A typical centrifugal fruit and vegetable juicer will grate and tear fibers to draw out the juice. They operate at too quick a speed to efficiently juice wheatgrass and the heat buid up is usually enough to destroy vital enzymes within the grass. Therefore, you need a juicer especially designed to juice wheatgrass. These juicers are referred to as masticating juicers.

Wheatgrass juicers operate at a slower speed than regular juicers to ensure the wheatgrass is thoroughly pressed and squeezed to release every last drop of its precious juice and to reduce the amount of heat the juice is exposed to so as not to compromise the nutritional value of the juice by oxidizing its nutrients.

When it comes to choosing a suitable wheatgrass juicer you have two options: the manual wheatgrass juicer and the electric wheatgrass juicer.

Manual wheatgrass juicers are designed with a handle you turn as you feed the wheatgrass through. The pulp left behind can easily be re-fed into the juicer so that no juice is wasted. Electric wheatgrass juicers operate in much the same way, but with far less physical effort required. There are no handles to turn, tubes are self-feeding and the pulp is continuously expelled for easier re-feeding.