Juice Calculator: How Much Fruit and Veg per Litre

Pick the fruit, veg, and liquids you want in your juice, set how much of each one goes into the blend, add tasters like ginger or mint, choose a total volume, and the calculator tells you exactly how many whole items, grams, or cups to prepare. Useful when:

  • Buying for a batch: get exact fruit and veg counts before you shop so nothing goes to waste.
  • Scaling a recipe up: punch in any volume from a single glass to a party jug and the amounts scale automatically.
  • Mixing produce and liquids: balance a strong beetroot or carrot base with water or coconut milk using the ratio sliders.
  • Dialling in tasters: add ginger, turmeric, or mint at exactly the strength you want, scaled to your total volume.

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How the Juice Calculator Works

Each fruit and vegetable has a juice yield: the percentage of its whole weight that becomes liquid. Cucumber and celery sit at around 90%, meaning you need only about 111 g of whole cucumber to get 100 ml of juice. Apple and pear are around 55%, so you need roughly 182 g for the same 100 ml. Pomegranate is the hardest to juice at about 40%, requiring around 250 g per 100 ml.

The calculator multiplies your target volume by each ingredient's ratio percentage, then divides by the yield to find the whole-fruit weight needed. It then uses the produce converter to turn that weight into whole-item counts, cups, or ounces, adjusted for the size you set. Liquids like water or coconut milk skip the yield step: their percentage maps straight to volume.

Tips for Blending Ratios

A good starting point for a mixed green juice is around 40% cucumber or celery (high yield, light flavour), 30% apple or pear (sweetness and body), and 30% leafy greens or carrot. For a tropical blend, combine pineapple, mango, and orange in roughly equal thirds. Adjust the sliders until the total shows 100%, and use the taster controls to add ginger or mint.

Juice Yield Reference

These approximate yields are built into the calculator. They assume a centrifugal or cold-press juicer; a blender and strainer gives slightly lower yields.

  • Watermelon, tomato: 65%
  • Cucumber, celery: 90%
  • Grapes, strawberry: 60–65%
  • Apple, pear, pineapple, kiwi: 55%
  • Orange, grapefruit: 48%
  • Carrot, beetroot: 50%
  • Lemon, lime, mango: 45%
  • Pomegranate: 40%

Frequently Asked Questions

How many oranges do I need to make 1 litre of juice?
A medium orange weighs about 131 g whole, and oranges yield roughly 48% of their weight as juice. To make 1 litre you need about 2083 g of whole oranges, which works out to roughly 16 medium oranges. Use large oranges and you will need closer to 11. The juice calculator works this out for any volume and size. Open orange converter
How much ginger should I add to a juice?
A good starting point is about 17 g of fresh ginger per litre of juice at the default mid setting, which gives a noticeable but not sharp warmth. Slide the strength dial toward 'a little' for around 4.5 g per litre, or toward 'strong' for up to 30 g per litre. The calculator scales the amount automatically with your total juice volume, so you can dial it in without doing the sums. Open ginger converter
How much carrot do I need for a glass of carrot juice?
Carrots yield about 50% of their weight as juice. A standard 250 ml glass of pure carrot juice takes around 500 g of whole carrots, which is roughly eight medium carrots (each about 61 g). Mixing carrot with a higher-yield ingredient like cucumber or celery reduces the total carrot needed while keeping the flavour. Open carrot converter
What is juice yield and why does it matter?
Juice yield is the percentage of a whole fruit or vegetable's weight that becomes liquid when juiced. Cucumber and celery yield around 90%, so you need very little of them. Pomegranate yields only 40%, so you need more than twice the weight to get the same volume of juice. Knowing the yield stops you from under- or over-buying ingredients before you start.
How many apples does it take to make a litre of apple juice?
Apples yield about 55% of their weight as juice. To get 1 litre of apple juice you need approximately 1818 g of whole apples. A medium apple is about 182 g, so that is roughly 10 medium apples. Smaller apples mean more pieces; the calculator adjusts the count when you change the size setting. Open apple converter
Can I add liquids like coconut milk or water to a juice blend?
Yes, liquids such as water, coconut milk, almond milk, and lemon juice can be added as main ingredients in the juice calculator. Their percentage maps directly to volume rather than juice yield, so 20% of a 1 litre blend adds 200 ml of that liquid. This lets you dilute a strong beetroot or ginger blend or add a creamy base to a tropical mix.

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