Juicing celery has gained a lot of popularity since people have seen the benefits of this nutrient mineral and antioxidant dense beverage. It can become very costly quite quickly to purchase celery juice from the grocery store or your local cafe.
Choosing the best juicer for celery can easily save you hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars each year. I’ve taken a look at the best options on the market and have listed them below, from least expensive, to most. Additionally, there is some information about the health benefits of celery, how to begin a celery juice routine, and what makes a great celery juicer.
Here is a quick list of our top picks. You can read more about them below!
- Black + Decker Vegetable Juice Extractor
- Homevolts Slow Juicer
- FAMTOP Slow Masticating Juicer Extractor
- KOIOS Slow Masticating Juicer Extractor
- HUROM HP Slow Juicer
- Omega Juicer Extractor
- Tribest GSE-5010 Greenstar Elite Cold Press Juicer
What Are The Benefits of Juicing Celery?
Here are some potential benefits of drinking celery juice on a daily basis:
Antioxidants: Celery is packed with antioxidants, which help to remove free radicals from the body. This can help with cancer prevention. Two antioxidants, luteolin and polyacetylene, also have anti-inflammatory properties.
Disease Prevention: This juice could also help prevent jaundice, disease of the liver, gout, and various rheumatic disorders.
Reduces Blood Sugar: When blood sugar levels, blood pressure, and blood lipids are reduced, it can lead to improved mood, weight, and increased enzyme activity, meaning more energy.
Healthy Salts: The high salt content of celery provides the body with minerals and electrolytes, helping the body to better stay hydrated. It can also help the liver produce bile, which helps to reduce cholesterol and eliminate toxins.
Digestive Health: It’s been said that celery can support and possibly improve the function of the digestive tract. It works as a natural laxative as well, which can help you from feeling bloated and to pass toxins out of the digestive track more quickly.
Micro nutrients: You’ll get nearly an entire daily of vitamin K from one serving of celery juice. You’ll also get about 20% of your vitamin C and about 10% of vitamin A. Calcium, potassium, and magnesium are also abundant in this drink.
Nutrition Facts (for an 8 ounce cup of celery juice):
- Calories: 42
- Fat: 0g
- Sodium: 215mg
- Carbohydrates: 9g
- Fiber: 2g
- Sugars: 6g
- Protein: 2g
Eating Vs. Juicing Celery
You may wonder, is it just better for me to eat celery rather than drink it? The main drawback of juiced celery is that it omits much of the fiber from your beverage. The main advantage of drinking juiced celery is the high concentration of nutrients in each glass.
It takes about one bunch of celery to create a 16 ounce glass, meaning you would have to eat nearly all of that to get roughly the same amount of vitamins! Normally a person can only eat a few stalks, often with another high-calorie food such as peanut butter smeared on top. Not to mention it would be challenging to eat this much celery once you began to get full from the fiber.
It’s been mentioned that celery juice is better at helping with creating bile and cleaning the liver than the plant is on it’s own. This may be due to the high salt and mineral content found in the beverage.
How Do I Purchase & Store Celery?
Celery is easy to find in almost any store year round. Choose an organic celery if possible. You don’t need to purchase a pre-trimmed or pre-washed bunch since you will use the entire stalk for your juice. Look for celery that is bright and crisp. Make sure that the leaves or ends of the stalks are not too brown, soggy, or dried out. These are all signs that the bunch is older, and therefore will contain less nutrients.
When you get home, remove it from its plastic bag. You can wrap it in a dry towel or even wrap it in foil for extra freshness. Then place it in the crisper drawer of your fridge. This method should keep your celery fresh for up to two weeks. You can freeze it as well, although this may reduce some of the nutritional value of the bunch.
If you would like to save time, you can cut and rinse your celery beforehand so it is ready to go right into the juicer each morning.
How Much Celery Should I Drink Each Day?
Most juicing experts suggest drinking your celery juice on an empty stomach. Some people, particularly beginners, may have a hard time with this. Therefore, it’s recommended to drink your celery juice about fifteen minutes before your lunch or dinner. The meal afterwards will help calm the stomach if needed.
Start with 8 ounces a day. If this is a lot, go ahead and break your servings into two 4 ounce portions, following the rule of drinking on an empty stomach or before a meal. If this feels good, go ahead and increase your portion to 16 ounces a day.
