2023 Update- What Are The New Brands and Models To Look For

This is one of the original write ups from my blog, so I decided it needed a complete overhaul. It’s now 2023 and juicers have come a long way. Some of the juicers listed here originally are no longer being sold, some are not made by the same development team, and then there are new brands to look for.

The main thing I wanted to discuss with this update was the abumdance of “bad” cheap machines. Basically, what happened was that there was a huge ammount of people who developed an interest in juicing leafy greens–kale, spinach, wheatgrass and all those healthy greens.

So of course it makes sense that there were a lot of companies that started making low cost juicers. But let’s pause here. These juicers didn’t have the best reviews and weren’t the strongest on the market.

Now, some people will get them because they are cheap. But they are not that much cheaper than the best brands. It’s not like the difference in cost between a toyota and a BMW. The price spreed between the very best juicers (Omega, Nutribullet, Kuving, GreenStar) is much differetn than some no name brand.

So, if you are serious about juicing and want to get into shape. Be it a weekly juice fast for 24 hours, or simply fresh green juice everry mornnign pre-workout, then I’d stick with the following brands and modeles. They are well built, made by reputable companies, and will make great green juices. Here are my current  favoriate picks. I also like the Omega vertical model, but it does cost a bit more. If you have the budget, it’s an excelent machine that saves space.

 

 

Why Use A Special Juicer for Leafy Greens

In order to get healthy,enzyme rich, fresh green juice, you need the best juicer available. Not all juicers are made alike. Some juicers handle citrus well, but won’t juice greens. But why? And what model juicer is the best for leafy greens?

This guide will help you learn everything I’ve come to know about how juicers: from what an auger is, to why you want a slow, cold press.

After having friends ask me for years to help them pick out a juicer, my goal was to set up a simple and reliable guide to help anyone choose the best juicer for their home. So, here it is!

Juicing 101: Which Juicer Is Best For Leafy Greens

Auger = Good

Centrifugal = Bad

It’s a bit of a flip statement,but at the heart of it’s true

While you can make citrus juices with a regular press juicer, you are going to want a masticating style juicer that uses augers to squeeze the juice out of leafy greens such as kale,spinach, wheatgrass, and parsley. Also, hard vegetables such as carrots, beets, and celery, are best juiced in a masticating juicer.

So, now that you know which type of juicer is best for leafy greens, you still need to pick out one for your personal needs. There are wide mouth juicers, slow press, as well as vertical designs to consider.
My Top Picks (if you want to skip the detailed review and just get started)

The Omega Cold Press Juicer: Ranked #1 Juicer Of All Time

What To Focus On When Selecting The Best Juicer For Your Price Range

 Materials, Ease of Use, Simple To Clean, Quiet, and Slow

You want to choose a juicer that is:

• Powerful enough to juice leafy greens
• Quiet so it won’t cause noise
• Slow so it doesn’t destroy nutrients
• Built To Last

Look At Your Juicer As A Long Term Investment

It might seem a bit expensive at first when you look at juicers, especially if you were used to the really cheap juicers that you see in supermarkets or discount big box stores such Costco or BJs.

The problem with buying a really cheap juicer is that you won’t end up with something of quality and you’ll eventually end up with a machine breaks and you won’t be able to make juices. This is why the idea of quality is important. So, spending a few hundred on a high quality juicer is actually going to save you money down the road.

Read A Detailed Review Of Your Juicer

First off, before even we start to review the different models of juicers I wanted to mention the protection plans. Some juicers come with warranties. You might consider buying one with a warranty, and if you decide against one with a warranty, then you should get a protection plan from Amazon.

Steer clear of off-brand models that are cheap. There’s a reason that the juicer might be so inexpensive, namely that is is made with inferior technology, bad parts, or is simply put together in a haphazard manner.

You don’t want to sacrifice quality for the sake of getting something that is going to save you a few bucks in the short term.

A cheap juicer is not always the best choice when you’re shopping for what is best for your budget. You have to think long term. If you are going to be spending money on quality fruit and vegetables (here’s a good article on how to save money when buying organic produce at the end of this review).

Put a very simple way, you want to focus on a quality juicer that will last you a long time and which will stand the up to heavy usage.

Auger Juicers v.s. Centrifugal Juicers

The Centrifugal Juicer:  This machine will use small blades that spin very fast and chop up the vegetables. Whatever juice flows out will be collected in a glass for you to drink. This was the most common type of juicer for many years. It was made popular on television infomercials.

