The best juicers ensure you can enjoy refreshing fruit and vegetable juice at home, rather than heading to a juice and smoothie bar, or picking up pre-made juices from the grocery store.
Whether you’re looking to take your breakfast to the next level by adding freshly squeezed orange juice to your toast and coffee, or you’re simply looking to meet your five-a-day target through a nutrient-packed beverage, the best juicers can help.
If you’re looking to make smoothies then consider one of the best blenders, which blitz the whole fruit into a silky smooth liquid, rather than just extracting the juice. Discover more about how the two kitchen appliances differ by reading juicers vs blenders.
Juice extractors come in two types; centrifugal juicers, which are fast and more affordable, and best cold press juicers. Also known as slow juicers or masticating juicers, cold press juicers are slower and more expensive but extract more juice from fruit and vegetables. You can find out exactly what is a cold press juicer, in our article.
Many of the best juicers also come with attachments so you can create nut butters, fresh pasta, and even grind coffee as well as extract juice.
There’s a wide array of models to choose from when it comes to picking the best juicer; with brands such as Breville and Smeg, which also produce some of the best coffee makers, nestling alongside dedicated juicer manufacturing Kuvings and Nama. So we’ve put a number of designs from the biggest players in the juicing market to the test to help you decide which is the best juicer you can buy in 2021.
The best juicers 2021: ranked
If you’re looking for the best juicer you can buy, and money is no object, then the Nama 5800 will be right up your street. We were extremely impressed with this juicer, which is neat and compact, and achieved some of the highest juice yields (the amount of juice compared to the original weight of fruit and vegetables) we’ve ever seen.
It’s simple to use and comes with three interchangeable strainers, which allow you to make smoothies and sorbet as well as refreshing juices. We found the juice it extracted, both from soft fruits and harder, fibrous fresh produce, was clear and fifth-free.
The feed chute is not as wide as some juicer we tested, so you will to chop larger fruits up before you begin juicing, but this really is a minor gripe on what is the best juicer we’ve tested to date.
Read our full review: Nama Vitality 5800
The Kuvings Cold Press Juicer is available in six stylish colors including Champagne Gold, Gunmetal, Red and Black. It comes with a comprehensive recipe book for drinks such as Red Vitamin Radish Juice, which features radishes, tomatoes, carrots, and lemons. There’s also a Tomato Soup that includes pulp from juiced potatoes, cabbage, onion, carrot and tomato.
The Kuvings Cold Press Juicer doesn’t come cheap, but with its relatively heavy base and stylish body you can tell you’re paying for a durable, serious piece of kit. While making a green juice, we were impressed at how well the machine tackled the ingredients and in particular how quickly it juiced drier ingredients such as broccoli and spinach.
The machine can handle a whole apple and was the quietest machine in our test – reaching a mere 80 decibels when chewing a floret of broccoli. It took 26 seconds to juice half an apple, efficiently chewing the skin and producing a decent amount of juice. Meanwhile, it took around 20 seconds to devour a stick of celery, which did need to be prodded a few times with the pusher. Safety-wise the machine won’t start unless the red dots are aligned correctly and the feeding chute is rather tall so hands can’t go near the drum. The froth on the green juice we produced was noticeably thicker on this design compared to others in our test, but this was easily separated when we poured the juice into a cup.
Read our full Kuvings EVO820 Evolution Cold Press Juicer review
With a 70oz/ 2L lidded jug and 3.6 qt/ 3.4L pulp container, this is the juicer to plump for if you want to make large quantities of juice in one go. We were impressed at just how clear the juice produced by the Breville the Juice Fountain Cold was, and the fact there was no pulp included in the juice either. .
Known as the Sage the Nutri Juicer Cold in the UK, this is a centrifugal juicer but it features ‘Cold Spin Technology’ which the brand claims will ensure the juicer stays cool, despite its high spin speed to avoid any heat damage to vitamins and minerals during the juicing process.
If you’re a fan of kale shots, then this isn’t the juicer for you, as it struggled to extract much juice from leafy greens, but considering its mid-range price tag, we think is definitely a juicer worth considering.
Read our full review: Breville the Juice Fountain Cold
Unlike the other juicers in our round-up, the Sage 3X Bluicer Pro doubles up as a blender. On first look, its informative LED control panel display stands out. This navigates you through the controls and lets you adjust the speed, which is a feature we think is lacking on standard juicer appliances.
In our round-up of best juicers, we found the Sage to be the noisiest design, gearing up to a hefty 91 decibels when juicing a floret of broccoli. It came up top in terms of speed, however, juicing an apple in just 10 seconds. Inside the box you’ll find an instruction manual and Juicing Speed Selection Guide, and this came in very helpful when we were trying to work out which speed to juice certain foods. A grapefruit for example is classed as a soft fruit and needs to be on a slow and steady level 1, while a carrot will need ramping up to fast and furious level 10.
