Citrus juicer - selection criteria

Since the citrus juicer is a separate kind of home appliances and it is intended only for working with them, the choice should be approached sensibly. The most important criterion, perhaps, will be based on how often you use a juicer to make juice from citrus.

Types of Juicers

The citrus juicer is a fairly simple device that has a container for collecting juice, nozzles with a cylindrical faceted cone, on which a fruit is dressed, previously cut in half. Note that the distinctive feature is the absence of a cake container. The juice collector receives absolutely everything that is contained inside the fruit, except for its peel, which remains undamaged.

The simplest and cheapest model is a hand citrus juicer . It will suit you if you make juices very rarely, but sometimes there is a need, and you need to squeeze more than 1 fruit. It has the same receiver and a conical nozzle, on which the half of the fruit is dressed and turns around in a circle with a certain force.

With an urgent need with the same quality of the squeeze, you can use a regular tablespoon. Cut, for example, a lemon in half, in one hand to take a half of the fruit, and in the other a spoon. Insert it into the center of the lemon and, turning in a circle over any deep and wide dishes, squeeze out the juice. With a lot of fruit, this procedure will be tedious.

With a regular production of juices, a juicer for citrus fruits is suitable. Its principle of action and structure are not much different. The main difference is that you do not need to scroll the fruit with your hand, this is done by the mechanic, but you will have to hold it on the cone yourself. There are some models in which a fruit holder is provided, but their price is much more expensive and often not justified, because you will have to change the fruit yourself.

Let's go back to the juice collector. The juice enters through the holes in the cone. If you want to get at least 1 liter of fresh juice, you have to squeeze 2-3 kg. Fruit. With this volume, the drain holes will periodically be clogged with cake, as it is not crushed during the squeezing of the juice, therefore, you will need to clean the cake with your hand, continually stopping the process.

Manufacturers

In view of the peculiarity of the design, although elementary at first glance, as well as the low demand of buyers, the citrus juicer is produced mainly by foreign producers. Domestic models are very small and they are much worse in quality.

Differences in the structure of the apparatus from different manufacturers are only used as materials used for manufacturing. The fineness of design and small details that make it easier to work with a juicer can be found among the models of famous companies. If you want to use it often, then do not be too lazy to study all the nuances of the chosen model, especially since they will be visible before you can try it in action.

We advise you to take a closer look at the models that have proved to be the most successful among buyers, for example, the juicers of VITEK VT-1602 Citron, MOULINEX BKB486, Daily Collection from PHILIPS.

Alternatives

In some situations, the citrus juicer can be replaced with an ordinary centrifugal model. In them, the juice and cake are divided into different containers, and they are considered universal, as they squeeze out any fruits, vegetables or berries.

If you want to use it for squeezing citrus, then pay attention to the quality of the knives, the number of nozzles-mesh to separate the liquid from the cake. The fact is that the citrus peel is badly rubbed and will periodically clog the reticulum. The process can be delayed and tedious, but the main thing is that the model you selected copes with this load and does not break.

Consider also that the citrus fruits need to be completely cleaned from the skin first, as the juice is not squeezed out of it, but the knives can be broken right away. As a rule, it is impossible to find spare parts, and service centers for repair of such breakages are not taken, and the warranty service of the unit immediately disappears.

Among the centrifugal juicers the most popular are such models as Moulinex JU40013E, Philips HR 1861/00, Scarlett SC-013.