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10 Best Juicers Reviews 2022
We updated this article in October 2022 to ensure all picks recommended by the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab were in stock and correctly priced.
Whether you're trying to get more nutrients into your diet from fruits and greens or looking to make some killer cozy drinks for fall from scratch, a good juicer makes it easy to whip up fresh-pressed produce in minutes.In the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances Lab, we tested the top juicers that will best help you kick off your day strong.
Before you get shopping, there are three main styles to choose from: Slow juicers, centrifugal juicers and citrus juicers. Slow juicers (a.k.a masticating juicers) tend to be best for preserving the nutrients in fruits and vegetables, while centrifugal juicers are great for making fast work of juicing fruits and vegetables and citrus juicers are great for simply squeezing oranges, lemons, lime and grapefruit. Scroll to the bottom of this article for a full breakdown of each, and which juicer might be right for you. Here are the best citrus juicers, slow juicers and centrifugal juicers of 2022:
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Best Overall Juicer
Juice Fountain Cold Plus Breville
$277 AT AMAZON
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$277 AT AMAZON
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Best Value Juicer
Easy Clean Big Mouth 2-Speed Juice Extractor Hamilton Beach
$109 AT AMAZON
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$109 AT AMAZON
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Best Masticating Juicer
H-200 Easy Clean Model Hurom
$699 AT AMAZON
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$699 AT AMAZON
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Fastest Juicer
Juice Fountain Elite Breville
$300 AT BREVILLE. COM
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$300 AT BREVILLE.COM
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Best Juicer for Greens
Big Squeeze Slow Juicer Breville
$300 AT AMAZON
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$300 AT AMAZON
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Best Juicer for Easy Cleanup
Hurom h201 Easy Clean Slow Juicer Hurom
$499 AT AMAZON
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$499 AT AMAZON
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Most Versatile Juicer
Automatic Pasta and Noodle Maker with Slow Juicer Emeril Everyday
$140 AT AMAZON
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$140 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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Easiest Juicer to Use
Slow Masticating Juicer Machine NutriBullet
$200 AT AMAZON
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$200 AT AMAZON
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Best Cold Press Juicer
Two-Stage Masticating Juicer Pure
$2,295 AT PUREJUICER. COM
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$2,295 AT PUREJUICER.COM
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You can read more about how we evaluate juicers in our Lab and consumer tests — plus everything you need to know to shop for your perfect juicer — at the end of this guide. If you're looking to explore making morning smoothies too, check out our guide on the best blenders of 2022.
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Best Overall Juicer
Breville
Juice Fountain Cold Plus
Breville
9
Best Value Juicer
Hamilton Beach
Easy Clean Big Mouth 2-Speed Juice Extractor
Hamilton Beach
8
Best Masticating Juicer
Hurom
H-200 Easy Clean Model
Hurom
$699 AT AMAZON
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Fastest Juicer
Breville
Juice Fountain Elite
breville
$300 AT BREVILLE. COM
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Best Juicer for Greens
Breville
Big Squeeze Slow Juicer
Breville
$300 AT AMAZON
5
Best Juicer for Easy Cleanup
Hurom
Hurom h201 Easy Clean Slow Juicer
4
Most Versatile Juicer
Emeril Everyday
Automatic Pasta and Noodle Maker with Slow Juicer
EMERIL LAGASSE
Now 36% off
$140 AT AMAZON
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Best Citrus Juicer
Smeg
Citrus Juicer
Smeg
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Easiest Juicer to Use
NutriBullet
Slow Masticating Juicer Machine
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Best Cold Press Juicer
Pure
Two-Stage Masticating Juicer
$2,295 AT PUREJUICER. COM
How we test juicers
In the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Culinary Innovation Lab, we tested more than 50 juicers, including 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 that are pulpy with a large diameter and oxidize quickly. We measure how much juice each juicer extracts as well as how much pulp. We also taste and evaluate how smooth each juice is and how sweet, and we monitor the juice for three days to see how well it holds up in terms of separation.
What type of juicer is best?
✔️ Slow juicers a.k.a masticating juicers typically have a narrow vertical chute that lead 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 another spout. The process is a little slow — it’s called a slow juicer for a reason! — but this considered a good thing: The slow, gentle process is believed to preserve nutrients better than high speed juicers that generate heat. 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 work-around and recently introduced new, wide-mouth slow juicers, which 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 seven seconds, while it took upwards of one 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 so you’ll never taste the difference.
