Juicing Recipes

Vitality 4 Life have some great ideas for making the most out of your juicer. These recipes can be used as part of your daily juicing routine, or you can experiment with your own ideas.

Our Juicers will make it an easy and fun process!

PESTO

1 ½ cups of basil
finger thick bunch of parsley
1 clove garlic
1 cup pine nuts (or pistachio)
Juice of ½ lemon
2 tsp olive oil
Braggs Amino Acids

Feed the basil, parsley, garlic and pine nuts through the Oscar using the mincing function. Mix the oil and lemon juice into the paste until smooth. Spice with Braggs.

SPROUTED CHICKPEA HUMMUS

1 ½ cups soaked , sprouted and drained chick peas
½ cup chopped spring onion
½ cup chopped parsley
¼ cup lemon juice
Big squeeze of orange or lemon juice
2 tbls hulled tahini
1 tbls honey or maple syrup
2 tbls Bragss liquid aminos
Pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
Ginger (optional)

Feed chickpeas, parsley, spring onion into Oscar using the mincing screen and drum cap. Thoroughly mix all other ingredients together and serve.

MAX SALSA

4 ripe tomatoes
½ red or green capsicum
½ stick celery
1 small onion
1 clove garlic
1-2 tbsp fresh coriander
1/3 tsp cumin
Braggs liquid aminos
Cayenne pepper or fresh chilli

Cut and feed all ingredients into chute alternatively. Mix well and serve vegetable sticks or rice crackers made with the Oscar Vital Max.

JUICED TOMATOES AND HERB SOUP

8 tomatoes
2 carrots
Pinch of sea salt
Pinch of black pepper
1 tsp. fresh dill
2-3 basil leaves
1 tsp olive oil

SWEET GRASS

2 carrots
1 orange
30mls wheatgrass
Ginger to taste

WHEATGRASS WHIP

30mls wheatgrass
1 green apple
½ lime

WHEATGRASS, BARLEY GRASS OR ALFALFA JUICE

Place a bunch of wheatgrass (about ¾ inch diameter) tip down into the feeding Chute. Feed carrots and other desired fruits or vegetables into the chute for a milder tasting combination for those who haven’t tried pure wheatgrass juice before.

APPLE AND CELERY JUICE

5-6 apples
3-4 celery stalks
Juice alternatively.

Apples build resistance to infection, have anti- cancer benefits and are great for healthy hair, skin and fingernails. Celery assists in the elimination of carcinogens and has a calming effect on the nervous system.

GRAPE  & WATERMELON JUICE

Watermelon
Bunch of grapes without the stems
Juice alternatively.

Watermelon assists in flushing the kidneys and bladder, assists in digestions and the eliminations of uric acid that may cause gout.

CARROT JUICE

4 medium carrots
4 tomatoes
2 stalks celery
1 clove garlic
small bunch of parsley or some fresh basil leaves

Carrots have carotene, which is a natural protection against sunburns. Celery is rich in vitamin C. Garlic defeats high blood pressure and cholesterol, to name but a few of its many benefits. Basil is rich in calcium and has a delicious flavour. Parsley is packed with iron. A healthy juicing recipe!

Discover all the health benefits of Living Juice with the Vitality 4 Life range of healthy juicers

Which Juicer is Right for Me?

Vitality 4 Life distributes the 3 Best Juicers in the World! The Greenpower Hippocrates Twin Gear, Oscar Neo DA 1000 & The Champion 2000+. Purchasing a juicer is a 20 year descion so we want to ensure you make the right choice.

Firstly, you will need to detirmine what you want to juice, how often & for how many people. Depending on individual needs, we can assist you to choose the perfect juicer for you and your family.

There are 3 main types of Juicers:

Twin Gear Juice Extractor. Twin Gears contain magnetic and bio-ceramic technologies which work together to generate an overflow of positive ions, increasing the life and vitality of the juice (stays alive for up to 72 hours). The extraction rate has improved by 5-10%, as the stainless steel twin gears mesh closer together than ever before, opening the cellulose wall and allowing the enzymes and nutrients to be suspended in colloidal form, making them more accessible to the body.

Perfect for Raw Food Enthusiast or someone who wants highest quantity of living nutrients & enzymes.

Single Gear Juicer. Using a 3-step ager crushing system, with mortar & pestle action to keep nutrients & enzymes alive for 48 Hours. A gentle and slow-turning action is capable of not only juicing but creating an array of dips, frozen desserts, pasta, noodles & much more. Our single gear Juicers are quiet, and extremley easy to clean.

Perfect for the family and house-hold domestic use.

Masticating Juicer. This process chews the fibres and breaks up the cellulose fibre of fruits and vegetables. Using a slow turning cutter that prevents friction heat, masticating juicers are designed to avoid destruction of essential vitamins, proteins and enzymes. Masticating Juicers are High Volume Juicers.

Perfect for users who want a high volume of juice whilst still retaining nutrients & enzymes.

Depending on which type of Cold-Press Juicer you are looking for, we have a range of Juicers which will suit individual needs.

Greenpower Hippocrates Twin Gear Juicer

The Greenpower Hippocrates twin gear juicer is an excellent living juicer which extracts the highest yield from the largest variety of fruits and vegetables including wheatgrass and leafy greens. Doubling as a (living) food processor, you can make nut butters, frozen fruit ice creams, puree and much more.

RRP NZ$849.00

Oscar Neo DA 1000
The Oscar Neo Living Juicer is our newest & most advanced Single Gear Juicer with a pulp adjusting knob, previously only available on far more expensive twin gear machines! Also, easily doubles as a living food processor - easily creating nut butters, pasta, noodles & much more - whilst still being so easy to clean!

