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10 Best Juicers Reviews of 2023

We updated this article in December 2022 to ensure all picks recommended by the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab were in stock and correctly priced.

A juicer can help you get more nutrients into your diet from fresh fruits and greens — not to mention having one is a great home bartending trick for elevating cozy fall cocktails with your own fresh-pressed juices. There are three main styles to choose from: masticating juicers (or slow juicers), centrifugal juicers and citrus juicers. Masticating juicers tend to yield more juice as well as juice with more nutrients sine the juice is cold-pressed. Centrifugal juicers are great for juicing harder fruits and vegetables and does so more quickly. Citrus juicers are great for simply squeezing oranges, lemons, lime and grapefruit and can come in electric and manual handheld models.

In the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, we've tested over 50 juicers in the last 20 years, evaluating them for performance and efficiency. In our testing, we score each juicer for its output and the resulting juice's taste, temperature and texture. Here are the best citrus juicers, slow juicers and centrifugal juicers of 2022.

1

Best Overall Juicer
Juice Fountain Cold Plus Breville
$240 AT AMAZON
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$240 AT AMAZON
2

Best Value Juicer
Premium Big Mouth Centrifugal Juicer Hamilton Beach
$105 AT AMAZON
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$105 AT AMAZON
3

Best Juicer for Beginners
Slow Masticating Juicer Machine NutriBullet
$163 AT AMAZON
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$163 AT AMAZON
4

Best Juicer for Greens
Big Squeeze Slow Juicer Breville
$300 AT AMAZON
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$300 AT AMAZON
5

Fastest Juicer
Juice Fountain Elite Breville
$300 AT AMAZON
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$300 AT AMAZON
6

Best Juicer for Easy Cleanup
h201 Easy Clean Slow Juicer Hurom
$499 AT AMAZON
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$499 AT AMAZON
7

Best Cold Press Juicer
Two-Stage Masticating Juicer Pure
$2,495 AT PUREJUICER. COM
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$2,495 AT PUREJUICER.COM
8

Most Versatile Juicer
Automatic Pasta and Noodle Maker with Slow Juicer Emeril Everyday
$103 AT AMAZON
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$103 AT AMAZON
9

Best Masticating Juicer
H-200 Easy Clean Model Hurom
$594 AT AMAZON
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$594 AT AMAZON
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Best Citrus Juicer
Citrus Juicer Smeg
$200 AT AMAZON
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$200 AT AMAZON

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You can read more about how we evaluate juicers in our Lab — plus everything you need to know to shop for your perfect juicer — at the end of this guide. If you're looking to step up your morning smoothies too, check out our guide on the best blenders of 2022.

Best Overall Juicer

Breville

Juice Fountain Cold Plus

Breville

Now 14% off

$240 AT AMAZON $286 AT WALMART $300 AT WAYFAIR

Juicer Type	Centrifugal juicer
Dimensions	13 x 8.6 x 17.6 Inches
Power	1,000 Watts

Best Value Juicer

Hamilton Beach

Premium Big Mouth Centrifugal Juicer

Hamilton Beach

Now 19% off

$105 AT AMAZON $109 AT WALMART $110 AT WAYFAIR

Juicer Type	Centrifugal juicer
Dimensions	9 x 15. 5 x 15 Inches
Power	850 Watts

Best Juicer for Beginners

NutriBullet

Slow Masticating Juicer Machine

Now 18% off

$163 AT AMAZON $200 AT HOME DEPOT $176 AT WALMART

Juicer Type	Masticating juicer
Dimensions	6.25 x 7 x 17 Inches
Power	150 Watts

Best Juicer for Greens

Breville

Big Squeeze Slow Juicer

Breville

$300 AT AMAZON

Juicer Type	Masticating juicer
Dimensions	8. 9 x 8.1 x 17.5 Inches
Power	240 Watts

Fastest Juicer

Breville

Juice Fountain Elite

breville

Now 33% off

$300 AT AMAZON $425 AT WALMART

Juicer Type	Centrifugal juicer
Dimensions	12 x 13.1 x 10.6 Inches
Power	1,000 Watts

Best Juicer for Easy Cleanup

Hurom

h201 Easy Clean Slow Juicer

$499 AT AMAZON $499 AT WAYFAIR $499 AT QVC

Juicer Type	Masticating juicer
Dimensions	15. 98 x 14.02 x 13.31 inches
Power	150 Watts

