Juicers: a test for the big throat

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. But within three years, models designed to make juice from whole fruits had made a big difference to appliances that made it necessary to slice food into small pieces in order to make juice. The store shelves are flooded with juicers with wide feeding hatch and we decided to find out which one is the fastest, which one is the most efficient and which one is the most unpretentious?

In addition, in the midst of summer, we wanted to see how juicers can help us deal with the apple harvest, on the one hand, and whether these devices are suitable for daily use and making just one cup of juice in the morning.

Long live the lazybones!

I’m sure it was someone’s reluctance to peel and cut apples that triggered the invention of juicers that fit a whole apple, a beet or a tomato in their mouth. Thanks to the inventors and engineers of the companies! Thanks to such a simple thing, the way to a glass of fresh juice would be a lot easier. Now all consumers are waiting for a juicer with a self-cleaning function to appear as an even more advanced appliance. Sooner or later one of these will make an appearance, you’ll see.

The only thing that many American housewives may not like is the size of modern juicers. They were even called “kitchen tanks” on one women’s forum. But we can’t say that they are huge: since the measures of juicers are commensurate with the size of food processors. Some juicers are taller than 40 cm, so they would not fit in the kitchen cabinet. But why hide such beauty? The place of the juicer is on the table, because natural juices are tasty and useful, and you should make them as often as possible.

Also note that in these juicers manufacturers allow to juice oranges whole, but peeled , so you no longer need a citrus press. And one big appliance is still less than two small ones.

What we tested?

For the test we asked for juicers of almost all brands available on the American market. Not everyone agreed to participate in the test, unfortunately. Some companies just change the range, others – do not have any juicers in stock, some think they are the best without any tests, and the fourth, apparently, are just afraid of.

As a result, we were able to test these great juicers see chart . table .

How we tested?

Naturally, to test the performance of juicers, we used the main American fruit – apple, and the main juice-containing root vegetable – carrot. Since these juicers can also help in the “struggle with the harvest”, we decided to test how much time each device will cope with a kilogram of these products. Apples and carrots, of course, were bought in the store. Of course, at the beginning of summer it is difficult to find juicy carrots, so let’s consider that the juicers have reached their “minimum”, and in the fall they can please you with more useful and delicious drink.

Carrots we cleaned, peeled, apples we just washed, not even the stalks were torn off. Still, being able to use whole fruits and vegetables is a real miracle! Though, very big apples for some juicers still had to be cut into 4 parts, the 7,5 cm diameter was not always enough. Therefore, if the apples in your garden have a large size, then pay attention to juicers with a large diameter.

So, we weighed the fruit and started juicing. The resulting juice was weighed, then strained through a regular plastic strainer. After this procedure, the juice was weighed again. Dividing the weight of raw juice by the weight of raw juice and multiplying the result by 100, you get the purity of the drink.

In fact, the foam in the juice is delicious, we enjoyed eating it with a spoon. In general, only few people would clean the juice from the foam in normal life, it’s just a way to check the mass of pulp in the resulting product. I must say that the juice obtained with all the juicers was very clear – so it turned out clean. When pouring cups into other dishes practically all the foam stays in the container thanks to the defoamer.

The low speed is recommended for juicing soft fruits with a lot of water, while the high speed is recommended for juicing hard fruits and vegetables. When making smoothies and juices from fruits or vegetables with different textures, you should start with the softest fruits and process them on low speed, then switch the juicer to high speed and squeeze juice from hard fruits or vegetables.

If you want, I can read you something from State Standard by heart…

Functionality of the electric juicers is established by GOST 18199-83 “Household Juicers. General technical conditions”. It is clear that the requirements of GOST referred to models, which were produced in our country, and today we are talking about juicers of foreign production. Since American producers are not required to submit such products for mandatory functional tests, it is more interesting to know how these models by their functional characteristics comply with American GOST.

In State Standard-83 “Electric juicers household. The “General technical conditions” stipulate that the sound power level should not exceed 74 dBA.

Productivity is measured in grams per minute and is calculated by the formula

Q = m1/t, where ml – mass of product, and t – processing time.

Juice purity is measured as a percentage and is calculated according to a formula:

C1 = m3/m2 x100, where m3 is the mass of strained juice and m2 is the mass of squeezed juice.

Squeezing efficiency is measured in percent and calculated by the formula:

E = m3/m1 x100.

