can i easily juice spinach &amp; other leafy greens with this? or is it just for wheatgrass?
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To be honest, I don't know. I've only done wheatgrass in this. I'm thinking though that it would be ok for other leafy greens since it's the auger type of juicer. Good luck to you on that!
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It's not the best juicer for greens or wheat grass but it does an ok job with the greens when combine with fruits or veggies that have high water/juice content like carrots, watermelom, cucumber, etc. If you plan to juice a lot of greens I would recommend you get a slow masticating juicer.
160209
Hi,We haven't done wheat grass in it. We love the juicer though. Good luck!
1576973
I think it works quite well for greens, considering that it isn't an auger juicer. You can't juice wheatgrass, but if I cram in greens, so the whole chute is filled tight, greens work pretty well. For kale, use the frilly type, and put it in "head first" with the stems sticking up top to push down on.
435336
I have used spinach and kale. I found that if I chop them up first using my hand chopper from Pampered Chef, it works better. Otherwise, the leaves aren't blended real well. Even then, there is still some texture. I am a newbie, though, and have only been doing it for a few weeks and have no experience with any other similar gadgets.
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I have tried juicing wheatgrass with this juicer, however I feel it seems to be a bit wasteful compared to a juicer specifically for wheatgrass.
312240
is it perfect for greens? No. however with a little practice and trial and error i have been happy with the amount of juice i get. try rolling the kale or spinach up tight and running through with cucumber or zucchini.all said would not trade for any other juicer
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Vertical Auger juicers are "adequate" but not the best to juice wheatgrass. I have juiced wheatgrass in this machine and it does fine. But I"m not juicing wheatgrass only, i've combined wheatgrass with other ingredients. For this purpose it does well. If your looking to juice mostly or strictly wheatgrass I would look at the horizontal auger style juicers IE: Omega 8006 or buy a dedicated wheatgrass juicer. If you looking to juice wheatgrass as well as other fruits and veggies then this does a good job. Hope this helps
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This is great for greens! My boyfriend makes a green juice every day and we have has the same machine for over 2 years. He uses kale, spinach, lemon, cucumber, apple, celery and ginger.
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I juiced spinach for the first time and it did a great job of juicing it. I didn't think there was going to be much but it truned out to be the right amount. The second time I added oranges for flavor and that mad eit tastier. So yes does great on spincah. Also depends on the amount of spinach I use a whole bag to get the right amount so now I know the amount I need. I noticed a comment that on person had to reuse the pulp to get more juice well theres nothing wrong with that and that could be done with any type juicer.
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Hi S. Sudduth, an acme will NOT juice wheat grass. The manual juicers are the BEST for extracting the driest wheat grass leavings, HOWEVER if you want a juicer that will juice veg. fruit and wheat grass, I would suggest getting a Samson Juicer, because 1. it is a 6 and 1 juicer/oil expeller/pasta maker/veggie slicer/juicer/herb juicer including wheat grass and pine needles/meat grinder (only so-so on that, it mostly tore the meat not grind). It is easy to clean, can make banana ice cream without special blades, and honestly, I have found it good for everything BUT old fruit: it tends to foam up quite a bit. If you decide to do old apples, I would suggest asking Samson for a sleeve (like a norwalk sleeve, but closed on one side) so you can squeeze the juice from the pulp that is so thick, you'll need to do this. The price? Under 289.00 the last time I saw them. Next would be a champion juicer, the last would be a norwalk because of their costs being so prohibited. I would NOT recommend a centristical juicer (this is what a LaLanne and Acme are) because they spin the juice out away from the barrel filter for anything but fruit and veggie juicing and would recommend that you DON"T use this for seeded fruits like grapes, because it is hard on the machine and the blades tend to spit the seeds everywhere. Manual juicers for Wheatgrass are fine, but very time consuming and hard on the arms, if you are doing any volume.
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It juices all sorts of greens...even lettuce. I also juiced parsley but I wrapped it into a tight ball inside of the leaves of something else. Hope this helps you!
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It is perfect for that. You will be shocked when you see how much juice it gets from wheatgrass!
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It is not very good with leafy stuff. Celery also leaves a lot of fiber stuck on the blade and eventually starts to heat the juice (not a good thing). That being said I am very satisfied with the product. Been using it twice a day ever since I bought it. Easy to clean and very effective in juice making. Also used it for almond butter. Excellent results. That's my 2 cents.
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This juicer is excellent on anything that is "leafy". I have used it on kale, cabbage, spinach... it works very well. The pulp which comes out is very dry. You can always pass the pulp through the juicer one more time to get those extra drops. Hope this helps.
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Yes, it does work with wheatgrass. However, this machine makes the juicing process awkward and laborious as the suction cup feet continually loses gripping power, causing the machine to move around quite a bit. Also, on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the best and 1 being poor), I would rate the amount of juice extraction a 2.
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I don't know what you mean by a "blender thing". If you refer to a blender, you will blend the wheat grass not juice it. Since the fibers in wheat grass are pretty tough juicing is recommend, but if you blend it very well in a smoothie it might be ok.