Best Cold Press Juicer

Pure

Two-Stage Masticating Juicer

$2,495 AT PUREJUICER.COM

Juicer Type	Masticating juicer
Dimensions	15 x 12.75 x 16.5 Inches
Power	372 Watts

Most Versatile Juicer

Emeril Everyday

Automatic Pasta and Noodle Maker with Slow Juicer

EMERIL LAGASSE

Now 53% off

$103 AT AMAZON $128 AT WALMART

Juicer Type	Masticating juicer
Dimensions	13. 9 x 6.2 x 10.9 Inches
Power	150 Watts

Best Masticating Juicer

Hurom

H-200 Easy Clean Model

Hurom

Now 15% off

$594 AT AMAZON

Juicer Type	Masticating juicer
Dimensions	20 x 15.5 x 12.7 inches
Power	150 Watts

Best Citrus Juicer

Smeg

Citrus Juicer

Smeg

$200 AT AMAZON $200 AT NORDSTROM $200 AT SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

Juicer Type	Citrus juicer
Dimensions	6. 54 x 6.54 x 11 Inches
Power	80 Watts

How we test juicers

In the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Culinary Innovation Lab, we have tested more than 50 juicers including masticating juicers (a.k.a. cold-press or slow juicers) and centrifugal juicers. When we test them, we juice carrots, which are hard and can sometimes taste bitter; kale, a popular leafy vegetable that's hard to juice and can jam the machine and apples which are pulpy with a large diameter and oxidize quickly. We measure how much juice each juicer extracts as well as how much pulp is created as a byproduct. We also taste and evaluate how smooth and sweet each juice is, and we monitor the juice for three days to see if it separates as it sits.

What type of juicer is best?

✔️ Slow juicers or masticating juicers typically have a narrow vertical chute that guide ingredients into a chamber where they are pressed by a rotating auger. The fresh juice is squeezed out through a strainer and into a pitcher, while the pulp is dispensed from a second spout. The process is a little slow — it’s called a slow juicer for a reason! — but this is considered a good thing. The slow, gentle process is believed to preserve nutrients better than high-speed juicers that generate heat which can affect the taste of the final product. What we don’t love about slow juicers is they often require a little more prep work due to their small feed tubes (which means you'll have to dice up fruits and veggies into smaller chunks) and cleanup is arduous due to many small parts and crevices. Brands like Breville and NutriBullet have found a workaround and recently introduced new, wide-mouth slow juicers. This allows fruits like large apples to simply be quartered instead of chunked into one-inch pieces.

✔️ Centrifugal juicers juice much faster than slow juicers. Whole ingredients are typically dropped into the wider feed tube and pulverized at a very high speed. For example, in our leafy greens test, 100 grams of kale juiced in as quickly as 7 seconds in a centrifugal juicer, while it took upwards of 1 minute in the slow juicers. The juice from centrifugal juicers tends to come out a little foamy but most come with lidded pitchers and built-in strainers to get rid of the foam.

✔️ Citrus juicers are the easiest to use and most streamlined, but they can only be used for citrus. They can easily be stored or remain on your counter because they take up minimal space. Citrus juicers are also great for getting the most out of your lemons (and other citrus) with minimal effort, and you don’t have to worry about peeling, segmenting or removing the seeds first. If you’re juicing a lot of citrus consecutively, remember to empty the strainer periodically. The strainers are prone to build up, which could translate into a slower and messier juicing process.

What to look for when shopping for the best juicer

✔️ Price: Cold-press or masticating juicers tend to be more expensive than their centrifugal counterparts because their machinery is designed to slowly and gently extract juice. While there are some affordable options, expect to spend a couple hundred dollars to get a juicer that’s designed to last — and make good juice. While a citrus juicer tends to be at a lower price point than both masticating and centrifugal juicers, it's quite limited in its functionality.

✔️ Style: There are two different styles of juicers: vertical and horizontal – which refers to the way you juice. With a vertical juicer, you feed ingredients at the top, and juice is collected from the bottom of the juicer like the Hurom h201 Easy Clean Slow Juicer. With a horizontal juicer, you feed fruits and vegetables from the left and juice is extracted from the right like the Emeril Everyday. Vertical juicers typically have a one-piece design, making setup and cleanup a bit simpler, but they’re not quite as powerful as the slightly more cumbersome horizontal models.

✔️ Size of feed tube: The larger the tube, the less prep work — i.e. chopping — you’ll have to do. Some juicers, like the Nutribullet Slow Masticating Juicer Machine, even have one section large enough for an entire apple and another section that's designed to accommodate thin items like celery and kale for maximum efficiency.