You can gradually increase your amounts to 24 ounces and eventually 32 ounces to experience even greater benefits of this vegetable. However, 16 ounces with consistency should provide you with noticeable improvements.
If you’re experiencing stomach discomfort or having a hard time adjusting to the flavor of the drink, you can add a little cucumber or apple to your juice. Over time you can lessen the amount of apple or cucumber until your drink is entirely celery-based.
Try to avoid conventional celery if possible, and buy organic bunches. Since the juicing process concentrates the plant, it will also provide you with a pretty heavy dose of pesticides if they are present in your non-organic celery. Of course, not everyone can afford this, and I do believe it is better to drink conventional celery juice than none at all. A good way to reduce any toxins or unwanted additives is to rinse your conventional celery very well before use.
How To Pick The Best Juicer For Celery
Here are the four factors that are the most important when selecting your Celery Juicer:
Effective Extraction
It’s important that your juicer is able to extract as much juice from your celery as possible. If your juicer can’t do this, you’ll need to buy 30-50% more produce just to get the amount of liquid that a more efficient machine would produce with one batch!
You can tell that your juicer is efficient by the dryness of the pulp. If it is bone dry, you know you have gotten all the good stuff out. One tip for a juicer that produces wet pulp is to push it through the juicer 1 or 2 additional times to try to get more liquid out of it.
Speed & Temperature
The best type of juicer for celery is called a masticating juicer. This machine slowly breaks down the celery by smashing and mashing it, similar to the process of chewing food. This method is preferred because it does not get very hot, like a high-speed blade would. This creates a “cold-press” juice that has the maximum nutrient content available.
You can still get a lot of benefits from a fast juicer, also called a centrifugal force juicer. However you will want to drink it fast! Consume a juice made with a high-speed blade within the hour.
Cleanup Time
While cleaning your juicer may not seem like a primary concern, this time adds up when you are making celery juice every single day. When fruits and vegetables get caught in small hard to reach spots, they can dry on like cement and become tricky to clean. Some juicers come with small brushes that help you get into tiny hard to reach spots, which can save you a lot of time in the long run.
Price
If you’re juicing celery as a way to save money, it’s really important to factor in the cost of your machine. I’ve made sure to include a large range of prices, from low to high, in my suggestions below. This way you can be mindful on what machine will work best for you.
Let’s compare store-bought vs. homemade celery juice over the course of one year:
At my local grocery store, a bunch of organic celery is $2. If you purchase a machine for $200 and make 16 ounces (1 bunch) of juice a day, that breaks down to $2.54 cents a day. My local juicing cafe charges $6 for 16 ounces of celery juice.
Annual cost of homemade celery juice: $924.56
Annual cost of store-bought celery juice: $2,184
This is over $1000 in savings! Of course, there are additional factors. If you’re not juicing every day, the value may shift. The value of your juicer investment would also go up after this example of one year.
One more factor that is important is how many people you will be juicing for. You’ll get way more value if you’re making juice for a partner or even your whole family. However, in this case, you may want to invest more in a sturdy model or in a company that provides a great warranty.
Black + Decker Vegetable Juice Extractor
This juicer is an amazing deal, considering most machines can’t be purchased for under $50. It’s 400-watt motor is strong enough to handle a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including celery.
The pulp is a bit moist, and you can push it through the machine another time or two for a full extraction of liquid. The juice itself is clean and well filtered with minimal pulp. The feed tube is fairly small, so you may need to prep your produce before use.
The unit is fairly manageable and is easy to assemble. It is dishwasher safe but you will want to make sure you clean the mesh strainer carefully by hand. Some people report that cleaning the juicer takes a while, from 10 to 15 minutes.
This juicer, unlike all other ones on the list, is not a slow-masticating juicer. This means that each time you make your celery juice, you’ll need to drink it right away to get all of the vitamins. If you would like to make your juice once every few days and store it in the fridge, move on to the other options on this list to find a better fit.
Homevolts Slow Juicer
This juicer is an excellent deal. It is a simple system with 5 pieces total and a vertical shape that is perfect for smaller kitchens or a permanent setup that takes up minimal space. It is also a masticating juicer, which means it can produce cold pressed juice that will stay fresh for up to 3 days after extraction.
Usually extra features are reserved for higher-end machines. However, this juicer comes with a couple of additional components that will allow you to experiment with making more than just juice. It comes with a small mesh juice strainer, a large mesh strainer that can be used for making fresh jam, and a sorbet strainer that can be used with frozen fruit.
