Which is better a slow juicer or blender?

Which is better often depends on the user's purposes, slow juicers and blenders both have different functions. Both can be used to make juice, but the way it is made and the final substance are a big difference.

You can use a blender for more purposes than just juicing. For example, use it to make delicious cocktails or refreshing smoothies. If you specifically juice only vegetables or fruits and you like slightly less thick juice, we recommend a slow juicer. The blender makes juice in a different way than the slow juicer, with the blender it is slightly thicker. If you are not so fond of pulp, it is better to use a slow juicer. The pulp does contain a lot of fiber which is healthy.

What is the advantage of a slow juicer?

A slow juicer is perfect for people who like a real glass of fresh juice. You turn it on and you put in whole pieces of fruit. These are slowly pressed, as the name kind of gives away, into a juice full of healthy substances. For example, you can make delicious ginger shots with it to start your day healthy. What is quite special is that with the slow juicer you can make fresh nut milk, delicious for example for breakfast when you are lactose intolerant, then you can start the day well. A slow juicer definitely belongs in your kitchen equipment when the word healthy suits you!

What is the advantage of a blender?

You can use a blender for many different things, for example: milkshakes, smoothies, sauces and soups to name a few. Just be careful what type of blender you have, not every blender can grind ice or frozen fruits. This is best done with a power blender that has at least 1200 watts. For soups you have a special soup blender, it even makes the soup warm right away too. When you use a blender the ingredients usually go in whole, this preserves all the fiber and vitamins. Just under the skin of a pear, for example, there are the most vitamins. The pear, or other fruit, with skin is ground with the blender all the way to a sometimes slightly lumpy juice. The peel is ground into a pulp. The pulp contains a lot of fiber that is good for your digestion and bowel movement, in addition to giving you a long-lasting feeling of satiety. So it fills better to take a drink from the blender than the slow juicer.

The difference between slow juicer and blender

The biggest difference is that a slow juicer slowly squeezes the juice out of fruits and vegetables, you get a nice juice. You throw away the pulp left in the machine. With a blender, a piece of fruit goes into the machine whole and you use it all. In addition, you can't juice hard vegetables or fruits with a blender. You beat an apple to a pulp with a blender and it doesn't really become a juice. And you can't get anything resembling juice out of a carrot or piece of ginger, either. You can, however, make other things with a blender such as milkshakes or smoothies, so it is multifunctional.

So the juice from a blender is generally a bit thicker and contains more fiber. This is because the pulp is not left behind with a blender, the slow juicer does not grind everything so because of this it is not in there. Because there is no pulp in the juice from the slow juicer you get a slightly thinner and clear juice. We also recommend with a slow juicer to make some crackers or muffins with it so you do get fiber without the pulp.

The difference between slow juicer and blender

The slowjuicer and the blender both have their own good properties, but which device is better? This depends especially on how you want to use it, the slowjuicer can of course make wonderfully clear juice. The blender is multifunctional and can also make smoothies, milkshakes or soup in addition to juice. If you have soft and juicy fruit, you can make something that looks like a juice, but with harder fruit you actually need a liquid addition.

Which is better depends on how you prefer to drink the juice and whether you also want to use it for other things. If you are only going to make juice and do not keep Val Pulp, the Slowjuicer is recommended. If you want to make other things in addition to making juice, the blender is a good choice to add to your kitchen appliances.

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