How much can you fit? A whole apple? Tomatoes? Cucumber bits? How does this compare to juicing?
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You can put in large chunks, whole berries, cut up frozen bananas in 2" PCs, veggies, etc. The single most important thing is DO NOT fill over the MAX line!!! Add water or juice UP to that line, to make the shake thinner for drinking. Its fun & tasty.
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Since others have answered on quantity, I will just point out that if you want to puree tomatoes, this is not the best machine for that. It turns pieces of tomato into blah pink foam.
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Yes, I usually add a whole apple (cut up in order to not include the seeds), a whole banana, spring mix, yogurt, nuts and pineapple juice. Tastes great. I like it better than juicing because the pulp is not extracted. I'm happy with the purchase.
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In the small container I put kale, baby spinach ( 1 cup each) a banana, at least a cup of berries and some other fruit like half an apple or peach. Then fill to the line liquid of your choice. I use water, juice or almond milk usually. I like this better than juicing. It's less messy and you get all the fiber as well as nutrients.
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I use the largest container that comes in the box (two small, one large) and can make a smoothie for my wife and I each morning. It's probably half the volume you can achieve with the Vitamix 750? I would estimate that 2 whole apples, some cucumber bits, water, and some frozen berries would fit. As to compare with juicing: you get the pulp! I had a juicer before and you just get a sugar blast. Ick!Two favs: (1) water, whole banana (and a 1/4 frozen banana), avocado, tsp vanilla, tsp honey(2) water, 4 large kale leaves, handful of frozen blueberries, scoop fortified yeast, tbsp udol's oil, tbsp chia seeds, tbsp camu camu powder, scoop of vega sport protein (vanilla) I use the largest container that comes in the box (two small, one large) and can make a smoothie for my wife and I each morning. It's probably half the volume you can achieve with the Vitamix 750? I would estimate that 2 whole apples, some cucumber bits, water, and some frozen berries would fit. As to compare with juicing: you get the pulp! I had a juicer before and you just get a sugar blast. Ick!Two favs: (1) water, whole banana (and a 1/4 frozen banana), avocado, tsp vanilla, tsp honey(2) water, 4 large kale leaves, handful of frozen blueberries, scoop... » Read More I use the largest container that comes in the box (two small, one large) and can make a smoothie for my wife and I each morning. It's probably half the volume you can achieve with the Vitamix 750? I would estimate that 2 whole apples, some cucumber bits, water, and some frozen berries would fit. As to compare with juicing: you get the pulp! I had a juicer before and you just get a sugar blast. Ick!Two favs: (1) water, whole banana (and a 1/4 frozen banana), avocado, tsp vanilla, tsp honey(2) water, 4 large kale leaves, handful of frozen blueberries, scoop fortified yeast, tbsp udol's oil, tbsp chia seeds, tbsp camu camu powder, scoop of vega sport protein (vanilla) « Show Less
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It works awesome for applesauce! I think it is actually easier with apples vs. tomatoes. I canned 31 qt. jars of applesauce in an afternoon.
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I have used cucumber, carrots, yellow squash, zucchini... also cut fruit like melon, strawberry.. that is what i have used it in.
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I might work as well for cucumbers but it surely is efficient for apples ; cz cucumbers are long they may break them
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I use leafy greens in mine all the time, but for best results I mix them with hard vegetables and alternate between the two going into the juicer. There is lots of info on the nutritional content of all sorts of vegetable juices if you google 'juicingbook'
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It works great with both!!! As well as lettuce, apples, pears, peaches, plums, grapes, strawberries, and any other fruit or vegetable you can fit in there. I don 't know what I would do without it.
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I put apples,pears,cucumbers and some blueberry juice or any healthy juice in my Ninja. I've put kale, spinach & cucumber in my Ninja with some yogurt and juice.