If you had no other option, then it was certainly a great help. But there have been major improvements in juicing design. Most people who are planning on juicing for health on a daily or weekly basis will do best to pick an auger juicer. Especially for leafy greens.

The Auger Juicer: The auger juicer squeezes the vegetables very slowly.The juice then flows into your glass for you to drink. The pros for this method is that the juice is cold pressed. This helps to preserve all of the vital enzymes and nutrients. Also, squeezing the vegetables actually extracts more juice than the cutters. So you get more juice.

These are also called masticating juicers. They operate differently than the common centrifugal style juicers. What they use is a large auger. It looks like a big screw. It squeezes the vegetables with incredible power. This squeezes the juice right out of the spinach or kale.

Look at it this way: You want to make a green vegetable drink. You will include Spinach, Apples, Celery, Cucumber and Parsley. You have two juicers available. The first one is a standard cutting centrifugal juicer and the second is an auger juicer. Let’s look at how they each will operate.

I used a classic style centrifugal model for a long time, and besides it being very noisy, it really didn’t produce much juice. So much of the fruit and vegetable ended up in the pulp bit, fruit and vegetables that still had juice left to extract.  When I got the Omega, I saw amazing juice production. It is the best juicer for leafy greens and vegetables. Here is a basic breakdown on the differences between the two designs.

Even if you don’t plan on making only leafy green juices, you should still get a auger juicer because they preserve the enzymes much better than centrifugal juicers. They are also quieter and extract more juice.

This chart covers the 4 best juicers for leafy greens. They are all auger design. Auger (also called masticating) are the best juicers to use for leafy greens such as kale, spinach and wheatrgass.

Masticating Juicers	Vertical /Horizontal	RPMs	Cost	Self Cleaning	Wide Mouth	Rating (1-5)
Omega Dual Stage	Horizontal	80 RPM	$$$	No	No	5
Kucings Wide Mouth Juicer	Vertical	60 RPM	$$$$	No	Yes	4.9
Tribest Slow Press Juicer	Vertical	47 RPM	$$$$	No	No	4.9
Omega Self Cleaning Model	Vertical	80 RPM	$$$$	Yes	No	4.9

Comparison Of The 4 Best Juicers For Leafy Greens

You Can’t Rely On Any Random Juicer!

Before we get into the main reviews, a note. The best juicer for leafy greens is going to be an auger (masticating) juicer. However, there are a few different designs. Some people like the rugged, horizontal workhorse shown below. This is what I use and what many people consider to be the best juicer for leafy greens that you can buy. However, there are some really great horizontal designs that you can get if you have limited space. I’ll show these at the bottom.

Once you get into options like wide mouth, or self cleaning, your basically paying for convenience. These functions don’t improve the quality of the juice. What they do is make it easier for you to make juice. So that’s something to consider if you’re someone who doesn’t like to clean up or do lots of prep work.

The Omega Cold Press Juicer: The #1 Best Juicer for Leafy Greens

If you want to start juicing spinach, kale, parsley, and other similar vegetates, then you need to pick the best juicer for leafy greens. There are a lot of juicers available online. The problem with many of them is that they are not designed to handle the leafy greens. The typical centrifugal juicer is fine for fruit and apples, but it will not extract enough juice.

Even though it is not as pricey as some of the other juicers, I actually consider this the best juicer for anyone who is going to juice everyday. It’s doesn’t have too many parts, it’s quiet, it’s super strong, and you get really excellent quality juice.

 

If you’re planning on juicing everyday, perhaps twice daily, then this is what I recommend.

The best model on the market is the Omega. I have used this for about 4 years. It is a real workhorse. It is quiet, easy to assemble and disassemble and clean, and most importantly it provides the healthy juice.

Features Of The Omega Juicer

Slow Motor: The Omega has a very low speed motor. This does not mean weak motor. It has an incredibly powerful motor, but it works at a low speed. What this means is that your vegetables will not be subjected to heat. Remember, heat kills enzymes, vitamins, and nutrients.

Auger instead of Blades:  This is really important. The blades simply chop up the vegetables into tiny parts. This leaves a lot of juice still in the fruit and vegetables. This is a big problem with spinach, kale, parsley, and other greens. The blades simply won’t get enough of the juice out.