✔️ 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 also great for getting the most out of your lemons (and other citrus) with minimal effort, and unlike with a slow juicer or centrifugal juicer, you don’t have to worry about peeling, segmenting or removing the seeds first. If you’re juicing a lot consecutively, remember to empty the strainer periodically. The strainers are prone to build up, which could translate into a slower and messier juicing process for you.
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 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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Professional pomegranate and grapefruit press ZUMONATThe Zumonat press is able to quickly and very effectively squeeze the juice from pomegranates and the largest grapefruits. Fruits are loaded manually, thanks to this, it is possible to squeeze juice from large fruits that automatic juicers cannot handle due to their size. The process of pressing and filtering the juice takes no more than 10 seconds. When the lid is open, the press stops automatically.
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How to choose a juicer for your home: useful tips
Freshly squeezed juice is becoming more and more popular due to the right trends - a healthy lifestyle and quality nutrition. Natural juices contain many vitamins and minerals, they are much healthier than store-bought ones, and contain less sugar. For those who like to prepare different juices on their own, a household juicer will come to the rescue. But because of the variety of models on store shelves, eyes widen. In this article, we will tell you how to choose a juicer for your home.
When choosing appliances for your home, you need to understand what you want to get from it. Are you planning on drinking a glass of juice a day? Or do you want to drink fresh juice to all your loved ones? After all, a universal device does not exist, each model has its pros and cons. Modern juicers do not take up much space, they are easy to clean, disassemble and work quickly: a glass of natural juice can be made in just a couple of minutes. The main question is what products you plan to squeeze it out of. The required power of the device and other parameters depend on this.
A common misconception is that your own juicer can only make juice. Not at all. This is a versatile machine that will not only prepare a delicious drink from vegetables and fruits, but also useful for soups and sauces, help you make almond butter and milk, lemonade or even potato pancakes!
When choosing a juicer for your home, pay attention to the following criteria:
- Machine type
- Dimensions
- Power, productivity, work speed
- Feed chamber size
- Body and parts materials.
Let's deal with each item in order.
Juicer type
There are usually not many types of juicers available in stores. The main 4 types are centrifugal, auger, for citrus and combined. More versatile and popular are centrifugal and screw devices. Combined ones are also in demand, although there are much fewer such models. Let's consider each in more detail.
Centrifugal
The most common and versatile type of home juicer. The fruits are first crushed with a grater, and then fall into the separator. As a result, juice is separated from the pulp due to centrifugal force. Such a device is convenient in that it squeezes liquid from almost all fruits, berries and vegetables without small seeds. For example, the Philips HR1922 model can squeeze up to 1 liter of juice with or without pulp at a time. Great for tomatoes or peaches, in general, any soft food.
Juice in such a juicer is made very quickly, it turns out to be more liquid and homogeneous, without pulp. But the fruits are oxidized in the process due to friction and heating, so they lose some of their beneficial properties. The device is easy to clean and wash without the use of a special brush and is suitable for those who drink juice quite rarely.
Auger
Other names for this type of juicer are cone or cold pressed juicers. It is also universal, but it works on a different principle than centrifugal. The juice from the fruits is squeezed out here due to high pressure, and not grinding. Due to the fact that vegetables and fruits do not oxidize in the process, the finished drink retains a maximum of useful properties. Model Philips HR1947 with MicroMasticating technology helps you get the most juice out of fruits, vegetables and berries.
This appliance allows you to prepare juice in advance, as it keeps up to 48 hours in the refrigerator without losing nutritional value. In addition, this type of juicer allows you to make preparations. The storage capability makes up for the slower operation compared to a centrifugal juicer, but the extraction is more thorough. Therefore, as a result, you get more juice and less foam. Drink using this device can be made from anything, even from seeds, nuts, cabbage or grass.
Citrus
The Citrus Press is a juicer that is only suitable for oranges, grapefruits, tangerines, lemons, limes and other citrus fruits, as well as pomegranates. If you do not drink other juices, then this is what you need for the house. The design of the device is simple. It consists of a motor, a container for collecting juice and a cone-shaped nozzle that rotates at low speed and squeezes the juice from the fruit.
The convenience of this type of juicer is that the fruit does not need to be peeled. Simply wash them and cut them in half across the slices. In other
The machine can also prepare citrus juice, but oranges must first be peeled.
The Citrus Press is quite compact, easy to use and relatively inexpensive compared to universal models. It works quite quickly and quietly, so you can juice even in the early morning, while everyone is still sleeping. Some models of such juicers allow you to adjust the amount of pulp in the finished drink.
