Developers and manufacturers of culinary equipment have done quite a lot to simplify the life of housewives, but this technological boom has a side effect: we are always faced with a choice.
Take, for example, so fond of adults and children of fruit juice. It would seem that the product - you can not imagine. But, as it turned out, and it can be obtained in two ways. And now, the caring mother again faces a dilemma, not knowing what to choose: a juice maker or a juicer. Let's take a closer look at the merits of each of these devices.
Advantages of the
juicer Ready-made juice - directly into the jars
The main advantage of the juicer is the ability to roll the resulting juice directly after cooking. In addition, it is not necessary to boil it in a pan or a bowl, as it is done with juice from a juicer - the juice undergoes a pasteurization procedure during preparation in a juice cooker.
Thanks to this, the preparation of house conservation for the winter is somewhat faster, but this is not the main "plus".The fact is that steaming in a juice cooker is a more gentle process than boiling on an open fire. It allows you to save most of the beneficial properties of juice, as well as vitamins, with which it is so rich.
Cooking without sugar
If you are going to roll juice in juice jars prepared in a juicer, then you will have to add a fair amount of sugar in addition to boiling. This product plays the role of preservative and if you close the juice without it - the banks will explode in a few days due to the development of microorganisms. To replace sugar with any other preservative will not work, because without it the juice obtained with the help of a juicer will be acidic.
Juice, cooked in a juice cooker, does not need the addition of sugar. It is concentrated, has a pronounced sweet taste and can be closed in a completely natural way. At the same time, your family will enjoy real and very useful fruit juice instead of absorbing sugar that is harmful to health.
Net product
If you are preparing juice in a juicer, it will contain some pulp. Such juice, of course, is more useful, but not everyone loves it. Many people perceive fruit juice as a drink, that is, a clean liquid without the slightest hint of the presence of pulp. This is the juice produced in the juice processor. The flesh of the fruit remains completely on the lattice.
Versatility
Any sokovarka is also a steamer at the same time. This means that with its help you can not only get fruit juices, but also cook steamed meat, porridge or vegetables for a couple. Thus, you get two products in one, saving money and a place in the kitchen cabinet.
Easy maintenance
Sokovarku is not easier to wash than a juicer. If in the latter it is necessary to thoroughly wash the reticulum and numerous details from the pulp, then from the pressure cooker you just need to remove the "squeezed" berries and fruits, neatly laid out on the bars, and then rinse everything. It is possible to wash the juice machine in the dishwasher, too, whereas the juicer has to be washed by hand.
No noise and dust
Another advantage of the juice processor is its quiet operation. You can safely prepare the juice even at a time when someone from the house is resting. Juicers with such an advantage can not boast, the work of electric motors, which they are equipped with, is always accompanied by a relatively loud noise.
Advantages of juicers
Speed
If you want to drink juice here and now, then you can not do without a juicer. Preparation of several servings of fruit or vegetable juice with it will take no more than ten minutes."Low-speed" sokovarka significantly inferior to this parameter juicer: the time of processing a serving of fruit or berries in it is one hour.
Absence of heat treatment
As it is known, any heat treatment leads to partial loss of useful properties of the product. Steaming by ferry is no exception. Unlike sokovarki, juicer allows you to prepare juice without the slightest heating, while retaining 100% of vitamins and other nutrients.
High Performance
If you have a large family and juice for winter, you have to close a lot, then its preparation in a juice cooker can turn into an epic a few days long. But the owner of the juicer is quite able to process within an hour several buckets of any fruit or vegetables. At the same time, the juicer's performance, unlike the juice processor, is not related to the volume, its dimensions remain very compact at any engine power.
Multifunctionality
For the preparation of certain dishes or, for example, when feeding children of one-year age, some products have to be grinded on a grater. This process is very tiring and even traumatic - with carelessness you can cut your fingers. The juicer can easily replace this tool. To do this, just mix the pulp and squeezed juice - and a delicious fruit or vegetable puree is ready.
As you can see, the issue put into the title of the article can not be considered correct. Each of the devices solves its own set of tasks. If you like to drink fresh, buy a juicer. For preparation of house preservation the juicer is better. We wish you culinary success and a pleasant appetite!