Commercial Juicers Key Terms

Squeeze out a better understanding of commercial juicers

If you're in the market for commercial juicers, you may be a bit baffled by all the varieties of juicers made by commercial juicer manufacturers. In addition to basic professional juicers, restaurant juicers and heavy-duty juicers, you'll also find centrifugal juicers, masticating juicers and twin-gear juicers.

With providers of commercial juicers selling so many types of commercial juice extractors, it helps to have some basic knowledge of commercial juicers key terms and definitions before you start looking for commercial juicers for sale. This guide will help you understand:

1. Juicers that are product specific;

2. Juicers that chop and cut;

3. And juicers with added health benefits.

 

Find an industrial juicer that works best for certain products

Some types of juicers are product specific. They are made to only squeeze certain types of juice. Citrus juicers only juice citrus fruits such as oranges, grapefruits and lemons. The juice is made by pressing half of the fruit down onto a cone that spins and reams the fruit. If you want to make wheatgrass juice, you will need a wheatgrass-capable juicer. These are usually small, manual juicers.
Try: To see a good selection of manual and automatic citrus juicers, check out the Juicers For Less. The New Hampshire-based company has been selling health-promoting products since 1994. Wheatgrasskits.com has several wheatgrass juicers available on its website, including the highly rated Z-Star manual juicer.

Browse commercial juicers that cut and chop

Centrifugal juicers are the most common type of juicer. They are the type of industrial juicer you usually see for sale in stores. They feed chopped-up produce through a chute into a spinning basket. The pulp collects against the basket walls through centrifugal force, and the juice passes through tiny holes in the basket walls. Masticating juicers allow for continuous juicing by cutting up the produce and discharging the pulp at one end of the juicer.
Try: Check out the centrifugal juicers at Harvest Essentials. The retailer offers about a dozen different varieties, ranging in price from around $100 to more than $2,000. For masticating juicers, go to Garilyn Enterprises' Store-It Foods website.

Locate an industrial juicer with added health benefits

If you are looking to buy commercial juicers that provide the most nutrients, look at twin-gear juicers. These work by crushing and pressing fruits and vegetables. Some models are even made with bioceramic materials that are believed to extract more nutrients.
Try: Kitchen Universe sells a twin-gear juicer from Tribest. Naturally Empowered sells a twin-gear juicer from Kempo. Both juicers retail for around $450.

 

• If you aren't sure what type of industrial juicer to purchase, go with a centrifugal juicer. Centrifugal juicers work well with every type of fruit and vegetable, except for wheatgrass.

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