Quiet: This was a major selling point. I used to use a spinning blade style juicer that made a lot of noise. It was like a vacuum. The auger is very quiet. You could make juice in the middle of the night and not wake up your neighbors. And if you’re an early riser who wants to hit the gym before work, you can make a fresh juice before the suns up and not wake a soul.

Cleaner Juice: Most auger juicers have better filters than centrifugal filters. This means that you get a cleaner juice, less pulp. There is a screen that comes with the Omega which you can put over the container to filter out even more pulp. I have found that it is not necessary with my Kale based juice, but you might want to use it for your own juices.

Easy To Clean: It’s the easiest to clean juicer on the market. It is so simple that you can do it in under a minute and you won’t have to spend time scrubbing and troubling over all of the little bits that other juicers have.

Fantastic Warranty: A juicer is not a small purchase. If you want the best, then you are going to spend a bit of money. They make an excellent product and stand behind it. I have had mine for several years and really love it.

You can get more detailed specs on Amazon. As well as read hundreds of customer reviews. Really, if you want a workhouse juicer that will make tons of juice every day, then this is my personal pick.

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Best Wide Mouth Juicer For Leafy Greens

Sometimes you want a juicer that makes life a bit easier. In particular, you don’t like the prep work of cutting up certain vegetables and fruits. Maybe you want to take a whole apple or an entire carrot and stick it in the juicer. Well, that’s where a wide mouth juicer comes into play.

Kuvings Wide Mouth Slow Juicer #1 Wide Mouth Juicer For Leafy Greens

This is my pick for the best wide mouth vertical juicer. There are a few reasons. First, it has a large wide mouth. This means you won’t have to dice up fruits and veggies like apples, pineapple, and carrots. If you’re looking for simplicity, and hate the chore of chopping up celery and apples and cutting kale and spinach, then this is definitely what you want.

It’s also self cleaning. The juicer has wiper blades that clean away the pulp.

There is also a cap on the juice chute. This will let you keep juice in. You won’t need this when making juice, but if you want to make nut butters, or almond milk, then this is a great feature. It lets the contents of the mixing bowl stay and continue to mix without leaving the juicer.

This feature is probably the one I like the most and is the one thing that the classical Horizontal Omega is missing. This means you won’t have to have two containers on your table if you don’t want (one for the ejected pulp and one for the juice) you can leave the juice in the machine until you’re ready to let it out.

This is a quiet, easy to use, and self cleaning juicer. I particularly like the wide mouth.

Here are some of the features that Kuvings has:

3 Inch Wide Feed Tube: Excellent for saving time. You don’t have to cut up certain veggies and fruits. Those that you do cut up, you don’t have to dice them as small as you might want to with other auger style juicers.

Patented Slow Screw Design: Kuvings has a patented “slow screw” design that prevents the oxaditive damage that many other juicers create when they extract juice. You get a powerful, but very slow squeeze. This is essential for maintaining the vitamin, anti-oxidant content, and most importantly the enzymatic quality of the juicer.

50-60 RPM: This is a very slow motor speed. You don’t have to worry about heat destroying the juice. The elimination of speed also eliminates the danger that excessive heat poses to fresh juice.

240 KW Motor: The motor operates slowly, but it is powerful. This means that you won’t have the vibrations, shaking and noise that smaller, less powerful motors often come with.

Safe Materials: The materials used in the juicing bowl, cup, and the pulp container are Eastman TritanTM. These are safe and do not contain BPA. A very important issue when using plastic of any sort.

You can get more detailed specs on Amazon and also get lots of customer reviews.

 

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The Tribest is a great choice for people who want a vertical juicer that has a very slow RPM. It has a juicing cap, which is awesome and saves you space because you don’t need to have two containers on your table (the pulp catcher and the juice catcher.)

Also, the juice cap lets you pour water in and rinse off the inside when you’re done. It’s not exactly a self-cleaning design but it does help rinse off the parts.

If you’re main concern when making fresh vegetable and fruit juice (particularly when juicing leafy greens) is the nutrients, then you want a slow press masticating juicer. This is super slow, twice as slow as many others. It’s the best at protecting the nutrients from heat that comes with fast motors.

 

Here are the main features that Tribest highlights.

• 47 RPM Motor: Incredibly Slow To Preserve Nutrients. Low speed also = Low Temperature. This means you get a nice cold processed juice.
• 30 Lbs of Torque: To Squeeze Every Drop Of Juice From Fruits and Veggies. Instead of having a hopper full of wet pulp, all of that juice and liquid will be squeezed out of the veggies and fruit.