It also includes a small cleaning brush that is custom-designed to reach into hard to get areas for easy fast cleaning. It’s feeding chute is rather narrow but can easily fit in thin produce such as stalks of celery.
FAMTOP Slow Masticating Juicer Extractor
The FAMTOP Slow Masticating Juicer is an excellent value and great choice for a personal celery juicing machine. This juicer extracts juice at a speed of 80RPM and minimizes heat, foam, and oxidation in your beverage. This means that your celery juice will be completely cold pressed, well filtered, and can be stored for up to 72 hours in the fridge.
This juicer is easy to clean, assemble, and take apart. It’s also relatively sturdy for it’s price, and also comes with four stable feet that help make sure it stays put on your counter. It is BPA-free as well. All parts are dishwasher safe, excluding the motor. A convenient manual will instruct you on specific care.
It’s perfect for both soft and hard ingredients which is important if you want to make vegetable and fruit juices of all kinds. Just make sure to cut your produce into very small pieces if they are hard to avoid a clog. Speaking of clogging, there is a “reverse” feature on the machine that allows you to safely unclog it if it ever gets stuck.
KOIOS Slow Masticating Juicer Extractor
The KOIOS slow Masticating Juicer is a high quality cold-press juicer at a fair value. It is BPA-free and FDA-certified, making it safe for all uses. It’s auger, the part of the machine that breaks apart the produce, has a three stage spiral that is highly effective at extracting juice.
For celery, you’ll get about 78%-86% of the liquid extracted. For oranges, you can expect 82%-92% of the juice. Wheatgrass will yield about 80%-86% of the juice, and carrots will create about 60% – 70% of juice. As you can see, this juicer can handle all kinds of textures and types of fruits and vegetables. The machine also comes with a delicate filter that filters out almost all of the pulp.
The company offers a 10 year support plan where they will replace any broken parts on your machine for free, so you can rest assured that your juicer will be with you for longer than most other models.
HUROM HP Slow Juicer
While the HUROM HP Slow Juicer may be a smaller model, it makes up for its size in its strength. This makes this the longest lasting cold press juicer for one or two household members. It is also incredibly stylish and comes in several different colors. The vertical design of this machine also helps it to take up less counter space.
This machine breaks down fruits and vegetables in a unique way. It has a built-in cooling system and does not include blades. Instead, the system squeezes the juice out, which mimics hand juicing and minimizes damage to any of the nutrients in your plants.
The machine has a quiet motor, rotating at just 43 RPM. This means the machine is one-third quieter than a standard dishwasher! The company stands behind their product by providing a 10-year motor warranty.
Omega Juicer Extractor & Nutrition Center
The Omega Juicer is an industry standard cold press juicer. In addition to juicing, you can use this machine to grind coffee, mince herbs and vegetables, make soft serve out of frozen fruit, make nut butters, shape dough, and even puree homemade baby food. Since this is a larger and heftier model, it’s helpful that it is multifunctional.
Because of the complexity of this system, it may take a little time to learn how to assemble yoru machine and use it for all of the functions it’s built for.
This powerful juicer uses a dual extraction process that completely extracts juice from your fruits and vegetables. Customers have noted how dry the pulp has been after the process. Some say that this machine produces up to 30% more juice with celery and wheatgrass than it’s main competitors.
Although this machine is on the higher end price-wise for juicers, you’ll be making a long term investment. You can rest assured knowing that your entire machine is covered for parts and performance for 15 years after your purchase.
Tribest GSE-5010 Greenstar Elite Cold Press Juicer
The Tribest Green Start Elite Juicer is the best available personal juicer. This machine doubles as a highly efficient food processor, which makes it perfect for all sorts of labor-heavy kitchen-prep. Tribest has even sponsored independent lab tests that indicate that their system is able to extract up to 50%-200% more nutrients than a standard cold-press juicer.
If you’re interested in accessories, Tribest offers attachments for pasta-making and soft fruit juicing (which is often hard to do with an average juicer). You can also change the mesh filter on your machine to control the amount of pulp you would like in your juice.
Summary
As you can see, there are several affordable options for making cold pressed celery juice at home. Make sure to consider your personal lifestyle and celery juicing goals when selecting a juicer so you can choose one that works best for you.
Do you have a favorite juicer for celery? Leave a comment below and let us know what works best for you!
