Frequently asked questions

Centrifugal Juicers:

Centrifugal Juicers contain a high-speed spinning blade that grinds fruits and vegetables into pulp. The centrifugal force generated by the blade rotation separates the juice from the pulp. Due to the speed, heat, and oxygen exposure, centrifugal juicers produce juice that is low in quality and less rich in nutrients than masticating and triturating juicers.

Masticating (single gear) Juicers:

Masticating juicers, also known as slow juicers, use a single rotating auger to extract juice by crushing and pressing produce through a filter. The juice quality from a masticating juicer is better than the centrifugal juicer but nowhere near a triturating juicer.

Triturating (twin gear) Juicers

Triturating juicers use twin stainless steel interlocking gears to grind produce between them at a slow RPM. The ground produce is pressed against a housing containing fine holes which separate the juice from the fibre. Triturating juicers operate at a much lower speed than centrifugal and even masticating juicers ensuring that less air gets trapped into the juice. This slows down the oxidation of nutrients to a minimum level. The further benefit of a low RPM is that less heat is generated, protecting the nutrients from destruction due to overheating.  The quality of juice produced by triturating juicers is unmatchable. Juice Revolution does not use centrifugal or masticating juicers.

We do not add ice or water when we make our juices (except the Spring Clean on the 3-Day Super Juice Cleanse). Please feel free to pour your juice over ice.

Let’s use apples and vitamin C as an example.

100 grams of fresh apples have an antioxidant, vitamin C-like activity equivalent to 1500 milligrams of vitamin C. Yet when chemically analysed, the 100 grams contains only 5.7 milligrams of vitamin C. The vitamin C-like activity is an astounding 263 times as potent as the same amount of the isolated chemical. Said another way, the specific chemical we refer to as vitamin C accounts for less than 1 percent of the vitamin C-like activity in the apple. The other 99 percent of this activity is due to the other vitamin C-like chemicals in the apple and the ability of vitamin C to be much more effective in the context of the whole apple than when consumed in an isolated form.

The process of nutrition is profoundly holistic in that the way the body uses a particular nutrient depends on what other nutrients are ingested with it. Research has provided a clear picture of the mind-blowing complexity of a simple food like an apple. What explains the difference between the apple’s powerful vitamin C delivery system and the small amount of vitamin C it contains? There is a treasure trove of vitamin C-like compounds in apples. These include other antioxidants like quercetin, catechin, phlorizin, and chlorogenic acid found only in plants, each of which may exist in many forms within the apple. The list of these chemicals in apples is long and only reflects the tip of the iceberg. It’s as if the inside of the apple is bigger than it looks from the outside.

Something else to keep in mind: This growing list of vitamin C-like compounds may have many important biological effects depending on their antioxidant activities. Lab tests have shown the ability of these compounds to inhibit the proliferation of cells (potentially stopping or even reversing cancer), decrease serum cholesterol (affecting cardiovascular disease and stroke), and generally block unwanted oxidation (implicated in cancer, aging, cardiovascular disease, and many other degenerative processes)

There are hundreds if not thousands of chemicals in apples, each of which, in turn, may affect thousands of reactions and metabolic systems. This enormous number and concentration of vitamin C-like chemicals in apples poses a serious challenge to the notion that a single chemical – vitamin C or anything else – is responsible for the major health-giving properties of apples. Even if we measure the amount of vitamin C two apples contain, we can’t assume that one apple has twice the health value of the second just because it has twice the amount of vitamin C. The amount of vitamin C in each apple may not tell us very much about that apple’s antioxidant power. Add to this the complexity of nutrition and that the body plays a role in determining how many nutrients from the foods we consume are used – and it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that knowing how much vitamin C (or even all vitamin C-like nutrients) there is in an apple doesn’t tell us anything of value.