✔️ Accessories: Some juicers come with different-sized strainers that allow for different amounts of pulp in juices — and even smoothies. A very fine strainer would reduce the amount of pulp for a silky smooth finish while a strainer with larger holes will allow some pulp to go through giving a more viscous juice with added fiber from the pulp. Some juciers can be used to make sauces, purees, nut butters and sorbets, depending on the sizing of the strainers that are provided – use finer strainers for sorbets and larger strainers for thick nut butter. If you choose a machine with these types of accessories, look for included cleaning brushes to keep things sanitary.

✔️ Power: Though most slow juicers won’t win any awards for speed, it’s worth considering power for centrifugal juicers, particularly if you juice tougher items like celery or greens. Look for models upwards of 1,000 watts to power the juicing of tough ingredients. Weaker motors may stop working mid-juice because they get overheated and need to cool down. We've experienced it several times in the Lab.

✔️ Ease of cleaning: Juicers by design have numerous parts that can be cumbersome to clean. Look for models with dishwasher-safe parts and models that come with cleaning brushes to ensure that you don’t spend more time cleaning than juicing.

✔️ Warranty: There’s no question about it — juicers are pricey appliances. If you’re investing in one that is more expensive like the Pure Juicer, it’s worth checking warranty information to ensure you’ll be satisfied for years to come.

Why trust Good Housekeeping?

In the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Culinary Innovation Lab, Director, Nicole Papantoniou oversees all of Good Housekeeping's content and testing related to kitchen appliances, tools, gadgets and gear. She's been testing kitchen appliances professionally since 2013 and has worked at kitchen appliance companies where she helped develop some popular air fryers as well as many recipes for them. She is trained in classic culinary arts and is a professional recipe developer. Nicole has tested many of the juicers included in this story.

Nicole Papantoniou Kitchen Appliances & Innovation Lab Director Nicole (she/her) is the director of the Good Housekeeping Institute's Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, where she has overseen content and testing related to kitchen and cooking appliances, tools and gear since 2019.

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Other juicers we recommend
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If you’re craving the sweetness of freshly squeezed orange juice or the bright, earthy tang of green juices on a regular basis, it might be time to think about purchasing a juicer. Having fresh juice on demand can elevate everything from brunch to cocktails, or just help you make the most of fruits and vegetables that are languishing in your crisper.

To find the juicers that are worth the money and counter space, we squeezed juice out of everything from kale to oranges to find the best options for you, whether you’re looking for a heavy-duty model capable of handling any vegetable or fruit or just looking for something simple for occasional use.

Hurom H-AA Slow Juicer

The best juicer overall

Amazon

The Hurom H-AA consistently gave us more juice with better body than any other juicer we tested. It's more expensive than the others, but if you want the most from your fruits and vegetables, it's worth the money and the counter space.

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The Hurom H-AA was on the pricier end of the devices we tested, but this juicer is worth the squeeze. The Hurom consistently produced juice with a deep, clean body, leaving behind extruded pulp that was more compact and less wet than other models — unsurprising since the Hurom was able to make more juice on average from fruits and vegetables than the other models we tested.

It is a stylish appliance available in three colors: rose gold, black, and chrome. The Hurom seems to have a lot of parts when you remove it from the box, but the setup is intuitive and small touches like the arrows indicating where pieces snap together made the process quicker with each round of juicing. While it was the heaviest juicer, the slim design meant it took up less space on the counter, which was nice because there was plenty of chopping to be done before juicing.

The narrow chute and slower speed of the rotating auger require you to add smaller pieces to avoid clogging the juicer. But compared to the typical rinsing of vegetables and peeling oranges you’d do anyway, the additional cutting didn’t feel like an onerous amount of work. The reality is that juicing will always require more effort than grabbing a container from the fridge and we didn’t feel that the Hurom required undue effort, especially given the consistently good results.

The juice from the Hurom was clear and mostly free of foam thanks to the spinning brush that rotates in the opposite direction from the auger. Masticating juicers, which use pressure to extract juice from the fruit and vegetables, introduce less air (and correspondingly less foam) into the juice, as opposed to the high-speed action of the rapidly spinning blade inside centrifugal juicers. And the Hurom was the best in class when it came to producing juice with body and lovely flavor.