• Double Edged Auger Desig

• BPA Free Housing and Ultem Auger. This is a big plus especially when you’re making citrus juices. An auger that is made from a safe material is absolutely necessary when juicing acidic fruit.

• 10 Year Warranty

• Can Make Sorbet and Nut Butter. You can make your own organic walnut butter (or peanut butter), raspberry sorbet, frozen banana and strawberry sorbet, almond butter and even coconut milk.
  

Check out the Tribest Juicer Here

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Omega is my go to recommendation for juicers. You could call it the Cadillac of juicers(or Porsche, if you prefer sports car comparisons.) This model is the best for people looking to eliminate most of the messy clean up that you have to deal with when you normally make a green drink.

• Auto-Cleaning Function

• A dual stage design. It crushes then squeezes the fruit and vegetables.

• Slow RPM so that the powerful enzymes are not destroyed.

This model has the power and low speed that you want in a juicer. It’s also got a self cleaning function for anyone who hates to take apart their juicer and wash it out. You can pour water in and the blades wipe down the inside and it’s clean. It’s also pretty compact for a juicer for this caliber, so if you have a small kitchen space, but still want an awesome juicer for your leafy greens, wheatgrass, pineapple and veggies, then this is a great pick. Plus its quiet

Read More Reviews on this amazing cheap Omega Juicer

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The Greenstar is one of the original auger juicers. In fact, this is considered by many to be the best juicer for greens on the market. For a long time it was the only option in a world of centrifugal juicers.

The Triibest has quite a few features that are worth exploring. First off, let’s discuss its promise of complete mastication, versus regular mastication. They offer a three step mastication process: cutting, slicing, and crushing. The argument is that only crushing is like chewing food with only your back molars and ignoring your other teeth. Here’s a chart that Tribest uses to demonstrate the concept.

Magnetic And Ceramic Technology

The Twinstar uses a dual material technology of magnetic and ceramic materials to slow down juice oxidation.

Super Quiet Operation and Low RMP

It’s no surprise that the Greenstar is such as quiet juicer. Because it is a cold press juicer, it’s meant to work at a low RMP. Instead of high speed, it uses power. When you are making juicce you want to use a machine that has a low rpm so that is more nutrients are left intact. The Greenstar has a 110 RPM.

More Than Just A Juicer

The Tribest juicer is not just a juicer, it can also make nut butters, and all sorts of other food items. It’s similar to the Omega horizontal. You get lots of accessories (as seen below). People use this juicer to make everything from healthy organic baby food, to smooth nut butters and healthy desserts such as frozen berry or banana sorbets.

Who Should Buy A Greenstar?

The price point on the Greenstar is a bit higher than other masticating juicers, but it does have some major benefits. Let’s take a look at the benefits and drawbacks.

• It’s not small. If you are concerned about space, then you should look at the Tribest Slow press vertical juicer or the Omega vertical, both discussed above. The Greenstar is for people who have enough counterspace to dedicate to a professional quality juicer and want to juice several times a week.
• It is quiet. You won’t have to deal with really loud noise when you are making your juicer. If you’ve only dealt with the loud juicers that rattle the entire house, then rest assured this doesn’t sound anything like those.
• It is rather easy to clean. It is a very high quality jucier and it has lots of accessorizes, but it is not too hard to clean.
• It gives your super dry pulp and excellent juice extraction. If your main focus is getting the highest quality juice and the best preservation of enzymes and micronutrients, then this is one of the best juicers on the market. The incorporation of the innovative magnetic and ceramic materials help extract minerals into the juice, which is something you don’t find on any other juicer.
• Absolutely perfect for juicing leafy greens and hard vegetables. The twin gear design is great at dealing with fibrous vegetables. Kale, spinach, wheatgrass, chard, parsley, and hard vegetables such as beets and carrots are juicers perfectly.
• It is more expensive than other juicers. Many people who are on the fence about juicing and not sure if it’s something that they will do might balk at the price. This is understandable. If you have never juicer before then this is an investment. You might start with one of the lesser expensive juicers such as the Omega (which is a fantastic juicer). However, if you do plan on making juices several times a week, consider the cost savings if you move from buying juice commercially to making it. Buying a fresh juice in a health food store is quite expensive. Do that several times a week, and you are going to end up with quite the monthly dent in your wallet. You can make yourself those same fresh juices at home with the Greenstar and recop the cost of the machine in savings in no time.