The problem here is not that we can’t provide an accurate answer to how much of a nutrient there is in a given food, or even that we can’t figure out how much we need for optimal functioning (although this is still currently beyond our grasp). The problem is that we are asking the wrong questions – questions based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the holistic nature of nutrition. We’re asking, “How much vitamin C are we getting?” when we should be asking, “What foods should we be eating to support our bodies’ ability to maintain health?

The reductionist mind cannot see the apple as promoting health and leave it as that. If apples are good for us, it can’t be the whole apple. There must be some tiny part of the apple, some chemical inside the apple, that is responsible for its beneficial effects. And our job is to extract that thing from the apple and figure out exactly how much of it people need on a daily basis. Under the reductionist mindset, healthy eating becomes an obsession with nutrient micromanagement – a list of individual nutrients that be consumed in specific regimented quantities. But in nature you don’t find beta-carotene on its own. You can’t cut a slice of beta- carotene out of a carrot. Unfortunately, that doesn’t stop the supplement industry from trying.

Source: Whole, Rethinking the Science of Nutrition by T. Colin Campbell, PhD (Co-author of international bestseller The China Study)

It’s simple – to ensure all the nutrients are retained!  🍏🌱

As soon as we bottle our juices, soups, smoothies, and health shots, they’re blast-frozen, locking in their vitality until you’re ready to enjoy them.

Blast-freezing is a rapid freezing technique that keeps the vitamins, minerals, and enzymes intact. It’s our way of ensuring that our products’ freshness and pure goodness remain as vibrant as when we made them. ❄️

Because we believe that freshness and quality should never be compromised. 

In your shopping cart click ‘calculate shipping’, enter your postal code and click ‘update’. If you receive a message:

“This is not a standard shipping zone. Please contact us for a shipping quote”

It means we have not delivered to your area before. Please email your delivery address to fiona@juicerevolution.co.za and we will check with our couriers if delivery to your address is possible.

Please note the times below refer to our programs, packed juice boxes, and soups. If you build a box of individual juices, shots, and or smoothies there may be a few days lead time as it is impossible for us to always have everything in stock. There can also be a few days lead time on celery juice due to the demand.

If we need to deliver to a farm, there will be a surcharge that is not calculated at checkout.

If your need your order faster than the times below, call us and we will see what we can do!

Western Cape: 

• Paid orders received by 09:00 on Monday to Friday are delivered the following working day.
• Paid orders received after 09:00 on Friday and on Saturday, and Sunday are delivered on Tuesday.
• Some outlying areas are only serviced by our couriers on certain days of the week. It’s best to please check with us.

Eastern Cape and Gauteng: 

• Paid orders received by 09:00 on Monday to Thursday are delivered the following day.
• Paid orders received after 09:00 on Thursday and on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are delivered on Tuesday.

Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West:

• Paid orders received by 09:00 on Monday to Thursday are delivered two working days later.
• Paid orders received after 09:00 on Thursday and on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are delivered on Wednesday.

KwaZulu-Natal:

• Paid orders received by 09:00 on Monday to Wednesday are delivered two working days later.
• Paid orders after 09:00 on Wednesday and on Thursday are delivered on Monday.
• Paid orders received on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are delivered on Wednesday.

We will send you an email with your waybill number, contact details for the courier and confirming your delivery date shortly after your order is received.

As your order needs to be delivered frozen we use couriers who have freezers at their depots and who can get your order from our door to yours in a short time frame.

Yes, simply type your required delivery date in the ‘Order Notes’ box on our checkout page.

We need you or a representative to be present to sign for the delivery. Our polystyrene boxes must be returned to the couriers in certain areas.

You are welcome to use your courier, but please ensure that they will get your order to you within 24 hours of collecting it from us.

The delivery fee differs depending on your area and the weight of your order.

To obtain a delivery quote, go to your shopping cart click ‘calculate shipping’, enter your postal code and click ‘update’.

Regardless of where you live, we guarantee your products arrive frozen at your door. If they are not frozen, please make a note on the waybill when you sign for receipt, take photos of the products, and contact us immediately. We will refund you or replace your products.