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Yes, I really like it. We just did apples, the kids drank the juice almost faster than I could make it! We made apple sauce and fruit leather with the apples. I think it is the way to go for juicing and having apples to do something with after you get juice. Hope this helps. God Bless.
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It really depends on the fruit/vegetable and the size of the glass. We have 12oz or 16oz glasses, and three to four average macintosh or granny smith apples, in general, will approximately fill that. Fruits/vegetables with more water content will require less than those with a denser fibre content, for instance carrots require a bit more as they contain more dry fibre than do apples. It also depends on the juicer as different machines are more or less efficient at extracting the juice from the fibre waste. This Breville unit is fairly efficient--one of the better non-industrial juicers I have used.
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I mostly juiced vegetables carrots, celery, beets, some greens, so I'm not sure. I would remove the pit a peach pit is pretty hard and large.
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My fruit juices are always thicker than the vegetable juices. I usually use apples, pears, pineapple. Even my citrus juices are thick though.
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it really depends on what you put through it. I spent all afternoon on Sundays juicing for the week. I would have 24 - 32 ounce containers - I usually would do 6 to 8 of them. I would put through about 6 cucumbers, 6 apples, a bag of kale, I like cilantro - so i did a bunch of that, a head of celery, a bag of spinach, chard, napa cabbage, lemons, and anything else that sounded good. Zucchinis and cucumbers and apples make the most juice. the leafy veggies do not - but they are full of other stuff you need. I would have juice for breakfast and lunch then have my dinner. I lost weight too. but it is tough just doing the juice and not much food. it really depends on what you put through it. I spent all afternoon on Sundays juicing for the week. I would have 24 - 32 ounce containers - I usually would do 6 to 8 of them. I would put through about 6 cucumbers, 6 apples, a bag of kale, I like cilantro - so i did a bunch of that, a head of celery, a bag of spinach, chard, napa cabbage, lemons, and anything else that sounded good. Zucchinis and cucumbers and apples make the most juice. the leafy veggies do not - but they are full of other stuff you need. I would have juice for breakfast and lunch then have my dinner. I lost weight too.... » Read More it really depends on what you put through it. I spent all afternoon on Sundays juicing for the week. I would have 24 - 32 ounce containers - I usually would do 6 to 8 of them. I would put through about 6 cucumbers, 6 apples, a bag of kale, I like cilantro - so i did a bunch of that, a head of celery, a bag of spinach, chard, napa cabbage, lemons, and anything else that sounded good. Zucchinis and cucumbers and apples make the most juice. the leafy veggies do not - but they are full of other stuff you need. I would have juice for breakfast and lunch then have my dinner. I lost weight too. but it is tough just doing the juice and not much food. « Show Less
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I haven't juiced beets yet but I've done it with carrots. It was totally fine. I don't know if juicing peaches or bananas would be a good idea though.
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Although I have only used it to juice my apples this fall I do plan on using it for other fruits and vegetables. The instruction manual which comes with it does list tomatoes as one of the vegetables for juicing as well as many other fruits and veggies.
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In my opinion YES. Fruit and veggies consist not only of juice but also fibrous pulp -and BOTH are important for digestive health. A good blender makes the pulp as easy to drink as juice alone. Blendtec does the job.
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Yes. Just watch out for apple seeds. They're poisonous. No matter how you slice it (pun intended), you have to cut your fruits and veggies into sizable pieces to extract the juice. I barely use it these days though since I bought a nutribullet.
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Really depends on the kind of juice. But let's say you wanted to juice one apple. 1-2 minutes to assemble machine components. However long to core and dice the apple - remember, the fruit has to fit through about a 1-1/2" diameter funnel. Perhaps another minute to juice that Apple. A medium size apple can yield 3-4 oz of juice. Then 2 minutes to disassemble/rinse machine components. If doing a full wash, figure 5-6 minutes. I find it is more efficient making a larger quantity of juice. On average, it takes about 30-40 minutes for me to make 48 oz of juice