 

Buying your first juicer is a big decision and you always want to make sure that you get the best juicer for the money and not end up with something that won’t work or will be too cumbersome. If you get a juicer that is too complicated to use, then you are going to end up with something that won’t be used and you will have wasted your money. And an even worse outcome is if you end up with a juicer that overheats, malfunctions, or is made of cheap materials.

If you are serious about juicing, then you are going to be looking at pricey options. The cheap juicers that you see advertised (the ones around 100 dollars) really aren’t worth it. You are going to end up with a machine that has problems soon enough (if you end up using it). There is a reason why the really great brands (Kuvings, omega, Champion) all cost more. They are quality machines.

It’s not unusual to use these for years. One review on Amazing has a woman talking about needing a new part (not a new machine, just a small part) after 25 years of use. That’s a bargain (the brand she was writing about is a Champion. They are a bit more advanced, but are great for the avid juicer).  Cheap, inexpensive juicers form off-brand companies aren’t the way to go.

One affordable brand that you might want to consider is the Aicook. They are a recent entry into masticating juicer market.

The Omega J8006 is always going to be at the top of any list of the best juicer. And it’s also the case when you’re looking for a juicer that gives you the most bang for your buck. Anything that is easy to clean, easy to use, and operates with such ease will always be something you should check out. But if you’re main focus at the moment is to find something that’s the best deal, and which will give you the most value for your hard earned money…then this one is it. It’s not the cheapest, but it is the workhorse and is the best value. You will be able to use this year in and year out.

You might see that these juicers tend to be a bit more expensive than some of the centrifugal models, but consider it an investment. If you buy a cheap juicer, you will save money, but you’re also likely to run into problems down the line. This is especially true if you’re really looking to change your lifestyle and start juicing as a regular part of your diet. Something such as kale juice can be incredibly powerful, and has been show to be able to prevent coronary artery disease.

Auger juicers are more expensive because they work better and they are more expensive to design, engineer and produce. They are simply better machines and they are what you should look for. The great thing about these machines is that the companies tend to offer very strong warranties on their products.

Finally, if you’re planning on making kale, spinach, wheatgrass or any other leafy green juice, then you really have to get an auger juicer. To get a centrifugal juice would be a major mistake.

Here’s my pick for the best juicer for the money.

If you’re completely new to juicing, then you might want to read my coverage of the best juicers for beginners.

The Best Juicer For Wheatgrass

If you’re a wheatgrass aficionado, and you’re buying it in the store then you should consider getting your own wheatgrass juicer and make it at home. You don’t even have to grow your own wheatgrass, you can now find wheatgrass sold fresh in many supermarkets, health food stores, and many smaller gourmet places that have lots of fresh herbs and cater to the health crowd. The reason you might want to juice wheatgrass at home is that you will save a ton of money. A little shot of wheatgrass is very expensive. However, if you are juicing this stuff yourself in your own kitchen, then you skip all of the expense.

The big question is what type of juicer to get. If you’re planning on juicer leafy greens such as kale and spinach and parsley, then I suggest a mechanical auger juicer, which is also called a masticating juicer. I like the classic Omega as well as the Tribest Slow press juicer. I have a review about the best juicers for leafy greens which covers it all.

However, if you’re instead only planning on making wheatgrass juice and are not a going to be juicing hard vegetables (things like carrots, especially) then you might want to get a manual hand churn style wheatgrass juicer. These are like big grinders. They have the same auger design; only they work with your own power. So you don’t even need to hook them up to an electrical outlet. Some of these juicers can handle kale or apples, but they were made for and are best for wheatgrass.

This is what I recommend for people who are looking for top of the line wheatgrass juicer that’s not too expensive. It’s a manual juicer, which means you don’t have to worry about hooking it up to an electrical outlet. The fact that it operates without a motor also means that it’s really quit and also doesn’t create a lot of heat. That last point is important because heat can destroy the valuable enzymes in food. So you get a healthy, living juice without worrying about damaging oxidation to the enzymes that degrade the quality of the juice.

The Lexen wheatgrass juicer can be attached to your kitchen table using either a suction clamp or a table clamp. This juicer is perfect. It’s small enough to not take up any space at all really. If you’re looking for a manual juicer that is going to extract as much wheatgrass juice as possible, then this certainly one of the best on the market.

