One bunch of kale next to a measuring cup filled with one cup of kale juice.

How Much Produce Makes 1 Cup of Juice?

We get a lot of questions about juice yield, and for good reason. Before investing in a high-quality juicer, you want to make sure you’ll get the most juice from your produce. 

To demonstrate how much juice Kuvings Whole Slow Juicers can extract, we weighed, juiced, and measured the yield of 13 popular ingredients. 

Masticating juicers crush and press ingredients to extract juice, similar to how we chew our food. This process typically yields more juice than centrifugal juicers, and works just as fast. To show this, we also measured how much time it takes to produce 1 cup of juice.

Note: juice yield will vary based on the quality of your produce. Fresh fruits and vegetables provide the highest yield, and they also provide the best taste and texture. Similarly, juicing speed will vary based on the size and quality of the ingredients.

Ingredients were juiced with the EVO820

1. Celery

Celery sticks next to a measuring cup filled with one cup of celery juice.

12 celery sticks (each 6 inches long) = a little over 1 cup of celery juice
Produce weight: 0.95 lbs.
Juicing time: 3 minutes

2. Apples

An apple and an apple slice next to a measuring cup filled with one cup of apple juice.

1 ¼ apples = 1 cup of apple juice.
Produce weight: 0.86 lbs.
Juicing time: 1 minute and 15 seconds

3. Kale

One bunch of kale next to a measuring cup filled with one cup of kale juice.

1 bunch = a little over 1 cup of kale juice.
Produce weight: 1 lb.
Juicing time: 6 minutes

4. Oranges

Two oranges next to a measuring cup filled with one cup of orange juice.

2 large navel oranges (peeled) = a little over 1 cup of orange juice.
Produce weight: 1.5 lbs.
Juicing time: 2 minutes and 35 seconds

5. Carrots

Carrots next to a measuring cup filled with one cup of carrot juice.

11 carrots (each 7 inches long and peeled) = 1 cup of carrot juice.
Produce weight: 1.13 lbs.
Juicing time: 3 minutes

6. Pineapple

Half a pineapple next to a measuring cup filled with one cup of pineapple juice.

½ pineapple (skin removed) = 1 cup of pineapple juice.
Produce weight: 1.75 lbs.
Juicing time: 1 minute

7. Watermelon

Wedge of watermelon next to a measuring cup filled with one cup of watermelon juice.

⅛ of a watermelon (weighing 2 lbs.) = 1 cup of watermelon juice.
Produce weight: 0.25 lbs.
Juicing time: 1 minute and 20 seconds

8. Cucumbers

One cucumber and one cucumber slice next to a measuring cup filled with one cup of cucumber juice.

1 ⅛ cucumbers = 1 cup of cucumber juice.
Produce weight: 0.74 lbs.
Juicing time: 1 minute and 10 seconds

9. Peaches

Two and a half peaches next to a measuring cup filled with one cup of peach juice.

2 ½ peaches (pits removed) = 1 cup of peach juice.
Produce weight: 1.17 lbs.
Juicing time: 1 minute and 52 seconds

10. Tomatoes

Four tomatoes next to a measuring cup filled with one cup of tomato juice.

4 roma tomatoes = 1 cup of tomato juice.
Produce weight: 1.13 lbs.
Juicing time: 1 minute and 40 seconds

11. Beets

Two and a quarter beets next to a measuring cup filled with one cup of beet juice.

2 ¼ beets = 1 cup of beet juice.
Produce weight: 1 lbs.
Juicing time: 2 minutes and 25 seconds

12. Spinach

One and a half bundles of spinach next to a measuring cup filled with one cup of spinach juice.

1 ½ bundles of spinach = 1 cup of spinach juice.
Produce weight: 0.94 lbs.
Juicing time: 6 minutes and 15 seconds

13. Ginger

Two slices of ginger next to a one ounce shot glass filled with ginger juice.

2 pieces of ginger = 1 oz. ginger shot.
Produce weight: 2 oz.
Juicing time: 55 seconds


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