A juicer is a handy kitchen appliance where it is used to extract juice from fruits, vegetables and even wheatgrass. There are two types of juicer in market, citrus juicer and juice extractor.
Like its name, a citrus juicer is made specially to extract juices from fruits such as lemon, lime or oranges. This extractor is commonly used n household for its simplicity of usage. One just needs to cut the fruits in half horizontally and press the cut side down over the juicer. Juices are squeezed, leaving the seeds and pulp in the end. This handheld utensil is also generaly known as reamer.
The mechanism of a citrus juicer doesn’t work on other fruits and vegetables; this is where the juice extracting device comes in. the juice are mechanically separated from the solid parts of the fruits, vegetables and herbs. The remains are usually used in muffins, cakes or compost. In the juice extractor category, there are three main types; centrifugal, masticating and triturating juicers. These three juicers are designed to suit different types of fruits and vegetable.
Centrifugal juicer is the time conserving device between the three. Cleaning and preparing time is shortened with the simple mechanism. This device will grind the fruits and push it through the strainer at higher rpm, usually at similar speed of spin function on a washing machine. Oxidation rate for this juicer is fairly high, but the quality of the juice produced is still good if its being drank straight after juicing.
Triturating juicer spins at slower rpm, thus conserving the quality of the juice, but lengthen the time of preparing the juice. If time is your main concern, this juicer is not feasible as preparing and cleaning time takes longer than the other two juicers. But if health challenge is faced, such as cancer, drinking a good quality juice is very important despite the time taken to prepare. This juicer also capable of making baby food, sauces, nut butter and even fruit sorbets.
Masticating juicer is very much alike to triturating juicer, only it operates with only one gear, while tricurating juicer is using twin gear. This juicer produces high quality juice with minimal oxidation due to the slower juicing process. Like the triturating juicer, this single gear juicer is able to produce sauces, nut butter, banana ice cream and fruit sorbets.
Juicing is a healthy lifestyle but can be hazardous if handled without precaution. Juicer contains sharp blades that will cause mishap if mishandled, it is also advisable to keep it out of a children’s reach. Juicing recipes can be found free on the internet, many recipes are usually categorized for fruits, vegetables or combination of both. Always keep the device cleaned after each use to make sure it is ready all the time.
Juicer has gone through many improvements with one being better at another. Different household may have different needs, but with various choices around, anyone will found one that compliments them. So, what are you waiting for, lets get juicing!
Mike Walker is a health conscious blog writer. He used many kinds of juicers and recommends the best juicers to his readers. You can find many juicers reviews such as citrus, centrifugal, wheatgrass, single gear masticating and twin gear triturating juicers in his blog.
