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{{Short description|Tool for extracting fruit and vegetable juices}}
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[[File:Karottensaft.JPG|thumb|Electric centrifugal juicer]]

A '''juicer''', also known as a '''juice extractor''', is a tool used to extract juice from [[fruit]]s, [[herb]]s, [[leafy green]]s and other types of [[vegetable]]s in a process called [[juicing]].<ref>{{cite web|title=juicer : Encyclopedia : Food Network|url=http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/juicer/index.html|website=www.foodterms.com|access-date=13 January 2017}}</ref> It crushes, grinds, and/or squeezes the juice out of the [[Juice vesicles|pulp]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cold Press vs. Traditional: Which Juicer Should You Buy?|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/08/juicer-types-cold-press_n_2618000.html|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=13 January 2017|date=8 February 2013}}</ref> A juicer clarifies the juice through a screening mesh to remove the pulp unlike a [[blender]] where the output contains both the liquids and solids of the processed fruit(s) or vegetable(s).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fender |first1=Millie |title=Juicer vs blender: which should you buy? |date=15 November 2022|url=https://www.homesandgardens.com/advice/juicer-vs-blender |website=Homes and Gardens |publisher=Future PLC}}</ref>

Some types of juicers can also function as a food processor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/08/you-don-t-need-a-juicer-to-make-juice/index.htm|last=Farrell|first=Mary H J|title=You don't need a juicer to make juice|date=28 August 2014|website=Consumer Reports|access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref> Most of the twin gear and horizontal masticating juicers have attachments for crushing herbs and spices, extruding pasta, noodles or bread sticks, making baby food and nut butter, grinding coffee, making nut milk, etc.

==Types==
===Reamers===
[[Image:Juicer.jpg|thumb|A manual-styled [[Lemon squeezer|squeezer]] is used to separate citrus' juice from its pulp.]]
[[Lemon squeezer|Squeezers]] are used for squeezing juice from [[citrus]] such as [[grapefruit]]s, [[lemon]]s, [[lime (fruit)|lime]]s, and [[orange (fruit)|orange]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reamers.org/reamerinfo.html|last=National Reamer Collectors Association|title=REAMERS: The Great American Kitchen Collectible|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-date=29 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729090715/http://www.reamers.org/reamerinfo.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Juice is extracted by pressing or grinding a halved citrus along a juicer's ridged conical center and discarding the rind. Some reamers are stationary and require a user to press and turn the fruit, while others are electrical, automatically turning the ridged center when fruit is pressed upon.

===Centrifugal juicers===
A centrifugal juicer cuts up the fruit or vegetable with a flat cutting blade.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} It then spins the produce at a high speed to separate the juice from the pulp.

===Masticating juicers===
A [[Mastication|masticating]] juicer known as cold press juicer or slow juicer uses a single [[auger (drill)|auger]] to compact and crush produce into smaller sections before squeezing out its juice along a static screen while the pulp is expelled through a separate outlet.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

===Triturating juicers===
[[Trituration|Triturating]] juicers (twin gear juicers) have twin augers to crush and press produce.

===Juicing press===
{{see also|Cold-pressed juice}}
A juicing press, such as a [[fruit press]] or [[wine press]], is a larger scale press that is used in agricultural production. These presses can be stationary or mobile. A mobile press has the advantage that it can be moved from one orchard to another. The process is primarily used for apples and involves a stack of apple mash, wrapped in fine mesh cloth, which is then pressed under approx 40 tonnes. These machines are popular in Europe and have now been introduced to North America.

===Steam juice extractor===
A stovetop [[Steam juicer|steam juice extractor]] is typically a pot to generate steam that is used to heat a batch of berries (or other fruit) in a perforated pot stacked on top of a juice collecting container that is above the steam pot.  The juice is extracted without mechanical means so it is remarkably clear and because of the steam heating it is also [[Pasteurization|pasteurized]] for long term storage.

==See also==
*[[Smoothie]]
*[[Vegetable juice]]
*[[Juicero]]

==References==
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