Which Is The Best
Wheatgrass Juicer?

Now, if you do not have a masticating juicer yet, and you are not sure you want to invest in one, then you can use your blender if you have one on hand. I know this is not ideal, however, it does work.

Simply place a little water with the cut wheatgrass into your blender and blend. The water will turn green. If the grass is not mixing properly, just add a bit more water until it blends properly. You can then strain out the pulp and drink it. There will be more foam created from blending the wheatgrass and from the extra oxygen circulated into the juice.



So if you want to grow your own wheatgrass or purchase an already grown tray of wheatgrass to be able to juice it at home, but are not ready to buy a wheatgrass juicer, the blender is a fine way to start. Though not optimally extracting the wheatgrass juice from the grass, at least you are able to start definitely getting some invigorating wheatgrass juice into you right away.

Down the road, if you decide you want wheatgrass juice to continually be part of your diet, you can invest in a more efficient masticating wheatgrass juicer.




Masticating Juicer

A wheatgrass masticating juicer is the most effective and ideal way to juice wheatgrass. No heat is generated with the masticating juicer since the rpm (80-110) is slower, so some say this less friction and no heating of the juice helps keep the vitamins and enzymes preserved. Because the masticating juicer operates at a slower speed than the centrifugal juicer, there is less foam in the juice.

Also, because of this slower speed, the masticating juicers are quieter. This is especially nice if you are juicing in the early morning hours and do not want to wake up your sleeping family with the noise from a loud juicer.

The masticating juicers take longer to juice the vegetables and fruit because of the lower rpm. However, they are more efficient in terms of getting the juice out of the vegetables or fruit. More juice can be obtained out of the same amount of vegetables or fruit. The pulp will be much more dry, showing that more juice and thus more nutrients have been extracted from the produce.

The masticating juicer first "chews" or masticates the fruit or vegetables and then the juice is mechanically pressed from the broken down pulp to release the juice. The masticating juicer process produces less oxygen in its juices than the juices produced from the centrifugal juicer. Thus, there is less oxidation occurring in the juices from the masticating juicer. This allows the juice to stay fresh tasting and have more vitality for longer. Though, it is always best to drink the juice right after juicing for optimum nutrients.

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Masticating juicers are very capable of juicing most fruits and vegetables, and they will also nicely extract juice from the cereal grasses including wheatgrass and barley grass. They also juice spinach, and other leafy greens and herbs.

Masticating juicers can also make nut butters, frozen desserts, extruding pasta, baby food, and other creations. So read about these special features to learn which of them are important to you. I appreciate more useable features in one appliance so I can save counter space.



Manual Juicer

There are manual wheatgrass juicers that take longer to get the juice out of the blade of grass, but your arm gets a work out and the manual juicer can be operated off the grid. They are clamped onto your counter so as not to move around during juicing. So you would need to make sure you have a counter that it could be attached to. They are known to be simpler to clean. They are also less expensive than the electric masticating juicers.

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Let's say you want to grow wheatgrass at home but also want to buy your supplies locally, well you can certainly do that too. I started off with buying my supplies from wheatgrasskits.com. I think that was a nice introductory way to go. Later, I felt comfortable branching off into buying my own supplies. Do what works for you.

Once again, if you are not ready to purchase a masticating juicer yet, and you already have a blender on hand, then just use it for now. You will certainly be obtaining nutrition from the blended version which I mentioned above. However, the wheatgrass will not be as efficiently extracted from the blended process as it is from the masticating juicer process.

Whichever juicer you pick from amongst the various masticating juicer choices, I must say, a nice feature is being able to continuously juice with the pulp automatically being ejected into either an attached bucket or a bowl which is placed under the pulp expelling spout.

After the vegetable or fruit has been juiced, the left over pulp accumulates and needs to be removed. Some juicers need to be taken fully apart to remove this pulp build up. Other juicers expel the pulp into a bucket that needs to be dumped when full. Even other juicers expel the pulp out of the machine into a bowl which has been placed under the pulp ejection spout. The easier it is to remove and discard the pulp, the easier the juicing process. If you juice for a family, the pulp accumulates quickly.

The exterior pulp ejection feature is a very important feature to me. It is much quicker to simply empty the exterior attached pulp basket or bowl put under the exterior pulp ejecting spout than having to open the whole juicer to remove the pulp from inside the machine.

Also, if the juicer takes too long to clean, that can deter you from using it. Some juicers can be cleaned in under a minute and others can take as long as 6 minutes. Make sure you find out how difficult or easy it is to clean.

The produce is fed into the chute opening. This chute diameter can vary in size amongst the different juicer models. The smaller the chute opening, the tinier the fruits and vegetables need to be chopped to fit into the chute. The larger the opening, the larger amount of produce that can be placed in at once, resulting in less work for you. So learn about the diameter of the chute to understand how much extra chopping of the produce could be required.



Centrifugal Juicer

The centrifugal juicer design has been around the longest. The centrifugal juicer does a good job at juicing most other vegetables and fruits and in a quicker fashion. It is quicker to push produce through a centrifugal juicer than a masticating juicer because they operate at a higher speed.

There are definite pluses and minuses between the different juicers. But for juicing health building wheatgrass, a masticating wheatgrass juicer is the best choice.

But just for your information, the centrifugal juicer uses a shredder disc and strainer basket to hold the pulp inside. The machine needs to be taken apart to take out the pulp. However, if the centrifugal juicer is a pulp ejection juicer, that pulp is expelled outside of the machine into a basket or bowl.

The centrifugal juicers turn at a high speed (high rpm's) and can be faster to use. However, there will be more noise involved because of this greater speed. The higher rpm's may also result in higher temperatures which many claim can destroy enzymes in the juice if the juice heats up enough.

The centrifugal juicers are known as high-speed juicers with rpm's of about 3600 for the centrifugal juicers to about 6300 for the centrifugal pulp ejection juicers. The centrifugal pulp ejection juicers allow for more continuous juicing due to the pulp ejection feature.

The vegetable or fruit is put into the top chute. The produce is pressed through and hits the quickly revolving shredder disc which sits inside a strainer basket. Some centrifugal models have the shredder disc actually attached to the basket. The juice is released while the produce is being shred. The outward centrifugal force from the quickly spinning basket and shredder forces the juice to be expelled through the strainer. The juice comes out the front spout.

Once again, do your research. The folks at wheatgrasskits.com know their wheatgrass juicers. They can help guide you to the right masticating juicer for your wheatgrass juicing needs.



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