Best juicers to make delicious fresh juice at home
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You may have noticed it all over your ‘Gram: there’s a juicing revolution going on.
Juicing is associated with a host of health benefits, from reducing the risk of cancer and boosting your immune system, to detoxification, aiding digestion and even weight loss.
By making your own, you can ensure that no secret additives or preservatives are sneaked into the juice, while maximising the nutrients and antioxidants like potassium, vitamin C, and iron. There’s no reason to pay through the nose for fresh juice when all it takes is whizzing produce through one handy appliance.
Far easier and more effective than using a typical blender where you’d have to drain the pulp, these machines are equipped with powerful motors, blades strong enough to cut through a whole fruit (hard or soft), and additional compartments to hold the remnants and pulp. Peels are the most nutritional part - rich in fibre, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants - so they are worth including in your juicer.
Juicers fall into three categories;
- Centrifugal: juicers that blitz hard fruit at high speeds. They shed the skin and strain fruit to remove any seeds or pith. By nature, they can be noisy and allow more air into the liquid. This means pre-made juices have a shorter shelf-life.
- Masticating: juicers offer slower cold pressing that pack in more nutritional content. With this design, you may need to prep the fruit by cutting and peeling but it’s quieter and the juice will last longer.
- Citrus: juicers for fresh orange, lemon or lime juices (handy for cocktails). These have a singular purpose and require halving the fruits first.
After you’ve decided what type of machine is best, consider aesthetics next. This is the fun part: pick a juicer to match your interiors or contrastagainst them and make them the star of the kitchen counter.
Along with an edit of the best juicers for your money, our research has yielded a few tips to help you get the most from the squeeze.
Worth the squeeze? Our top juicing tips:
- It requires far more ingredients than you realise to squeeze out a glassful of juice, especially for hard fruits like carrots.
- To recreate Joe and the Juice’s Doctor Away, you’ll need four ice cubes, three to four carrots, two pieces of ginger and three to four apples.
- Always wash your ingredients first!
- Pair soft, flimsy veggies with harder options e.g. spinach wrapped over cucumber to ensure it actually juices
- Don’t delay the post-juice cleaning process - while many of the parts could be dishwasher safe, don’t wait as it could cause staining
- Celery juice may not be the most pleasant of tastes but it’s worth doing a shot for the digestive system and the high calcium, silicon and vitamin K benefits.
Best juicers at a glance
- Best for the ultimate 2-in-1: SAGE 3X Bluicer SJB615SHY Juicer - £279.95, Sage
- Best for lightning-speed juicing: Braun J700 Juicer - £173.42, Amazon
- Best for a mini juicer for countertops with limited space: Philips Viva Collection Compact Juicer - £79.99, Amazon
- Best for the ultimate green juices and smoothies: Philips Viva Collection Masticating juicer HR1889/71 - £161, Amazon
- Best for a tried and true, value-for-money favourite: Nutribullet Blender Combo - £120, Argos
- Best for style and practicality: Smeg 50’s Retro Style CJF01WHUK Citrus Juicer - £140, Argos
- Best for a dedicated citrus fruit press with maximum extraction: Sage The Citrus Press Juicer - Stainless Steel - £119. 95, John Lewis
- Best for grandma’s favourite: Braun CJ3000 Electric Citrus Press - £24, Amazon
- Best for durable and speedy juicing: Kenwood JE290 Citrus Juicer - £28.87, Amazon
- Best for supreme sophistication: Magimix Juice Expert 3-in-1 - £200, Fenwick
Take the hassle out of getting your five-a-day with our pick of the best juicers.
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SAGE 3X Bluicer SJB615SHY Juicer
Best for: the ultimate 2-in-1
Undecided on whether you should be investing in a blender or a juicer? Sage has you covered by combining the 2-in-1 do-it-all appliance that couldn’t be easier to use.
Let’s start with the juicing function as that’s what we’re all here for. Simply attach the blade, exterior and ‘pusher’ to the top of the device, as well as the handy pulp bin to the back and you are ready to go. Depending on the hardness of the fruit, you’ll need to turn the dial up or down. Simple. Either use the blender or just a cup on the side to collect the juice. Get a fresh drink in seconds - no cutting or peeling required.
If it’s a smoothie you’re after, swap the juicing accoutrements for the blender, also provided. Both parts use the same base and there’s a whole host of pre-sets to make blitzing a breeze.
You won’t know how you lived without it.
Braun J700 Juicer
Best for: lightning-speed juicing
Braun’s J700 juicer is designed to give you fresh juice in record time. The brand promises 15 seconds for a glass of your favourite morning beverage - and it certainly is speedy.
The device is straightforward; simply pop the fruit in the top and press on. The large chute can house most products whole or large chunks - no need to slice and dice. There’s also an anti-drip function to avert messes.