RRP NZ$695.00

Champion 2000+

The Champion 2000+ adds a new dimension to the concept of versatility. World renowned for the ice-cream it produces, it can then reinvent itself and make flour! Invented in 1954, the Champion has a reputation of being the best Masticating Juicer in the world!

RRP NZ$659.00

We are here to help! If you require additional information on any of our Juicers, please call us on +64800882924

Juicer FAQ’s

Did you know you can make frozen fruit ice-cream in a juicer! How about which juicer is best for wheatgrass? Our most commonly asked questions about juicers are answered here.

What is a conventional / centrifugal juicer?

Centrifugal juicers work by using a flat cutting blade on the bottom of a rapidly spinning strainer. The cut produce is forced against the juicing strainer through the use of centrifugal force. This force separates the juice from the pulp through the tiny holes in the juicing strainer.

While still hugely popular these juicers do have their downfalls. They are noisy, the high spinning speed creates a lot of heat that destroys vital nutrients, and they clog often throughout the juicing process so continuous juicing is not possible. Probably the greatest fall back of the Centrifugal Juicer is the effort required to clean these machines. The strainers are huge and can be a real pain to clean, they can’t do wheatgrass or leafy green vegetables and as the pulp builds up in the strainers the efficiency falls rapidly. The process also involves drawing a lot of air into the machine, which oxygenates the fruit and vegetables and therefore produces a ‘dying’ juice.

This is probably why so many good intentions fall by the wayside as the effort starts to outweigh the rewards.

Vitality 4 Life has pioneered the new fleet of Healthy Juicers into New Zealand. These new juicers are not centrifugal but “Masticating” and work by crushing/chewing the produce instead of cutting it. They have been proven to produce not only more juice but also a higher quality of juice with more of the vital nutrients and enzymes intact. We call this “Living Juice” and this is one of the main reasons so many health nuts and raw foodists have started raving about them.

So what juicers do Vitality 4 Life recommend?

In our experience any juicer is better than none and definitely better than pre-packaged juice, but if you want a juicer that is easy to clean and gives you more juice for your money then choose a “Masticating” or “Cold Press” Juicer.

For the general family:
A reasonably priced juicers that is easy to clean and the whole family can use.

For the health inclined:
The best single gear juicer you can buy.

For the Chef:
Versatile and powerful the champion juicer is a complete kitchen appliance.

For the Raw Foodist:
Magnetic Twin Gears give this juicer the edge in nutritional content.

Compare our Juicers

We feel we stock the best juicers in the world, and with good reason. But how do you choose between them?

Below are our most popular juicers and below them is a Juicer Comparison Chart, so you can compare our juicers side by side.

For the health inclined:
The best single gear juicer you can buy.

For the Chef:
Versatile and powerful the champion juicer is a complete kitchen appliance.

For the Raw Foodist:
Magnetic Twin Gears give this juicer the edge in nutritional content.

	Champion 2000 Juicer	Oscar VitalMax 900 Juicer	Greenpower Hippocrates Twin Gear Juicer
Weight	11kgs	7.8kgs	8.7kgs
Colors	Grey, Almond, White, Black	Chrome, White	White
Gears	Masticating	Single Gear Auger	Twin Gear Screw Press
RPM	1425	80	180
Input Voltage	90-240V	90-240V	90-240V
Warranty	10 years on motor, 3 years on parts.	20 year waranty on motor / 5 years on parts.	12 years on motor and parts.

For more Juicer Comparisons please visit www.juicercomparisons.co.uk, they have a large range of juicers. cold press and centrifugal, that you can compare against each other as well as consumer reviews. It's a great resource for anyone trying to find the right juicer.

What is Living Juice?

The concept of living juice was first introduced by Dr. Norman Walker (1874-1983). Walker declared that the enzymes in fruit and vegetables die at temperatures which exceed 50 degrees Celsius. Walker explained that any juice extractor that used high-speed blade or centrifuge created friction heat leading to the destruction of enzymes. Nutritionists advise plenty of fresh, raw fruit and vegetables as essential to well-being but we only obtain the maximum benefits from them when the goodness is released from the fibre. Juicing is an effective method, a highly concentrated nutrient drink. For optimum benefits the process must extract the goodness without destroying vital elements through heat. Living juice extracted at a low temperature holds up to 60% more nutrients - minerals, vitamins and living enzymes - for a nutritionally superior juice.

Non-Living Juice
Pre-packed juices lose much of their goodness in the bottling process, and the mass production methods of the fruit and vegetables can leave residual contaminants. Juicing machines will allow you to take control of the quality of the produce, but extraction methods can still destory vital nutrients, vitamins and living enzymes. Essential enzymes in fruit and vegetable juice die at temperatures exceeding 50 degrees Celsius. Any juicer extractor using a high-speed blade or centrifuge creates friction heat and destroys the vital nutrients. Only Living Juice extractors like the Oscar Vital Max and Greenpower Hippocrates create the superior Living Juice.

Superior Juice
Maximise the benefits of juicing and give you body optimum goodness. Unlock the key elements from the fibre in fruit and vegetable without destorying vital nutrients and living enzymes. The unique juice extracting methods which achieve Living Juice, are available through Vitality 4 Life’s Products. The exceptional juicers are the Oscar single gear juicers and the twin gear Hippocrates by Greenpower.

Living Juice - for optimum health and vitality, naturally achieve healthy living, fight aliments and provide a powerful energy source for detoxing.