The Oscar VitalMax Juicer 900 boasts the latest advancements in juicing technology making it the leader in its category of Single Auger Masticating juicers. Single Auger juicers process fruits and vegetables into juice by slowly squeezing the produce with a large screw shaped device called an auger through a cone shaped sieve called a juicing screen. This process filters out the waste fibre (the pulp) leaving the juice behind, thus allowing us to get at those essential nutrients without having to consume all the fibre. This method of juicing is also referred to as Cold Pressed juice, as the fruits and vegetables are squeezed slowly at under 100 Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) ensuring no frictional heat is created and a minimum amount of oxygen is introduced. Heat and oxygen affect not only the nutritional quality of the juice but also the appearance and shelf-life. Juice from a slow-speed juicer like the Oscar VitalMax juice extractor, remains stable for up to 48 hours without any loss in nutrition or appearance. The juice is packed full of living nutrients, contains very little froth and keeps it appearance for two days. Compare this to a conventional centrifugal juicer which whips oxygen in at speeds of up to 15,000 RPM; this type of high-speed juicer produces juice which is unstable, very frothy, devoid of live enzymes and will separate, oxidise and appear unsightly within minutes and as a result has no shelf-life whatsoever. Standard Single Auger juicers squeeze the produce only once, this leaves some of the juice remaining in the waste fibre. The Oscar VitalMax juicer is a Dual-Stage juice extractor and squeezes the fruits and vegetables twice, ensuring the maximum amount of juice is extracted. It's not only the dual-stage juicing process which gains the Oscar 900 juicer valuable points over its competition. The Oscar is fitted with a silicone seal on the juicing screen and another on the fruit and vegetable pusher, this creates a greater back pressure when juicing which helps produce more juice. This also allows for better results than most other juicers when juicing softer fruits like oranges, berries and pineapple. The Oscar VitalMax juicer is not only a juicer but is also a multi-functional food processor capable of producing nut butters, soya and nut milks, baby food, frozen fruit sorbets and fruit ice cream. It can also mince vegetables and herbs and has included attachments for making pasta and noodles. The Oscar VitalMax 900 juice extractor is equipped with a new combined motor and gearbox creating a low vibration, low noise machine which doubles the life span and efficiency of its powerful 200W motor. The Oscar 900 juicer comes with a Twenty Year Warranty on the motor, and five years on all other parts. **Tests confirm the Oscar VitalMax juicer parts contain no BPA, Dimethyl Phthalate, Diethyl Phthalate, Di-n-butyl Phthalate, bis(2-Ethylhexyl)adipate, bis(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate and Di-n-octyl phthalate. This is inline with consumer demands to use none-polycarbonate materials in food related products.