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May 29, 2009

What is a masticating juicer?

When it comes to buying a juicer for your home you will soon discover there are many different models to choose from. But with each model they are designed to allow you to extract juice from a wide variety of fruits and vegetables that you can freshly consume. Not only will purchasing such juicers be beneficial to your health but will save you the money that you would normally spend on purchasing the ready prepared juice that isn’t that beneficial at all to your health. There two types of juicers that people tend to purchase either the centrifugal juicer or the masticating juicer.

In this article we are taking a look at what the benefits of using a masticating juicer are over the other models on the market today. The first thing you need to understand is how the way such juicers operate. With the masticating type of juicer rather than the pulp of the food being shredded it is instead chewed at very low speeds.

These types of machines are fitted with either one or two cutters and the single blade versions tend to be the much cheaper ones. However, if you want a model that is able to extract the juice for hard fruits, vegetables or wheatgrass then you would better to go with those models that come with two cutters on them.

So just what are the benefits from having a masticating juicer instead of a centrifugal one?

1. With these particular types of juicers they operate a very low speeds and so when extracting the juice from the pulp they don’t create too much oxygen in it. Less oxygen in the juice helps to extend its shelf life so instead of making up new batches of juice each day make up one large batch to last over a few days and then store in fridge until required.

2. You will find that because there are a number of different stages involved in the extraction of juice with these machines they can much more effectively break down the fiber contained within the fruit or vegetables. This actually results in a juice that contains more nutrients as it is able to more effectively squeeze the juice from the pulp.

3. As previously mentioned these machines have the capability of dealing with soft and hard fruits as well as wheatgrass. So instead of you spending money on a wheatgrass juicer which could be very expensive you can rely on a masticating juicer to do the necessary work for you instead.

4. These machines are not only ideal for creating good amounts of fresh juice from fruit and vegetables but they have found to have other uses as well. Some mothers use theirs for producing healthy nutritional meals for their baby.

5. As well as these machines making a lot less noise than other kinds of juicers, they also make a lot less mess. Plus the masticating juicer is a lot easier to clean after it has been used compared to some of the other kinds of juicers you can buy.

Above we have given just a few reasons why it is worth considering buying a masticating juicer instead of a centrifugal one. A quick search online and you will see that there are plenty of different types to select from you just need to decide beforehand how much you can afford to spend on it.

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