With softer fruits like the orange and watermelon, the juice had a depth of color and flavor that earned the Hurom top marks. But the real difference was the juice extracted from leafy greens, carrots and ginger. The juices felt full without being pulpy because of the stainless steel screen, and had a roundness that was satisfying. Although the kale juice from the Hurom did have a bit more foam than other models, it didn’t impact the volume of juice or flavor.

While the Hurom’s parts need to be hand-washed after use, the included tools are well-suited to the task. The pair of brushes made quick work of carrot pulp on the strainer and cleaned celery strings out of the extruder.

A longer warranty (10 years on the motor and 2 years on parts) than other models means you can feel comfortable that you’re getting more for your money from the Hurom, even given its higher price.

NutriBullet Juicer Pro

The best budget juicer

NutriBullet

The oversized chute, useful accessories and ease of cleaning makes the NutriBullet Juicer Pro a strong choice if you’re new to juicing or looking for value. It was one of the simplest to set up and break down and it yielded delicious carrot and kale juice.

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$159 at NutriBullet

Ninja Cold Press Pro

The best personal juicer

Ninja

The Ninja Cold Press Pro juicer is smaller than our other picks, but that means it fits neatly on your counter and stores easily. Three pulp filters produce vibrant juice with as much body as you like; orange, watermelon, mint and lime are standouts.

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~~$129.99~~ $99. 99 at Best Buy $129.95 at Macy's $129.99 at The Home Depot

	Hurom H-AA The best juicer overall	NutriBullet Juicer Pro The best budget juicer	Ninja Cold Press Pro The best individual juicer
What we liked about it	The quietest model we tested was easy to set up and break down. This juicer, with a 10-year warranty on the motor (and 2-year warranty on parts) produced clean, delicious juice because of a clever screen design.	The affordable juicer assembles quickly and comes with useful accessories like glass juice containers and freezer trays. The oversized chute and dishwasher-safe parts make juicing and clean-up a lot easier.	The compact, budget-friendly juicer produced bright juice with brilliant color. Three different filters give you options for pulp if you like a bit more body in your orange juice.
What we didn't like about it	You’ll be spending a lot of time with this juicer, prepping ingredients and washing parts by hand. It’s also the heaviest model we tested at just over 18 pounds.	NutriBullet: The vegetable juice was a bit foamy and the pulp is wetter than masticating juicers. The juicer, which was loud enough to make it hard to have a conversation on the turbo setting, also only has a one-year limited warranty.	The small feed chute means plenty of prep work and lots of peeling and chopping before the juicing can start. Leafy greens occasionally got stuck in the chamber and juice tended to drip on the counter during disassembly.
Key specs	16 in. high x 7.8 in. wide x 8.8 in. long / 18.2 pounds	17 in. high x 6.25 in. wide x 7 in. long / 6.9 pounds	14.17 in. high x 6.89 in. wide x 13.78 in. long / 8.3 pounds
Price	$439	$160	$130

There are two main types of juicers. Masticating juicers (sometimes called cold press juicers) use a slow-turning auger to squeeze juice out of fruits and vegetables. Centrifugal juicers (or juice extractors) operate at a higher speed, pushing fruits and veggies through rapidly spinning blades.

Both types are capable of making good juice, though masticating designs typically achieve better results, with less foam (since they aren’t agitating the liquid as much) and more yield (since they’re more effective at separating out dry, fibrous material from the juice). Masticating juicers are typically more expensive, however.

Juicers differ from blenders in that they separate out the pulp and leftovers you don’t want using a filter (typically a mesh screen). A blender doesn’t really make “juice” since everything stays in the same container, though it can achieve a fine-enough consistency for a thicker drink such as a smoothie. You can, of course, strain blended material after the fact, using cheesecloth or a sieve, but that’s a lot more work.

We tested juicers over the course of a month. Each juicer was unboxed and assembled with an eye toward how much effort it took to get ready to juice.

We rinsed each juicer and then made four different juice recipes: orange, watermelon with mint and lime, carrot ginger and green juice (kale, ginger, lemon, Granny Smith apples and celery). After juicing, we washed each piece by hand or ran it through the dishwasher if it was labeled as dishwasher safe.

Overall, we considered the design and build of each juicer, how it functioned, the process of cleaning and what accessories were included. We compared the performance of each juicer against the other models and then weighed those factors alongside the warranty and price to determine the products we would recommend.

We looked carefully at the size of the feed chute and whether that meant more or less prep in advance of juicing. We also monitored the extruder and juice nozzle where pulp and juice were produced to look for clogs and drips. We considered whether a strainer — if part of the design — effectively caught and separated out pulp. And we considered the volume of a juicer in operation to see if we could hold a conversation and if it sounded like the motor was straining.