The Lexen model is one of the most popular and also one of the easiest to use. Here’s a video where Kimberly explains exactly how simple it is to use. She even shows you how you can add spinach and how that juicers easily as well. As you will see in the video, the juicer is super quiet and doesn’t create any loud noise.

If you’re not keen on a manual wheatgrass juicer, and would prefer a regular masticating juicer that can also handle hard vegetables and leafy greens in addition to wheatgrass, then I recommend this Omega. This is my personal favorite juicer. It’s not as quiet as a manual juicer, but it is very quiet for motorized juicer. It certainly doesn’t have that loud sound that some of the other juicers have. Plus it has the added ability to make nut butters like almond butter and organic peanut butter and cashew butter. I make wheatrgrass with this and one thing I like about it is that you can cut up a whole organic lemon and add it to the juicer. The oil in the lemon skin is very fragrant and the taste overpowers the sometimes unpleasant flavor of the wheatgrass.

This is also a very easy to clean juicer. The photo above shows the main body, which is the big chrome section, and the front attachments that are the pieces that you take off when you’re ready to clean it. They lock on very simply and when you’re ready to clean them you just wash them off under running water in your sink.

Going on a juice fast can be one of the healthiest things you can do. It’s safer than a regular water fast because you won’t be depriving your body of calories. In fact, there are many people who advise against a pure water fast because you won’t be getting adequate calories and, just as important, you won’t get enough electrolytes.

This can be a dangerous situation that can lead to severe healthy problems. Salt, magnesium, potassium, are all essential and drinking plain water is not going to give you any of these. In fact, it can be very dangerous to drink only water (especially distilled water). There are some ways you can deal with this, such as adding pink sea salt, or getting an electorate water. But for all intents and purposes, the best way to do a fast is to simply do a juice fast. You will get calories, as well as minerals, vitamins, enzymes, and electrolytes.

But it is important that you pick the right juicer. You don’t want to just pick any regular juicer, you want to pick one that will remove as much pulp as possible. It’s not simply enough to drink just juice, if you want to drink juice during a fast, it’s important to drink one with as little pulp as possible which means you need to get a juicer that produces the cleanest juice possible.

I would suggest an auger juicer, but especially one with a slow press that has a really fine screen. You should look into one such as the Omega which also has a separate screen that you place over the juicer hopper. Avoid the quick method where you just place the glass right under the spout. You should make sure that you use a juice container and use a separate strainer.

The classic Omega Juicer that I use produces a really clean and pulp free juice. Now, pulp is actually healthy, it’s fiber and fruit and vegetable fiber is really healthy. What you are doing during a fast, however, is giving your digestive system some rest. So, I would suggest either the Omega or the Kuvings for your fast.

The dual state Omega 800 Series is perfect for juice fasting, and if you’re planning on doing a juice fast often (say once every month) it’s totally worth the investment. You’ll get some really good quality juice with the healthy nutrients preserved.

The Best Juicer for a Fast–Read More Reviews Here.

My choice for the best slow auger juicer is going to be Hurom. It’s also a nice option for people who like the vertical juicer design. Finally, it’s BPA free. So you don’t have to worry about any of the problems associated with citrus and BPA that you find in some of the cheaper juicers on the market.

• Slow Auger Speed: 43 revolutions per min.
• Quiet: None of the loud, noisy issues that you find in cheaper juicers.
• Nice Design: It’s important to have a juicer that looks good on your counter!

read more reviews here.

 

 

Update For 2024:Improvements In Juicing Hard Vegetables and Leafy Greens

If you have read a health magazine or watched a documentary about nutrition in the last year, then you will undoubtedly have seen all of the attention that has been focused on green vegetables. There are many people who have rightly come out and praised the enormous health benefits. Juicing leafy green vegetables is no longer a trend only among the most health conscious people. It’s something that has garnered so much attention: news articles, features on morning talk shows, and even award winning Netflix documentaries about drinking green juice.

So, with that said, there are more auger juicers than ever to choose from. One of the interesting developments is that the best from some years back are, interestingly enough, still the best. I would rank the Omega and the Hurom as the two best and easy to clean juicers for leafy greens. The Greenstar is a classic machine, and definitely one that someone who wants a top of the line juicer should investigate.

