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Go Green: 3 of Our Favorite Bottled Cold-Pressed Juices

We simply cannot get enough of cold-pressed green juice!
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We simply cannot get enough of cold-pressed green juice! It's such a quick and tasty way to get in essential vitamins, phytochemicals, and antioxidants — perfect for those times when you're coming off an indulgent period like Oscar weekend. Since we can't carry our juicers with us everywhere, here are some of our favorite national brands of cold-pressed juice. Each offers a wide variety of green juice to suit your needs. Best of all, you can find these brands in major retailers or online, meaning you never have to go without your green-juice fix!

Fresh Homemade Green Juice
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See How Evolution's Sweet Greens Juice Compares to a Homemade Version

When I'm on the go or out of town, I turn to trusty Starbucks to pick up my favorite bottled green juice: Evolution Fresh Sweet Greens and Lemon Juice.
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When I'm on the go or out of town, I turn to trusty Starbucks to pick up my favorite bottled green juice: Evolution Fresh Sweet Greens and Lemon Juice. With that bottle of the slightly sweet, definitely green, and perfectly smooth stuff, I always feel like I'm doing my body good when I invest in a $6 bottle. The back of the bottle showcases the fruits and vegetables used, and on a recent day, I thought, "Hmm, I'd like to try that recipe out at home."

Upon closer look at the ingredients list, I was a little disappointed by the actual amount each bottle provides. While there is a sufficient amount of celery, apple, and parsley, other ingredients have oddly minimal amounts: 1/8 of a cucumber, 2/5 leaf of romaine lettuce, and 5 leaves of spinach? As an avid juicer, I felt a little ripped off.

I tried to stay as true as I could to the amounts listed on the back but did make a few tweaks so each ingredient makes a significant presence in the juice. (My grocer doesn't carry fresh sprouts or wheatgrass, so I didn't include those in the recipe, but that's not to say you shouldn't add them.) I was worried that with so many ingredients, the juice would take a long time to make, but start to finish, it took 15 minutes to chop the vegetables and process them through my Omega Masticating Juicer. Interestingly enough, the juice yields at least twice the amount of juice you'll find in the bottle, if not more.

When I bought the ingredients, I was curious to know if it would be cost-effective, compared to the Evolution juice. When I broke the price down based on the recipe I developed, the total amount of organic ingredients was $5.14, so not much less than the Evolution bottle. For the recipe, and a side-by-side taste comparison, read more.

Starbucks's New Juice Store
Food News

Would You Be Into a Fresh Juice Store From Starbucks?

The pressed juice craze is showing no signs of slowing down.
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The pressed juice craze is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, it seems to be picking up speed and going even more mainstream with today's opening of Starbucks's first Evolution Fresh Juice Bar in Bellevue, WA. The new juice store promises fresh meals like salads, wraps, and soups alongside its cold-pressed juices. The store even boasts an "interactive juice wall" featuring digital illustrations of juices and smoothies being created. Although finding fresh-pressed juice isn't a challenge in San Francisco, we are happy to see that this healthy and delicious trend seems to be sticking — and spreading.