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jt august[_2_]

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> jt august > wrote:
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> >That would be the vita-mix class of blender, with the super powerful
> >blades.
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> I'm confused.... how does the VitaMix juicer differ
> from other "juicers" such as Hamilton each model, etc?
>
> Does the VitaMix pulverize EVERYTHING into juice
> whereas the standard juicers separate the pulp form the
> juice?

Basically, a VitaMix can pulverize concrete into juice. The VitaMix is
a high power blender, and the concept of juicing they market is to
simply break up the fruit into tiny suspension within the water
contained in the fruit or veggie.

A citrus juicer is a rotating, textured dome or a stationary, textured
dome, onto which citrus fruit is compressed to extract juice into a cup
or bowl below. Seeds and skin and dense pulp are retained by a course
strainer that is part of the foundation of the juicer.

A vegetable juice is a high speed centrifuge that grates inserted matter
and allows the juice to whip out via centrifugal force through tiny
holes at the walls serrations. The walls are tapered so that discarded
matter slides up, and then is ejected through a separate tube to the
discard cup. Depending on what has been juiced will determine if they
discard matter is considered edible or not. If juicing an unpeeled
apple, this matter will contain seeds, and is not particularly
palatable. If you juiced a peeled onion, the discard is then quite
edible, and might be worth something in its own right, still.

jt