Can you juice wheatgrass in a regular juicer?

[rawkchicster]

I know they make special juicers for wheatgrass, but could you technically just juice it into your green juices with a normal juicer?

[Revvell]

In a single or double auger style, yes.

[rawkchicster]

yeah, that's what i was afraid of... we have a centrifugal. Does anyone know WHY you can't?

[Revvell]

It's not that you CAN'T, yet, the high speed of the juicer negates the nutrients in the wg. It's happening with the rest of your greens as well.

[Stina]

My landlady has done small amounts of wheat grass juice in her Champion for decades. She cuts it really short so it doesn't wind around the thingey and just includes it in with her carrot juice. I'd like to try it. If it works, I'd just order boxes through the local hfs. Shasta out of the Ashland Oregon just love their grass!

[raweater]

It's not that you CAN'T, yet, the high speed of the juicer negates the nutrients in the wg. It's happening with the rest of your greens as well.

Actually it pretty much is that you can't. Have you ever tried a centrifugal juicer? If you put wheatgrass or leafy greens in a centrifugal juicer it throws out the items in the pulp bin untouched. The reason is there is about an 1/8" gap preventing the entire food item from getting thrown in the pulp bin, so for example with a carrot, it will turn it to juice until it's 1/8" thick where it's thrown in the pulp bin.

Since all grasses and leafy greens are less than 1/8" think, they all instantly get thrown in the pulp bin unjuiced.

There can be exceptions if you pack the greens along with other things, but it's still very inefficient, and anyway centrifugal juicers destroy most of the nutriton of the juices they make.

I got a centrifugal juicer a few years ago and highly recommend AGAINST them for any kind of use. I now have a Green Star which is miles better.

[Aleesha Sattva]

i have a champion and i've tried doing wheatgrass. you go through a whole lotta grass to get a little juice, unlike a juicer made for wheatgrass.

it can be done... just not well. (with a champion)

[rawkchicster]

argh.... and we're just starting a mini-juice feast.... and we only have a centrifugal. It really seems like it makes a lot of juice when I run greens through with celery... and the juice tastes "greener" than at whole foods, too. Is it hopeless, or worth a try?

[raweater]

I see all these people talking about "juice feasts", are you all making the same typo and actually mean "juice fast"? If not, what's a "juice feast"?

It seems everyone talks of "juice feasts" on this forum yet I've only heard of juice fast, so is it some extreme coincidence that everyone makes the same mistake in the same word or is there really such a thing as a "juice feast"?

About the centrifugal juicer, you can still use it but the juice out of it is similar to pasteurized juice (not much nutrition left) and for leafy things it won't get much juice out as was already said.

[EZ rider]

I see all these people talking about "juice feasts", are you all making the same typo and actually mean "juice fast"? If not, what's a "juice feast"?

See this thread: http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=36638

[raweater]

Thanks, I was really starting to think everyone was making the same typo! But knew a coincidence like this would be nearly impossible.

[mel_s12]

what about just blending wheatgrass in a smoothie? Wouldn't that be better in terms of eating 'whole foods' anyways?

[Revvell]

what about just blending wheatgrass in a smoothie? Wouldn't that be better in terms of eating 'whole foods' anyways?

I don't think it blends well although I've not tried it. Just keep picturing this lump of grass wrapped around the blades.

[nene]

I Don't Hear Of Anyone Eating Wheatgrass Can It Just Be Ate?

[michigan roman]

i grow the wheat in 5" of soil in cheap plastic dish pans , very easy / quick (6 days) .
then into a blender half full with water i cut into half inch bits (so the grass dont wrap around blade) about 150 blades of grass i cut off at soil level with scissors . blend a minute then strain thru fine metal kitchen strainer . many add lemon juice to improve taste .