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tIPS oN USING tHE JUICE ExtRACtoR
tHE INSIDE INFoRMAtIoN oN
PURCHASING AND StoRAGE oF
JUICE
FRUIt AND VEGEtABlES
Although juice drinks are usually developed with
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Always wash fruit and vegetables before
flavour, texture and aroma at the forefront, the
juicing.
health benefits certainly add to the pleasurable
taste experience.
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Always use fresh fruit and vegetables for
juicing.
95% of the nutrient content of fruit and
vegetables is found in the juice. Liquids
•
To save money and obtain fresher produce,
extracted from fresh fruit and vegetables form an
purchase fruit or vegetables that are in
important part of a well-balanced diet. Fresh fruit
season.
and vegetable juices are an easy to make source
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Keep your fruit and vegetables ready for
of vitamins and minerals. Juices are rapidly
juicing by washing them before storing.
absorbed into the blood stream therefore being
the quickest way in which the body can digest
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Most fruits and hardier type vegetables
nutrients.
can be stored at room temperature. The
When you make your own juices, you have
more delicate and perishable items such
complete control over what you include in
as tomatoes, berries, leafy greens, celery,
them. You select the ingredients and decide if
cucumbers and herbs should be stored in the
refrigerator until required.
you need to use sugar, salt or other flavouring
agents.
Freshly extracted juices should be consumed
just after they have been made to avoid a loss of
vitamin content.
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tIPS oN USING tHE JUICE ExtRACtoR (continued)
tHE RIGHt tECHNIQUE
GEttING tHE RIGHt BlEND
It is easy to create great tasting juice. If you
When juicing a variety of ingredients with varying
have been making your own vegetable and fruit
textures start with the softer textured ingredients
juices, then you know how simple it is to invent
on low speed then change to high speed for
new combinations. Taste, colour, texture and
harder texture ingredients.
ingredient preferences are a personal thing.
If you are juicing herbs, sprouts or leafy green
Just think of some of your favourite flavours
vegetables either wrap them together to form
and foods – would they work well together or
a bundle or juice them in the middle of a
would they clash. Some strong flavours could
combination of ingredients on low speed to
over power the more subtle flavours of others.
obtain the best extraction.
It is however, a good rule of thumb to combine
starchy, pulpy ingredients with those high in
moisture.
NOTE: If juicing herbs or leafy green
vegetables on their own, the juice yield
will be low due to the nature of centrifugal
juicing. It is advised to juice then with a
combination of other fruit and vegetables.
All fruit and vegetables produce different
amounts of liquids. This varies within the same
group i.e. one batch of tomatoes can produce
more juice than another batch. Since juice
recipes are not exact, the precise quantities
of any juice are not crucial to the success of a
particular mixture.
NOTE: To extract the maximum amount of
juice always push the Food Pusher down
slowly.
USING tHE PUlP
The remaining pulp left after juicing fruit or
vegetables is mostly fibre and cellulose which,
like the juice, contains vital nutrients necessary
for the daily diet and can be used in many ways.
However, like the juice, pulp should be used that
day to avoid loss of vitamins.
Some of the uses of pulp are to bulk out
rissoles, thicken casseroles or soups or in the
case of fruit, simply placed in a bowl topped with
meringue and baked for a simple dessert.
Quite apart from the consumption use, pulp is
great used in the garden for compost.
NOTE: When using the pulp, there may
be some pieces of fruit or vegetables
remaining. These should be removed
before using the pulp in any recipes.
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