One serving of wheatgrass juice contains the nutritional equivalent of 1.5 pounds of leafy greens. Wheatgrass may be more worthy of juicing than any other fruit or vegetable, and juicing it at home can save you a tremendous amount of money while quickly delivering the plant’s health benefits to you.
When you’re choosing the best wheatgrass juicer, you’ll want to consider the ease of use, the durability of the machine, price, and most importantly, how efficiently your juice will be extracted. Here are 5 great wheatgrass juicers that consumers love:
- The Original Healthy Juicer Manual Juicer Most lightweight & portable
- VEVOR Manual Wheatgrass Juicer Most durable manual juicer
- Homevolts Slow Juicer Most affordable electric juicer
- Omega Juicer Extractor & Nutrition Center Industry-standard juicer
- HUROM HP Slow Juicer Most gift-friendly & stylish juicer
The Original Healthy Juicer Manual Juicer
This juicer is the smallest and lightest option for wheatgrass juicers, weighing in at only 2 pounds and with dimensions of 5.51 x 8.27 x 7.48 inches. This juicer was designed to be versatile, mobile, simple, and easy to clean. The manufacturer boasts that you can clean up this juicer in 5 minutes or less, making it perfect for the busy juicer who doesn’t have a lot of prept time.
This juicer can be secured by both a secure-locking suction base and/or a table clamp, allowing you to flexibly use it on any surface. When you’re finished using the device, you can break it down into it’s 5 main components and store it efficiently (such as in a small box or tupperware container) in your home.
Users have reported that the leftover wheatgrass is bone dry, meaning that this juicer has excellent extraction rates. Occasionally, wheatgrass and other leafy greens will produce foam in the machine. Many juicer suggest adding firmer moist produce such as apples or carrots to help reduce this effect.
VEVOR Manual Wheatgrass Juicer
The VEVOR Manual Wheatgrass Juicer is a small, lightweight, and manual machine, perfect for those who want a unit that is easy to store and portable. While many manual juicers rely on a table clamp, this one is secured with a suction cup base, making it easy to use on a variety of surfaces. It’s made out of stainless steel which is durable and safe to use with your wheatgrass.
It’s also anti-rust, meaning that the screw shaft (the part that grinds your grass will stay sharp and functional for the long-term.
This juicer also comes with a small amount of accessories: a cup for collecting juice, a pestle that helps you to quickly feed wheatgrass into the machine, a wrench for disassembling the juicer as needed, a small hook that helps you pull out the plant filter, a spare filter, and a brush for easy cleaning.
This juicer can also be used with aloe, celery, cabbage, apples, grapes, and oranges. Because of the soft exterior and water content of these plants, they are notoriously challenging to juice, making this juicer very handy for those looking to work with produce that normal electronic juicers cannot handle.
Homevolts Slow Juicer
This juicer is an excellent value, making it perfect for beginning wheatgrass juicers. It is a simple system with only 5 parts and has a convenient vertical shape that is perfect for smaller kitchens or a permanent setup. It is also a masticating juicer, which means it can produce cold pressed wheatgrass juice that will stay fresh for up to 3 days after extraction and preserve most of the plants’ nutrients.
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.
Omega Juicer Extractor & Nutrition Center
The Omega Juicer is an industry standard in the juicer world. It works great with wheatgrass and much more. 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’s a multipurpose machine.
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, especially for beginners. However, it’s a great investment for those looking to make wheatgrass juicing and beyond a long-term addition to their lifestyles.
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, which can save you a tremendous amount of money in the longrun.
You can rest assured knowing that your entire machine is covered for parts and performance for 15 years after your purchase.
HUROM HP Slow Juicer
While the HUROM HP Slow Juicer may be a smaller model, it compensates 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, making it a perfect gift item. The vertical design of this machine also helps it to take up less counter space.
This machine breaks down wheatgrass 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 its product by providing a 10-year motor warranty.
Benefits Of Wheatgrass
You may think that wheatgrass is the same as the grass in your lawn, however there are some very special properties of this plant that make it exceptionally nutrient-dense. Wheatgrass is the young plant of wheat, putting it on par with microgreens and shoots. Younger plants have a higher nutrient density since they are working hard to grow quickly into their mature versions. This makes them optimal for consumption, and allows us to get more benefits while using less of the plant overall.
Here are some additional benefits to get excited about when you begin your wheatgrass juicing journey:
Lots Of Nutrients can be found in wheatgrass, such as iron, potassium, magnesium, calcium, vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, chlorophyll, and amino acids.
Supported Weight Loss The proteins and antioxidants in your wheatgrass shots may boost metabolism which can help you more efficiently burn calories in your food or when resting.
Supports Digestive Health Although there have been no conclusive studies, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence of wheatgrass helping to reduce inflammation in the stomach, calming down issues such as bloating, diarrhea, and rectal bleeding.
Helps To Fight Infections Wheatgrass is useful for treating antibiotic-resistant infections as well as certain strains of strep throat.
Improves Cholesterol The antioxidants in wheatgrass may help to reduce the buildup of plaque in your arteries. Therefore, regular use of wheatgrass may reduce the damaging effects of a high-fat diet.
Better Blood Sugar A study on diabetic rats demonstrated that wheatgrass can dramatically reduce and rebalance blood sugar levels when consumed daily.
What Type Of Juicer Is Best For Wheatgrass?
It’s important to use a manual or slow-masticating (cold-press) juicer when making your wheatgrass juice. If you use a high energy juicer with blades, it is very likely that the strands of grass will slick to the side of the juicer and won’t efficiently process your juice.
While slow-masticating juicers come in various speeds, make sure that yours is 80 RPM or less. Slower speeds mean that more juice can be pressed out of your wheatgrass. Although this slows down the juicing process, you will likely only make “shots” rather than full glasses of juice.
Another reason to choose a slow-masticating juicer is because it preserves the vitamins in your wheatgrass since they are exposed to very little heat. That means that juice produced by this type of juicer can last in your fridge for up to 3 days, while other juices need to be drank immediately before they start oxidizing and losing their nutritional value.
How Do I Juice Wheatgrass Without A Juicer?
In true homesteader fashion, I believe it’s important to have access to fresh nutritional juices whether or not you have the budget for a juicer. Here is a quick method for juicing wheatgrass with the use of a blender and cheesecloth:
You’ll Need:
-Fresh Wheatgrass
-Cheesecloth
-Scissors
-Filtered Water
-Blender
- Make sure to harvest your wheatgrass immediately before juicing to preserve as many nutrients in the plant as possible.
- Cut the wheatgrass just above the soil level.
- Place the wheatgrass blades into your blender and add an equal amount of water. The amount of water can be adjusted depending on the strength you would like your drink to be.
- Blend the wheatgrass and water mixture for about 1 minute, until you see the wheatgrass completely pulverized.
- Place your cheesecloth over the glass that you’ll use for drinking. Pour the contents of the blender into the cheesecloth.
- Twist the cheesecloth into a ball and press the juice into the glass.
- Drink your wheatgrass shot immediately or add it to a smoothie.
That’s all there is to it!
Summary
Wheatgrass juicing is one of the best ways to get optimal nutrient benefits from a plant. Each wheatgrass juicer listed in this article will give you the most efficient amount of juice extracted in each use, saving you lots of money and time once you stop making trips to the local juice shop.
Which juicer works best for your wheatgrass shots? Let me know in the comments below!