The jug attachment is complete with an anti-leak feature as well as a foam separator for those who prefer their beverage without a head. Dishwasher-safe.
Philips Viva Collection Compact Juicer
Best for: a mini juicer for countertops with limited space
If kitchen worktop space is a concern, this juicer from Philips may be your best bet. Mini but mighty, it offers all the produce-squeezing benefits of its peers.
Add your pineapples, carrots or lime in the top of the device and get up to 1.5L of juice in one fell swoop - that’s enough to hydrate the whole family or to get a batch to drink over the next few days.
This is a really easy device to use with no complications, mess or fuss. Cleaning is also super simple thanks to the brand’s Quick Clean technology. The only time this may cause a little bit more work is if the filter gets blocked. But even then, it’s easy to fix - just dismantle the transparent container and empty.
Philips Viva Collection Masticating juicer HR1889/71
Best for: the ultimate green juices and smoothies
Like the masticating juicer above, this Philips design also ensures you maximise all the goodness that your fruit and vegetables have to offer.
Whether you’re making a saintly green juice to up your five-a-day, or want an indulgent smoothie, the slow process maintains the fibre, mineral and vitamin content with a good level of juice extracted.
You can pre-cut or otherwise pop the produce in whole and the device comes complete with a handy pulp container. It’s quick and relatively quiet. The juicer’s parts are dishwasher safe.
Nutribullet Blender Combo
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Best for: a tried and true, value-for-money favourite
You’ll be hard-pressed (ahem) to find someone who doesn’t know about the beauty of the Nutribullet. It is one of the most straightforward appliances on the market; add fruit to one of the many containers included, twist the lid shut, slot onto the base, push - and you’re in the money.
The Blender Combo model brings the juicing element into the equation, allowing you to blitz your favourite fruit and vegetables with ease. Thanks to an innovative OneTouch technology, the Blender Combo can utilise a pre-programmed nutrition extraction cycle to ensure you’re getting the most out of your juices. The 1.8 litre jug blender can blend hot and cold in any one of the three Nutribullet vessels included in the set.
The brand has also recently launched The Juicer to further streamline the process.
Sage The Citrus Press Juicer - Stainless Steel
Best for: a dedicated citrus fruit press with maximum extraction
While perhaps not as attractive as the model above, this citrus juicer from Sage takes the back-breaking work out of the citrus-squeezing process with the welcome addition of a press. It really requires no effort at all but yields an impressive quantity of juice extraction. No drop is wasted. You can either put the fruit in whole or halved - it’s entirely up to you. The parts are also dishwasher safe.
SMEG 50’s Retro Style CJF01WHUK Citrus Juicer
Best for: style and practicality
On our wish list for the longest time, this citrus juicer from Smeg has the vintage styling that the brand is known for and makes the perfect finishing touch to your kitchen.
Whether it’s freshly squeezed orange juice in the morning, or a squeeze of lemon to make flavoured water, it couldn’t be easier with this device. It has anti-slip feet and the fruit-facing parts are dishwasher safe. Easy peasy.
Braun CJ3000 Electric Citrus Press
Best for: grandma’s favourite
There’s a reason why this design of citrus juicer has been around for years and years. When you have something that works, why change it?
Aid a healthy morning routine by maximising the vitamins and nutrients from citrus fruits. Halve your orange, lemon or lime and push it down on the squeeze - this starts and stops the device. You can either go left or right to really eek out every last drop.
The parts are dishwasher safe and the jug comes with handy measurements so you know when you have a full glass ready.
Kenwood JE290 Citrus Juicer
Best for: durable and speedy juicing
There are a lot of similarities of this juicer with the Braun model above but this iteration has a sleek stainless steel look. The construction is durable and the hard-wearing filter will last you for years to come. All the parts are dishwasher safe to ensure the cleaning process is as speedy as the juicing.
Magimix Juice Expert 3-in-1
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Best for: supreme sophistication
Chic, sleek and compact, this handy juicer from Magimix may be on the pricier side but it’s certainly worth the investment. From ultra-fresh juices and smoothies to freshly-whizzed dairy-free milk, the compact machine can do it all in a flash.
Thanks to innovative cold-press technology, this juicer can retain more vitamins and minerals while extracting a higher yield with lower oxidation, so that you can get the most out of fresh produce.
What’s more, you can enjoy freshly squeezed juice with or without the pulp depending on your daily preference. We think the Magimix Juice Expert operates more like a luxurious robotic butler than a countertop kitchen appliance.
Verdict
For its all-in-one capabilities, SAGE’s 3X Bluicer SJB615SHY Juicer gets our top pick. Honourable mention also goes to the Philips Viva Collection Compact Juicer for its compact size. For your citrus juicing needs, you can’t go wrong with the Braun CJ3000 Electric Citrus Press.