Introduction
With the immense success of the Optimum blender range, Optimum Appliances has worked with some of the world’s most reputable manufacturers to come up with a high-quality, durable juicer with lower speed and better extraction than its competitors. The design, testing and approval process has taken Optimum over a year. Each part is designed to compete with the world’s best brands and last longer. We offer a comprehensive 10-Year Warranty on the motor. Say hello to the highly anticipated Optimum 600(3rd Generation) (Extractor Series). This heavy-duty, efficient, versatile, masticating juicer in a vertical design makes nutritionally potent juice in just a few minutes. The no-heat, less friction juicing of the Optimum 600 (3rd Generation) Juicer is proven to keep more vitamins, minerals and enzymes intact in comparison to high speed juicers. More Living enzymes means that the juice created in the Optimum is better for your health and vitality. Not only can you create delicious fruit and vegetable juices; the Optimum 600(3rd Generation) allows you to create your own nut milks, soy milk, ice cream, tofu and much more.
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Juicer Specification
Features of the Optimum 600 (3rd Generation)
2 Strainers
Course and fine for juicing versatility.
Better Quality Juice
The slow speed of the Optimum slow juicers leads to better quality, tastier and larger amount of juice.
No Food Preparation
Finally a slow juicer is available which can juice whole apples, oranges and more without having to chop into pieces.
Larger Juicing Screw
For enhanced juice and nutrient extraction.
Why offer the Optimum 600 (3rd Generation) Cold Press Juicer?
With over a year of designing and testing this product to perfection, below is a list of what makes it a world class juicer:
Can juice whole fruits and vegetables with no food prep required!
Slow speed – Only 43!
Designed to last, high-quality SGS approved parts
Induction Motor designed to last, 10 Years Comprehensive Warranty
User friendly
Easy to clean (Self Cleaning function)
Low Noise, as low as 40dB
Ingredient flavour preserved, due to the slow speed of only 43
More nutrients, vitamins, minerals and enzymes
Less separation & 35% more juice than centrifugal juicers
Safety sensor
CE and SGS approved
Cold Press Juicer FAQ
Most of us have juiced with the old-style centrifugal juicing machines. If you recall, those machines require you to forcefully press/shove food into them, and allow large items like whole apples. You are required to push hard on carrots and apples to shove them into the spinning blade where they are shredded into tiny flying pieces.
Do not use this same pushing/pressing/shoving force with the Optimum Juicer or any other slow juicer. There is no spinning blade and no dizzying shredding taking place. No pressing is required. Instead, simply let your food fall into the “chewing auger.” Virtually no force is necessary, and forcing more food into the chute can cause too much vegetable mass to clog in the auger, resulting in pulp overflowing into your juice, or the juicer becoming blocked.
When juicing grasses, feed the Optimum Juicer a small amount of grass at a time, cutting the grass into short pieces approximately 3cm long. This ensures the waste can easily come out of the waste chute. You do not need to “clump” the grass into a ball. In fact, you can slowly feed small strands of grass, coriander, parsley, kale, spinach and other leafy greens without any force necessary.
A great tip for large leafy, stringy or fibrous vegetables is to remove the leaf from the stem, cut both leaves and stems into 3-5cm lengths and feed through gently, letting the auger pull the ingredients into the juicer, using the tamper only gently if required.
Here’s a really important tip: If you’re going to juice high-fibre plants like celery or spinach, juice them last! Why? Because the fibres in celery tends to accumulate in the ejection port at the bottom of the juicing auger. If this port becomes clogged, then “pulp overflow” will occur, sending extra pulp into your juice. Following Tip #1 though will minimise the chances of this occurring to almost zero.
As long as the ejection port stays open, the pulp in your juice will be minimised. The best way to do this is to juice low-fibre fruits and veggies first: Apples, carrots, etc. and saving the stringier, fibrous plants for last. This will lead to a much better result when your concern is the amount of pulp in the final juice.
NB: If you are planning on juicing large amounts and do not mind a very small amount of pulp in the juice another alternative (to ensure you do not block the juicer), is to alternate your leafy greens and stringy items, with the harder items like carrot and beetroot.
Make sure the red rubber plug/tongue/stopper on the underside of the juicing bowl, is correctly inserted into its slot. This part is removable to assist with cleaning but often not reinserted correctly. It acts as a pressure point to ensure pulp ejects from the waste chute.
If you still find too much pulp in your juice, simply pour the juice back through the machine again and you will find that the second time through, nearly all the pulp is removed.
You can also strain it through a nut-milk bag, if you wish, but that takes more time and effort.
The juicer has a fine mesh screen for harder produce (ULTEM/PEI Material), the coarse screen for soft produce including fruit (Nylon Material).
The fine mesh screen has holes that are smaller to allow less pulp into the juice. The coarse screen allows a much greater amount of pulp. (full of fibre to enter the juice)
In most cases the fine mesh screen can be used at all times, unless you are looking for a more pulpy juice, but this is your personal preference.
The no-hole/blank screen, sometimes called a homogenising plate (ULTEM/PEI Material) is used for making nut butters, ice creams and baby food and does not separate any liquids from the pulp.
The juicer tap offers some extra features in your Optimum Juicer. When it is correctly in place, you can start juicing with the tap closed. This allows a mixing function that lets you juice your ingredients and fill the juice bowl (up to 300ml) with your favourite mixture. Once your food is juiced, you simply open the tap and release the mixed juice into your glass, reducing any frothing. With the automatic pulp ejection, you can still juice continuously until the bowl is full, let out the juice and then continue juicing. The mixing function also improves the results when making nut milk.
We recommend a minimum soak time of 6 hours, with 12-14 being optimal. You will need to change the soak water (and filtered is recommended) every 12 hours.
If the water has been changed regularly you can leave them longer, however they often start to ferment depending on heat and environmental conditions.
As the soaking process is designed to mimic nature and rainfall, after the initial soak period you may take the almonds out and sprout them (using a sprouter or by placing them in a nut milk bag in a glass jar and rinsing them every 12 hours) and little tails will grow if you use good quality almonds. However, extended soaking is not recommended.