How to Choose the Best Juicer for Your Business

Most juice start-ups are faced with the decision of which commercial juicer they should use to build their business. This is not an easy decision, and is obviously super important so I’ve come up with what I feel are the three most important factors to consider.

1. Bottle Juices or Single Servings

There are four main business models for a juice business: Delivery, juice bar, wholesale, and combination. The business model your company is utilizing will be the main factor in determining which size juicer you should be investing in.

A business that is strictly selling bottled juice will want to consider investing in the largest juice press they have space for (more on this below).

A business that is selling made-to-order juice will want to invest in multiple, smaller juicers that can be used front-of-house in a juice bar setting.

2. The Two Juicers to Consider

Whether you're planning on producing bottled juice or juice made-to-order, Goodnature Hummingbird is the often best place to start. Hummingbird is beautifully designed, with a small footprint of less than 12 inches wide and is perfect for making juice front-of-house, right in front of the customer. It's designed for bulk juicing, with the ability to make 30-60 bottles per hour (maximum, depends on recipe), but is versatile enough to make juice to order, one serving at a time.

If you are fortunate enough to have a large commercial kitchen, you have the ability to use a large commercial juicer like the Goodnature X-1 that can give you much lower labor costs and a more efficient operation. Many companies that start with a smaller juicer and eventually scale up to an X-1 can even go from making juice every day to just a few days per week. The X-1 is the global standard for bottled, cold-pressed juice programs.

3. Budget

Last but not least, you will need to consider your budget. Naturally, your instinct will tell you to find something low priced in order to save money for your business, like a centrifugal or masticating juicer for $500-$2,000, but something you might not consider is how much that juicer is really costing your business in the long run. With a true cold-press (hint: if there’s no press, it’s not a cold-press) you can realize substantial savings due to:

1. Higher yield - extract as much as 30% more juice out of juice recipes, which can save a juice bar thousands of dollars per month.
2. Lower labor cost - Goodnature juice presses save the operator valuable time when making a large amount of juice. This labor cost savings can also add up to thousands of dollar per month.

Essentially, choosing the right juicer to be the heart of your business can be the difference between a profitable juice business, or one that loses money every month.