Read our full Sage 3X Bluicer Pro review
The attractive retro body on the Smeg SJF01 Slow Juicer certainly looks good on the worktop, but its basic functions are a little less luxurious. Designed to match Smeg’s iconic range of 1950s small and large appliances, this juicer comes with all the basics including a fine and coarse strainer, a juice jug with lid, a pulp container and two cleaning brushes.
In our test it did well to juice the celery, which could be easily inserted into the chute once chopped and coaxed down with the pusher and took just 10 seconds to turn into a clear green juice. Sound ramped up to 89 decibels when juicing the broccoli floret so it was one of the noisier designs in our test, but the juice came out surprisingly smooth, with minimal froth on top.
Like many of the designs in our test, the Smeg will only work when slotted into place correctly. We did, however, find ourselves having to hold onto the pusher when juicing harder fruits to prevent the juicer body from shaking on the worktop.
Read our full Smeg SJF01 Slow Juicer review
This is a great entry-level juicer for those on a budget. With two-speed settings, it’s easy to use, and the dishwasher-safe components meaning cleaning it is a breeze too.
It’s effective at producing plenty of juice from fruit and vegetables, but in our tests, the juices we created weren’t completely smooth and had a large layer of froth on top too. The Nutribullet Juicer also struggled to produce much juice from leafy green vegetables, such as kale, although this is what we’d expect from a centrifugal juicer.
A compact and neat juicer, the Nutribullet has a wide feed chute, so you don’#t have to waste time chopping fresh produce, and the recipe booklet offers plenty of inspiration for those new to juicing. If you’re on a budget, this is juicer worth considering.
Read our full review: Nutribullet Juicer
How we test juicers
To find the best juicers we’ve spent hours in the kitchen putting the top models to the test to make a green juice from broccoli, celery, pears and ginger, while also juicing carrots, oranges and apples. As well as evaluating how smooth the drinks are and how fast they’re dispensed, we’re also looking for whether bitterness from the pith and pulp has tainted the taste of the juice, how much foam has been created in the drink and if there’s any remaining fresh produce in the appliance that hasn’t been juiced.
For each model we rate how loud they are, how durable and easy to clean the body and parts are, if the chute is wide enough for whole fruits and vegetables or whether they need to be chopped before juicing, and if it splashes and drips during and after use.
What to consider when buying a juicer
As we’ve already mentioned there are two different types of juicer to choose from if you’re looking to invest in an appliance that can extract liquid from fruit and vegetables.
Centrifugal juicers use a flat blade and spinning strainer to create fresh juice, and work best on firmer fruits and veggies. They’re faster and more affordable than cold press juicers but they’re noisier and create more heat which can break down the nutrients in the fruit quicker than slow juicers.
Slow juicers, as the name suggests, take their time breaking down fruit and vegetables to ensure as many nutrients as possible are retained and every drop of juice is extracted. They’re more expensive than centrifugal juicers but this can be cost-effective in the long run as you’ll get a higher yield of juice.
Many juicers come with a range of different sized-strainers, which means you can control how much pulp, if any, is retained in the juice, and for those that dislike froofth on freshly squeezed juice, look for models that include a froth separator.
Also consider the size of the juicer and where you’re going to keep it, and any accessories it comes with, as well as how time consuming it is to clean.
Juicers vs blenders
Juicers have been designed to extract the liquid from fresh produce. As we’ve covered above, there are a few different types of juicers and some use sharp blades to break down the fruits and veggies, whereas others slowly press the ingredients to release the liquid. Once the juice has been created, you’ll have the leftover parts of your produce.
Blenders work differently because rather than extracting juices, they break down the entire contents of the blending jug to create a smooth mixture and don’t leave anything behind. For a full round-up of the pros and cons of both juicers and blenders, head to our feature on Juicers vs blenders: what’s the difference?
How to clean a juicer
Cleaning a juicer isn’t always easy, especially as there are lots of small crevices where fruit or veggies can get stuck and start to build-up. Staying on top of the cleanliness of your juicer will help keep your juice tasting as fresh as possible while ensuring the machine is hygienic too.
To give your juicer a deep clean, switch it off and unplug it, and then take all the removable parts off the machine so that you can clean them. Place all loose parts in warm water and add some dish soap – you can give these a scrub with a cloth or a scrubbing brush. If this isn’t enough to remove stubborn build-up, rinse the parts in water and then soak them in white vinegar.
For the smaller and more awkward parts of the juicer that seem impossible to reach, you might need to invest in some micro scrubbing brushes. You can pick up scrubbing brushes designed to reach awkward areas at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
You can use a spoon or a spatula to remove the pulp from the machine and press a small sponge inside the pulp tray to soak up any bits of pulp that are stuck behind.