Some of the lower priced models simply aren’t well suited for someone who wants to drink and make fresh juice with any regularity. This is because they really aren’t made too well. The casing, the engines, the all around machines are not the best made and they are not suited to people who want to make fresh juice everyday (especially if it’s leafy greens, as they are the hardest to juice).

The main points to be aware of:

Choose a well known, time tested brand: Omega, Breville (as long as it’s an auger style) greenstar, hurom.

If you are looking to really do lots of leafy green juicing, then you should look into a juicer that has a horizontal design. The auger style in the vertical design isn’t the best for leafy greens as it tends to bunch up and get a bit backed up.

The newest design to hit the market for folks looking for the very best in juicing leafy greens is the Omega Cube. I’ll have a full review up shortly, but this is an excellent juicer and really should be at the top of the list for anyone looking to make fresh juice from leafy greens.

Here is a link to the article on how to save money when buying produce that I mentioned earlier.

Juicing Cabbage And Beets Along With Leafy Greens

Two of the most recent popular things to add to leafy green juices in the recent year has been cabbage and beets. Both of these are often times lumped together with super foods due to their array of health benefits. Cabbage, for instance, has been associated with having benefits that are linked to cancer prevention. There’s also a lot of studies that have shown that drinking cabbage juice can help with ulcers.

Likewise, beets are also popular to juice now and they are great source of promoting nitric oxide in the blood. This is something that is very important for athletes (one of the reason that it became so popular was that people in Mixed Martial Arts started promoting the use of beet juice).

History of Popular Juicing

In the past, you might have been forced to buy a juicer that was simply too costly. There were early models that were so expensive because they were designed for people who wanted a quality juicer but there was not enough demand.

Because there was not enough demand for these juicers, the main outlet was to buy specialty juicers that were primarily designed for restaurants and juice bars. These machines were quality, but they were also very cumbersome to use and they took up a lot of space.

If you didn’t have a ton of kitchen space, then you simply were out of luck. The other factor was that these juicers were super expensive. They were not the best use of your money. In fact, it was really easier to simply head to a juicer store and buy your juice fresh.

Enter Jay Kordich(aka Jay the Juiceman). This popularized the modern at home juicing movement. Those juicers were all centrifugal design.

The good news is that this isn’t the case anymore. As more and more people began to see the benefits of drinking fresh juice, more companies started to create juicers. Some early brands were GreenStar, and then the most cost efficient brand came out with the best selling Omega auger juicer.

Tips On How To Choose The Best Juicer For Your Lifestyle

One of the most important decisions when it comes to juicing is to figure out the right juicer. The best juicer for one person’s needs might not be correct for your own diet plan. If you’re someone who is only going to make orange juicer or for breakfast, then you need a different juicer than someone who’s planning on making green drinks with leafy greens. The design of the juicer is absolutely important.

If you’re reading this, then you are interested in the best juicer for leafy greens (that means kale, spinach, swiss chard, parsley, wheatgrass). Juicers that handle leafy greens need to be designed a special way. In the past, people who made green juices were stuck having to use the classic juicer style (centrifugal). These were better than nothing, but they were not ideal. They didn’t have the best yield, they were really loud, they clogged up when they were fed leafy greens, and they ran hot.

The running hot issue is a big problem. Heat destroys enzymes and nutrients. If you are juicing leafy greens, one of the main things you’re looking to get is chlorophyll, and also zeaxanthin and lutein. These can be destroyed during the high speed hot process that centrifugal juicers use.This is why people who want to juice leafy greens and fruits tended to gravitate towards auger juicers. Not only are they better at squeezing all the juice out of the vegetables and fruits, they don’t create the high heat that is so detrimental. Here is more info about cold press juicers.

Health Benefits Of Drinking Fresh Green Juice (especially Leafy Greens)

The reason I created this website was to showcase the difference between auger juicers and regular juices. I spent a lot of time (and wasted money) with juicers that didn’t cut it. That’s a bit of a pun since in fact that’s exactly what they did. Instead of getting fresh squeezed juice I got the small bit of liquid that strained out of lots of cut up fruit and vegetables.

The reason you want to maximize your juice output is simple. Money and efficiency. Because drinking leafy green juice is healthy. In fact, study after study, has shown that there are benefits to drinking fresh leafy green juice.  And there are many healthy benefits to consuming raw, fresh leafy greens as opposed to cooked vegetables as the antioxidant levels will not be as high in cooked leafy greens. See this study for example.

If you’re looking to learn more about slow juicers, you can read my article on masticating juicers here.