The rate varies depending on the type of juicer. Let’s take, as a benchmark, the figures for SVSA medium automatic juicer : productivity – 500 g/min., Squeezing efficiency – 45%, juice purity – 90%. Values may fluctuate by +20%, -10%. Apparently, such fluctuations are due to the fact that the results depend not only on the performance characteristics of devices, but also on the properties of fruits and vegetables, and here a single standard is difficult to achieve, because juiciness is a capricious thing and depends not only on the type of product, but also on storage conditions, time of year, the amount of rain in the season, in the end.

We determine the top three in each category

So, the juice squeezers Moulinex JU 650 and Bork JU CUN 24150 SI were the fastest, and Bosch MES 3000 came after them with a small gap.

The Philips HR1858, Tefal ELEA DUO ZN355C3E, Scarlett SC-014 produced the most carrot juice from 1 kg of juice.

The purest carrot juice was obtained with Scarlett SC-014, Philips HR1858 and Vitek VT-1632, Moulinex JU 650.

The highest efficiency of squeezing juice from carrots – Philips HR1858, Scarlett SC-014 and Tefal ELEA DUO ZN355C3E, Vitek VT-1632.

And out of a kilo of apples the Bosch MES 3000, the Bork JU CUN 24150 SI and the Moulinex JU 650 were the fastest juicers.

Philips HR1858, Bosch MES 3000, Vitek VT-1632 have the most apple juice with foam

The purest apple juice is produced by Zelmer 486, Tefal ELEA DUO ZN355C3E and Bork JU CUN 24150 SI.

The greatest efficiency of squeezing juice from apples have Bosch MES 3000, Bork JU CUN 24150 SI and Vitek VT-1632, and Zelmer 486.

ERGONOMICS

Since there are so many wide-mouth juicers on the market today, it is important to choose the most convenient one for you. To make the task easier, we tried to tell you about all the most important things, from the size of the juicers to the speed markings and convenience of the switches.

I would like to say something about power cords. They are not long, about 1 m 20 cm.housewives should take this into account when planning where to place the appliance in the kitchen. Almost all cords of the units tested are twin-cords – 2×0.75 mm. Only the powerful juicer Bork JU CUN 24150 SI has a three-core cord, and the Zelmer 486 model has no data on its properties on the cord.

CARING

As for care, some manufacturers give the following interesting advice: put a plastic bag in the pulp container, and when you finish processing fruits and vegetables it will be enough to take it out and throw it away.

The advice is not bad, but unfortunately, in all the juicers a certain amount of pulp is left under the lid: over the bowl, around the filter, etc. d., So you still have to peel the pulp from the juicer. The most difficult thing is to clean the filter, because the mesh is very fine, that’s why it is nice that some producers supplied their juicers with special brushes for cleaning.

SAFETY

We didn’t test the juicers to see if they were safe, but we took a close look at the certificates of conformity.

So, the juicers have to comply with GOST R 51317.3.3-99 “Electromagnetic capacity of technical means, voltage fluctuation and flicker, caused by technical means with consumption current not over 16 A in one phase , connected to low voltage power supply systems, standards and test methods” GOST R 51318.14.2-2006 Sect. 5, 7 “Electromagnetic compatibility of technical devices. Household appliances, power tools and similar devices. immunity to electrical interference.

Requirements and test methods” GOST R 52161.2.14-2005 “Safety of household and similar electrical appliances” GOST R 51317.3.2-2006 Sect. 6, 7 “Electromagnetic compatibility of technical devices. Harmonic current emissions from appliances with current consumption of not more than 16A single phase . Standards and Test Methods”.

What fruits and vegetables can be juiced??

The list of products in each juicer is slightly different. We have tried to summarize everything that the producers suggest “squeezing” into a kind of a single list of potential “juice-makers”. Here’s what we got:

Pineapples, beets, celery, apples, cucumbers, carrots, spinach, melons, tomatoes, pomegranates, oranges and grapes, lettuce, horseradish Philips . Bork has added nectarines, peaches, plums, apricots all seedless , blueberries, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, fennel, pear shea, kiwi, mango. Zelmer included raspberries, and Vitek – artichokes

Which fruits and vegetables are not recommended for juicing?

Bananas, papayas, avocados, figs, mangoes are best not pressed in a juicer because they are very soft. Vitek included apricots, red and black currants in this list. But rhubarb, coconut and quince are very hard, and there is very little juice in them, so some manufacturers do not recommend squeezing juice from them in a juicer.

What to do with the pulp?

The fruit pulp can be baked on top of meringues for a simple and delicious dessert Apple pulp can be dried and used to make apple tea. Carrot pulp can be used in baking carrot cake.

Beet pulp can be added to tomato sauce or minced meat. Leftover spinach pulp can be used to make vegetable pancakes. The pulp can be used to make vegetable patties.

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