When the garden site pleases you with an excellent harvest - it's great. But what to do with the abundance of fruit, when the jam and compotes are nowhere to be added, and the freezing chambers are already stuffed to the eyeballs? It remains only to drink natural fresh juices, and this requires a juicer.
It would seem, well, and what problems can there be? Went and bought, and drink natural juices in the morning, enjoying life. But, having come to the store, you can face many questions. After all, they are screw or centrifugal, which juicer should you choose for yourself? Which one is suitable for home use and works quietly? Which juicer is best for apples, and what for nuts?
What distinguishes a screw juicer from a centrifugal one?
The difference between the screw and centrifugal juicers, of course, is available. Before you buy one of the models, you need to figure out for which specific purposes you need it. If you need to process standard products in small quantities - take an inexpensive version of the centrifugal juicer. But if you are a gourmet and want to pamper yourself with juices from celery or parsley - then you will be more suited to a screw model. It, of course, is more expensive than centrifugal juicers, but its productivity is much higher.
After the comparison, it turned out that a screw electric juicer, for example, from a pomegranate squeezes juice 40% more than a centrifugal. Of parsley, celery , dill or dandelion leaves - as much as 50% more. And if you are going to make juice from the sprouts of wheat, the screw juicer squeezes it 75% more centrifugal.
Choosing a juicer - auger or centrifugal
Screw models work as a meat grinder - "chew", crush all the ingredients, thereby squeezing out the juice from them. This is done with a screw shaft that rotates. Such juicers operate at low speed and without acceleration.
The screw juicer has both advantages and disadvantages. Its advantages :
- juice is not oxidized and preserves vitamins and nutrients;
- juice does not lose useful properties for a couple of days;
- a wide neck allows the ingredients not to "jump out";
- works almost silently;
- allows 30 minutes of continuous use without harm to the mechanism;
- gives the minimum amount of waste;
- there is a self-cleaning function;
- it is possible to squeeze out the juice of grasses, oats, wheat, etc .;
- you can make a nut or soy milk.
Disadvantages :
- tomatoes can be processed only on horizontal models, vertical can not cope;
- for those who like juice without pulp, you will need to recycle the product again, because juice will come with an abundant amount of pulp;
- for models that have a narrow "throat", you need to grind the ingredients.
Centrifugal juicers operate on the principle of "separation". At high speeds, the centrifugal force from the pulp separates the juice. Due to the high speed, the cake quickly moves, the flesh squeezes into the walls and releases the juice, and it already descends down the holes.
Consider the advantages and disadvantages of this juicer model. Advantages in the following:
- high spin speed;
- low price;
- ease of use;
- all models have a wide neck.
Disadvantages :
- because of the heating of the juice all useful substances are destroyed, there are few vitamins left;
- because of contact with oxygen, the juice is oxidized, and at the output it turns out to be "foamed";
- the maximum shelf life of juice is a maximum of 25 minutes;
- uneconomical consumption of the product.
The taste qualities of the juice also vary considerably. For example, the juice from tomatoes, squeezed on a screw device, will be much richer and have a dense texture, whereas a centrifugal juicer will create a watery juice. But the juice made from kiwi will be sour if you squeeze it out on a centrifugal juicer, and with a screw - sweet and slightly tart from the bones.