If you use a centrifugal juicer, your juice will last up to 24 hours (1 day). If you use a chewing squeezer, your juice will last up to 48 hours (2 days). If you use a Twin Gear juicer, such as the Greenstar Elite, your juice can last up to 4-5 days. In dual-gear juicers, the entire extraction process protects against oxidation, which means that you get fresh juice that stays fresh for longer.
You can safely store fresh juice in the fridge for 24 to 48 hours, depending on the type of juicer you use. The ideal refrigerator temperature is around 35°F to 38°F (1.5°C to 3.5°C). In the refrigerator, fresh juice will last for about a day before it goes bad, approximately 24 hours. However, this is only if you prepare your juice with a centrifugal juicer.
If you prepare your juice with a chewing squeezer, the juice will last for 2 to 3 days, 72 hours and if you have a dual-gear juicer, it will last 4 to 5 days. Fresh juice stored in glass jars, made in a centrifugal juicer, will last approximately one day and juice stored in a cold-pressed juicer will last between 2 and 3 days, but, once again, it must be stored in the refrigerator to last that long. Placing fresh juice in the freezer immediately after you squeeze it can last up to six months, but some nutrients will be lost in the process. However, having frozen juice as a backup is fine and can increase the shelf life of the juice, so I'm not ruling it out.
You can prepare your juice the night before and preserve some of the nutritional value by storing the fresh juice in an airtight glass container in the refrigerator. For the time being, there are non-thermal preservation alternatives that leave the organoleptic and nutritional quality of the juice practically unchanged, ensuring that it remains similar to natural juice. It's another innovative way for commercial juice brands to keep their juice for longer without compromising freshness or quality. We have a small bar of cold-pressed juice and coconut water in Cambodia and I would say that, after much research and testing, cold-pressed juice can easily last for 5 to 7 days if properly squeezed, bottled and stored at temperatures below 6°C, but obviously above freezing.
Most other juices (lime juice, lemon juice, carrot juice, and beetroot juice) should be drunk immediately after preparation for best results and nutritional value. I talked about orange juice in another article because it's so common (everyone loves vitamin C), but in general, all juices spoil at roughly the same rate. This alters the juice at the cellular level and compromises flavor and nutritional value, but it significantly extends its shelf life and allows the juice to retain the “raw” label. However, juice is always best when consumed fresh, as juice can take a long time to prepare.
I also like to do enough to make it last 3 to 4 days. I don't really like storing fresh juice in the freezer, since over time much of its nutritional value is lost (here's a more detailed article on how to freeze juice), but it can be done, so I thought I should talk about it. It's also worth mentioning that your own fresh juice will go bad much faster than store-bought juice.
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