Combined
Many housewives are not even aware that modern juicers can easily try on the role of a blender, mix a cocktail of several ingredients and even grind coffee beans. One appliance can replace an entire food processor.
Combined models of juicers most often have a centrifugal device - a centrifuge and a disc grater, complemented by a citrus press and a cone-shaped grinder. In addition to the device, you can attach a coffee module, it looks like a bowl with a mill. And with the help of a blender, you can puree or smoothie, chop nuts, crush ice and rub food for soups.
Juicer and tank sizes
The choice of size depends on your goals, frequency of juicing and the required volume:
- centrifugal juicer. At one time, she can make up to 2.5 liters of juice. Such a device will have a large jug and a capacious container for cake.
- If you do not drink juice every day, but make it from time to time and in large quantities, for example, for harvesting, choose an auger machine with a medium juice jug capacity.
- If you make fresh juice every day, but in small quantities, for example, to start your morning deliciously with a glass of orange juice, then the compact juicer is ideal for you. It will not take up much space in the kitchen and will prepare a drink exactly for a glass.
Power, performance, speed
These three important parameters should not be overlooked, because they affect the speed and quality of juicing.
Power
The higher the power, the faster you can drink a glass of delicious natural fresh juice. The power of citrus juicers is quite low, only 20-40 watts. But when choosing a citrus press, this does not matter so much, since a device from 25 W will do the job perfectly.
For centrifugal juicers, the optimum power is 250-300 watts. It makes no sense to purchase devices with very high power ratings if you do not plan to squeeze juice on an industrial scale. Screw machines can have a power of 200-400 watts. Here, due to the principle of operation, more is not needed.
Productivity
The productivity of the juicer is the number of fruits that it can process per unit of time. For small volumes of juice within 1-2 liters, this is not such an important indicator. It will save you time in just a couple of minutes. It is better to pay attention to the extraction efficiency, that is, the amount of juice that you get from a kilogram of oranges or other fruits and vegetables. This setting can vary greatly depending on the model.
Operating speed
Different operating modes are provided for vegetables and fruits, so it is definitely worth paying attention to the speed. Centrifugal juicers are considered fast, around 30,000 rpm. This is a good indicator to drink fresh juice to a large family or a friendly company. Screw machines are much slower, but they are enough if you drink a glass of juice every morning.
In reality, you will not need more than 2-3 speeds for work, although some manufacturers put as many as 9 modes in the model. At high speed, you can make juices from solid foods, and the drink will have more foam and pulp. Low speeds are suitable for small berries, soft fruits and vegetables, and clearer juices.
Feed chamber size
This parameter is important to pay attention to when choosing a universal juicer. In auger devices, the feed chamber is usually small, so fruits and vegetables must first be peeled and cut into pieces. It is better to choose centrifugal apparatuses of large and medium sizes with a wide feed chamber - 70-80 mm. A whole apple or tomato, a celery bush, a few cucumbers or carrots will fit there.
Housing and parts materials
The body of any juicer is most often made of high-quality plastic, it is light and comfortable, easy to clean and can be of different colors. The price of such devices is usually lower. Some models are made of aluminum or stainless steel: they are more durable and look more beautiful, but they are quite heavy and expensive.
The bowl can be made of metal or plastic. Metal makes the appliance heavier and requires more careful maintenance, but is better suited for contact with products. The material of the centrifuge in centrifugal juicers is always made of stainless steel, and in screw and citrus devices there may be plastic elements, because the load on them is much less. The main thing is that the plastic is food grade.
Other features
Manufacturers pamper customers with various accessories and attachments that make it easier to use the juicer.
It is desirable that your future juicer have the following additional options:
- The “stop-drop” function for machines with direct juice supply is necessary so that drops do not fall on the table from the spout after juicing.
- A juicing cup or jug (ideally a measured one) and a skimmer cap are handy additions to a centrifugal machine that produces a lot of foam.
- Rubberized feet or suction cups on the bottom to stabilize the juicer.
- Dishwasher-safe removable parts.
- Special compartment to “hide” the cord.
- Brush for cleaning sieve cells.
- Clear juice function for those who don't like pulp.
- Special spout for direct juice dispensing so that it is poured directly into the glass. With such a nozzle, you can make a drink "to go".
All these features and options will simplify the process of juicing, as well as caring for the juicer: its cleaning, washing and storage.
Which juicer should I choose?
The choice of juicer depends on your goals and needs. For fans of a glass of orange juice in the morning, a citrus press is suitable. If you like clear juice without pulp, your choice is a centrifugal machine, and if with pulp, then an auger.