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Pressed juice is superior in quality, taste & nutrition than juice harvested via a centrifugal juicer that uses blades. That said, your point stands, if you use

by j2bax 9y ago

Pressed juice is superior in quality, taste & nutrition than juice harvested via a centrifugal juicer that uses blades. That said, your point stands, if you use a masticating cold press juicer which you can get for $300 or less routinely. The main difference is the high speed centrifugal juicers oxidize the juice, heat it up and make it really foamy as opposed to the masticating method which is essential a large gear that the fruit is slowly pushed/crushed through.

nate_meurer 9y ago
> "high speed centrifugal juicers oxidize the juice" Source? I've seen no empirical evidence to support this notion. > "heat it up" No they don't, not even close. My Green Star twin-gear and my Omega 8001 auger juicers both heat up juice WAY more than my Omega centrifugals. My centrifugal juicers also don't produce foam in any meaningful quantity. These are very different juicers, meant for different tasks. My Green Star is the only juicer that I can use for leafy greens and sprouts, and it's brilliant at those, but it's useless for bulky things like apple, carrots, and beets. My Omega centrifugal juicers, on the other hand, can't do greens worth a shit, but they'll suck nearly every drop from apples/carrots/beets, leaving just a slightly moist pulp behind.
- j2bax 9y ago
  Can you link me to your Omega Centrifugal? I have one of the Omega Vert units and it gets the pulp extremely dry from apples, oranges, greens etc. I previously had a Breville centrifugal unit that foamed and heated the juice up a lot and that's what I read a lot about and saw in the extensive YouTube reviews and comparisons. For what it's worth the hardcore juicers I've talked to say you can't store juice from a centrifugal unit for more than a day due to the oxidization which causes the juice to spoil faster. This is admittedly anecdotal and not based on peer reviewed trials.
  - nate_meurer 9y ago
    I have a couple of Omega 1000's. Basically just a big motor attached directly to a strainer basket, simple as they come. I have no experience with any other centrifugal juicers. There is a technique; alternate hard and soft fruits, leave apples more for the last since apple fiber is best at clogging the strainer. I never save juice; I drink everything as soon as I make it. It's totally plausible to me that juice degrades over the course of hours. Over the course of the minutes it takes me to juice and drink... I'm less concerned. Your Vert juicer is interesting. Can you really do both apples and greens? Can you juice really dry shit like kale and wheatgrass?
    - j2bax 9y ago
      >Your Vert juicer is interesting. Can you really do both apples and greens? Can you juice really dry shit like kale and wheatgrass? Oh yeah it does it all. It's a fantastic unit. Picked it up on a 50% off sale for like $150.00. One of my favorite mixed juices to make with it is: kale, green apple, lemon, habanero, cilantro, ginger. It's like drinking fire but it's invigorating and has a great flavor.
      - nate_meurer 9y ago
        Thanks, I guess I need to look into those. It'd be nice to just have one machine.

by j2bax 9y ago

nate_meurer 9y ago

> "high speed centrifugal juicers oxidize the juice" Source? I've seen no empirical evidence to support this notion. > "heat it up" No they don't, not even close. My Green Star twin-gear and my Omega 8001 auger juicers both heat up juice WAY more than my Omega centrifugals. My centrifugal juicers also don't produce foam in any meaningful quantity. These are very different juicers, meant for different tasks. My Green Star is the only juicer that I can use for leafy greens and sprouts, and it's brilliant at those, but it's useless for bulky things like apple, carrots, and beets. My Omega centrifugal juicers, on the other hand, can't do greens worth a shit, but they'll suck nearly every drop from apples/carrots/beets, leaving just a slightly moist pulp behind.

j2bax 9y ago
Can you link me to your Omega Centrifugal? I have one of the Omega Vert units and it gets the pulp extremely dry from apples, oranges, greens etc. I previously had a Breville centrifugal unit that foamed and heated the juice up a lot and that's what I read a lot about and saw in the extensive YouTube reviews and comparisons. For what it's worth the hardcore juicers I've talked to say you can't store juice from a centrifugal unit for more than a day due to the oxidization which causes the juice to spoil faster. This is admittedly anecdotal and not based on peer reviewed trials.
- nate_meurer 9y ago
  I have a couple of Omega 1000's. Basically just a big motor attached directly to a strainer basket, simple as they come. I have no experience with any other centrifugal juicers. There is a technique; alternate hard and soft fruits, leave apples more for the last since apple fiber is best at clogging the strainer. I never save juice; I drink everything as soon as I make it. It's totally plausible to me that juice degrades over the course of hours. Over the course of the minutes it takes me to juice and drink... I'm less concerned. Your Vert juicer is interesting. Can you really do both apples and greens? Can you juice really dry shit like kale and wheatgrass?
  - j2bax 9y ago
    >Your Vert juicer is interesting. Can you really do both apples and greens? Can you juice really dry shit like kale and wheatgrass? Oh yeah it does it all. It's a fantastic unit. Picked it up on a 50% off sale for like $150.00. One of my favorite mixed juices to make with it is: kale, green apple, lemon, habanero, cilantro, ginger. It's like drinking fire but it's invigorating and has a great flavor.
    - nate_meurer 9y ago
      Thanks, I guess I need to look into those. It'd be nice to just have one machine.