Walking along the streets in a hot summer day will always tempt you to quench your thirst with any delicious fruit drink rather than the chilled water. Fresh fruit juices have dominated all types of beverages and drinks that are available in the market. Preparing fruit juices at the time of emergency might irritate you at times. To help you come out of this difficulty, there are several companies manufacturing juicers that can be used anywhere and at anytime.

Before buying any type of juicers few important points have to be taken care of.

1. Is the juicer efficient?

2. Can I use the juicer for those ingredients I need?

3. Can I use it with ease?

4. Is it cost efficient?

5. How about its durability?

6. Is it easy to handle?

When you have got satisfying answers for the above, then you can proceed in selecting the type of juicer you need.

Different kinds of juicers available are:

Citrus juicers

These juicers are used only for extracting juice from citrus fruits. Peeling of the fruit is not essential. Instead chopping off the fruit into half will be enough. Juice is extracted when half of the fruit is pressed down on to a spinning cone, which reams the fruit.

Centrifugal Juicers

Centrifugal juicers are the most popular ones available. Chopped fruits and vegetables are fed through the opening onto a spinning basket, which chops and grates the fruits and vegetables. The pulp is collected against the basket walls due to the centrifugal force that is created. Juice that is extracted is sent out through the spout of the juicer. This is cheaper than twin gear and masticating machines. Citrus fruits have to be peeled. Motors that run with rapid speed give out heat and air that mix up in the juice. This makes the juice sub-standard. Centrifugal force that is generated and the ejection of the pulp create more noise during the process. Wheat grass and leafy vegetables cannot be juiced.

Whole fruit Centrifugal Juicers

These juicers do not require the fruit to be cut down. Instead, it can be placed as a whole. Some juicers create more noise due to their extra power. Some large pieces may not go through the blades and hence juice is not fully extracted from the fruit pulp.

Masticating Juicers

These juicers cut and grind the produce to give the best juice. The pulp is ejected at the end of the juicer and so juice is extracted continuously.

Twin Gear Juicers

These types of juicers crush and then press the produce to extract more juice. Some models come with bio ceramic materials that extract more nutrients and extend the life of the juice. These juicers can extract juice from the wheatgrass and leafy vegetables as well, unlike the Centrifugal Juicers. The process is slow due to smaller chamber and slower feeding time.

Single Auger Juicers

The pulp is pushed against a screw that further crushes the fruit against a sieve, which separates the juice from the pulp. The quality of the juice is not lost as the heat released is very less. Noodles, pasta, purees, peanut butter and more can be made with extra attachments. The pulp has to be cut into smaller pieces to fit the chamber.

Single Cutter Juicer

The pulp is cut and chewed with the cutter with tiny teeth running along it. It can grind well the harder pulps like carrot. Leafy vegetables have to be fed in small quantities. Due to the increase in the heat produced, the juice may lose its quality. Some juicers cannot breakdown wheatgrass.

Wheatgrass Juicers

These juicers are specially designed to extract juice from wheat grass and leafy vegetables. They are normally not used to extract juice from fruits and vegetables.

Commercial juicers Vs Domestic juicer

The outcome of both the type of juicers is similar, but is quite dissimilar in some cases. Commercial juicers are designed to extract large quantity of juice at different places like health clubs, juice bars, restaurants etc. Some juicers can handle whole of the unpeeled oranges. The motors of the commercial juicers are powerful as they have to support the workload occurring each day.

Points to be considered when buying a commercial juicer:

1. Kinds of juices the customers prefer to purchase.

2. Noise created by the juicer.

3. Space that is required to place the juicer.

4. How fast can the produce be fed through the juicer?

5. How fast can the pulp be pushed out of the juicer?

6. How efficient is the fruit juicer?

7. How easy is it to clean the juicer?

Blenders Vs Juicers

A blender only cuts large piece of fruits or vegetables into smaller pieces. It cuts down the flesh, seed, skin and all that is fed into it. But, a juicer separates the juice from the fibre. Juice that is extracted by juicer is digestible directly as it is extracted from the fibre. But the juice that is extracted from the blender contains large pulps and fibres from, which the body cannot absorb the nutrients well. High speeds of blender create more noise during operation.

Factors to be taken care of:

Motor

A powerful motor can withstand the extreme workload even in high consumption of power. Power consumption depends on the type of motor.

Power

Wattage rating of the juicer has to be determined. 410watts or greater should provide sufficient amount of power.

Noise

Noise that is emitted from the juicer again depends on the type of the motor. This is also one of the main factors to be looked into. At the same time, the level of noise emitted will not decide the efficiency of the machine.

Cleaning

Cleaning the juicer after use must be easy. Some juicers that come into the market are difficult to clean. When juicers are not cleaned well, it would hold some pulp matter inside, which would emit foul smell on decay.

Kind of ingredient

You must also take care to see the type of ingredient you will be juicing. It is necessary because there are several types of juicers available for different types of ingredient.

Pulp feature

Some juicers produce pulpy or pulp-free juice. Some juicers are available with pulp-control option.

Pulp Ejection

This is one of the main features that are to be considered while buying a juicer. The pulp must be ejected out after the extraction process is complete.

Warranty

Frequent use of the juicer may bring down the life of the motor, blade or any component of the juicer. Hence warranty of the product is also an important factor that is to be taken care of.

Other important factors to be considered are:

• Juice collector

• Juicer capacity and

• Size of the feeding tube

If you consider all these, then you will not forget reusing it again. It is our sole responsibility to select the right one instead of later cursing the wrong one.