Since juicing can be a messy process, we considered whether attachments were dishwasher-safe, if pulp got trapped inside the strainer or chute and if the juicer leaked on the counter when it was being taken apart to be cleaned.

We looked at the materials used and whether the juicer felt sturdy; noted how easy it was to put together and break down the components, in particular the strainer or grinder; and considered the availability of color options, as well as what attachments or accessories were included that might change the functionality of a juicer. And since juicers can be expensive, we noted the length and terms of the warranty.

The Nama is sleek and crafted with intention. The waffle design and smaller profile of the base make this one of the few juicers you’d want to leave out on display.

If the interior mechanisms look familiar (and the quiet hum sounds familiar), that’s because the Nama is made, on a contract basis, by Hurom. The juicer is all the better for that relationship, producing brilliant juice that is light and bright and exactly what you’d fork over $8 to someone else to make.

But the juice exacts a heavy price when you’re the one at the counter. We did a lot of chopping to fit the slim feed tube and to make sure the auger didn’t clog with pulp. Greens and carrot bits occasionally bottlenecked in the filter because of the narrow pulp chute.

It was fussier than the Hurom. The main drawback was that everything needed to be cleaned by hand and there were lots of places for pulp to get snagged. Attempting to fish out strings of the celery from the back of the extruder was as frustrating as any carnival game. While it’s one of the most expensive juicers we tested, it (like the Hurom) does come with a 10-year warranty on the motor and 2-year warranty on parts.

If you’re daunted by daily fruit and vegetable prep, the Breville Juice Fountain deserves a look. The three-inch wide chute means that big pieces of fruit, like half a Granny Smith apple, fit easily, and that’s less chopping for you. The juicer snapped together fairly quickly, but some of the connections — the top of the pitcher and where the plastic housing met the pulp container — were clunky.

The Breville produced juice quickly, a benefit if you’re regularly juicing for more than two people. It handled oranges, carrots and watermelon well, although some carrot juice and pulp was trapped around the rim of the strainer. The juice was a bit foamy with slightly more body than the other centrifugal juicers. The flavor wasn’t as clean as the juice extracted by the masticating juicers we tested.

The Breville did struggle with kale, as several leaves sat atop the strainer when we opened it up. The juice also came out violently. Thankfully the massive 70-ounce pitcher came with a snap-on top, which prevented juice from spraying on the counter. The juicer does need to be washed by hand and while the parts are larger, there are plenty of curves that can snag bits of pulp.

It felt like magic watching an entire carrot disappear down the oversized, 3-inch-wide feeding tube of this budget juicer. And the carrot juice it produced was rich and earthy without being foamy.

Yet, the magic didn’t last. The centrifugal juicer snapped together quickly and stayed in place thanks to rubber feet, but it doesn’t come with a container for catching juice. While it’s less than 15 inches tall, the added height of the tamper meant we had to use it at the front of our counters as it was bumping up against the bottom of upper cabinets. When we clicked on, it was loud enough to wake a sleeping dog in the next room.

The orange juice was too thin, with a bit of pulp, and the flavor of the watermelon juice was muddy. The juicer struggled to break down leafy greens and the green juice was foamy and slightly bitter. Pulp got trapped along the rim where the strainer snapped in place. Stringy pieces of carrot were difficult to remove from the strainer. We also found whole leaves, pieces of apple skin and thin carrot slices among the wet pulp (which means less juice was extracted from fruits and vegetables).

All of the components, except the base, are dishwasher-safe, so the juicer was easy to clean. The blades were sharp, which we unfortunately discovered with the tip of a finger when we were trying to clean out some of the kale leaves by hand. The juicer does come with a 3-year limited warranty.

While the Kuvings masticating juicer was easy to assemble and clean, the act of juicing had a bit of a learning curve. It was on the quieter side of the models we tested, only slightly louder than the Hurom.

The auger did a nice job of slowly pulling in fruits and vegetables. Softer fruit like watermelon and orange slices tended to hang out in the main chamber. This took more time and use of the reverse button to keep the fruit pulp moving.

This balancing act fell apart with carrots as the dense, slightly wet pulp gummed up the works and had to be cleaned out in the middle of juicing. The leafy green juice was clean, if a bit foamy, but the foam was nicely kept out of a drinking glass by the included pour shield.

The juicer is compact, about the size of a small toaster.