Comparing Juicers... Hand-Operated Or Electric Powered?

Manual vs. Electric Juicer

A juicer is conical-shaped kitchen appliance used for squeezing, or extracting, juice from a variety of foods, specifically vegatables and fruits, for the purpose of drinking or adding flavor to other foods. The juicer is easy to use, but, due to the possible risks involved, should be treated carefully, caution, and know-how.

A couple of varieties of juicers exist: a manual, or hand-operated, model and a power model.

Hand-Held Juicer

Juicing entails putting fruit pieces or veggie pieces cut side-down in the middle of the juicer and then pressing down to squeeze the foodstuff and moving it back and forth so the liquid will run out of the rind and removed from the pulp. The actual pulp and seeds are accumulated along the edges of the juicer, and the rind is then thrown away.

Electric Powered Juicer

Power juicers mechanically extract juice from fruits, vegetables, herbs, etc. Correct procedure comprises of putting the article of food|food article} within and pushing the switch. The juicer then mechanically squeezes juice out of the fruit or vegetable. As a result of its mechanical dynamics, electric juicers tend to be much more hazardous than manual ones, and so it is important that users be trained the way to correctly make use of them.

Two varieties of electric powered juicers are on the market:

Centrifugal juicers: these consist of a blade and sieve to separate juice and pulp from peels or external shells or casings. Centrifugal juicers are not able to break fibres in food, so their use is limited.

Masticating juicers: these 'chew up' the entire piece of food before, or in order to, squeeze juice from the inside. When the food becomes mangled, the liquid naturally flows out. Masticating juicers can break fibres in food, so they really have a significantly wider use as compared to centrifugal juicers.

Incidentally, electric juicers and blenders are very different in function and design. Electric powered (masticating) juicers can easily separate liquid from fibres, whereas blenders, just like centrifugal and manual juicers, are not able to.

The theory is that since fast-moving mechanical components of an electrical juicer blow air into the food, triggering greater and quicker oxidation to important nutrients, electrical juicers, especially those having variable speeds, are regarded as being of higher quality than manual juicers. This hasn't been confirmed, although it is a widespread belief.