include: Lexen Healthy Juicer, Handy Pantry HJ Hurricane.

Remember, you don’t need a separate wheatgrass juicer if you have a slow masticating juicer, twin-gear juicer.

My Favorite Juice Recipes

Need some juicing inspiration? Check out a few of my favs:

1. My Signature Green Juice Recipe: This delicious juice packs a healthy punch with leafy greens and tart granny smith apples.
2. Orange Uplift Juice: This recipe combines cantaloupe, carrots, celery, and romaine for a refreshing take on an “orange” juice.
3. The Spicy Sweetie: A delicious combination of ginger, granny smith apples and tasty veggies will truly make you pucker up.

For a step-by-step guide on how to start juicing, check out “How to Make a Green Juice.”

Summary

• The best juicers I’ve chosen are based on type, yield, usability, and clean-up.
• The juicer you choose will depend on your budget, time invested, ease of cleanup desired, space you have, and what you’ll be juicing.
• There are four main types of juicers to choose from: Centrifugal, Masticating, Twin Gear/Triturating, and wheatgrass.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Juicer Will You Go With?

I hope this helps you pick out the perfect machine that’ll have you juicing for decades to come! Adopting this one healthy habit will increase your energy, reduce inflammation, boost your immune system, improve your mood and support your overall well-being. It’s like prevention rocket fuel!

Let me know in the comments: What factors are most important to you in a juicer? 

Peace & cheers,