Juice planner

Quick answer. Choose recipes, servings a day and days, and the planner adds up the shopping list by aisle. Three days of our basic green juice, one a day, comes to about 4.5 lb of produce. Juice yield is an editable estimate and a cost appears only from prices you type.

1. Pick recipes and servings

2. How many days?

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Storage plan

Worked example: 3 days, 1 serving a day

The same function as the tool above, with the basic green juice (300 g cucumber (with peel), 120 g celery, 30 g spinach, 182 g apple (with skin), 35 g lemon (whole, without peel), 11 g ginger root per serving). Juice is an estimate from the maker table below; an item with no figure is not counted.

ItemTotal to buyAisleEstimated juice
Cucumber (with peel)2 lb (900 g)Vegetables and roots21 fl oz
Celery0.8 lb (360 g)Vegetables and roots7 fl oz
Spinach0.2 lb (90 g)Leafy greens and herbs2 fl oz
Apple (with skin)1.2 lb (546 g)Fruit and citrus11 fl oz
Lemon (whole, without peel)0.2 lb (105 g)Fruit and citrusno figure
Ginger root0.1 lb (33 g)Vegetables and rootsno figure

Estimated juice from items with a figure: about 41 fl oz. Not counted: lemon (whole, without peel), ginger root.

Default juice yields and where they come from

One source: Kuvings, How much produce makes 1 cup of juice (juicer maker), checked 2026-11-14. Maker table: weight of produce that makes about 1 US cup (8 fl oz). Maker says yield varies with produce quality. Celery and kale entries are 'a little over 1 cup', so treat those two as slight under-estimates. We converted its "weight of produce for 1 cup" to fl oz of juice per lb. Produce not in the table has no default: type your own figure in the list, or leave it blank.

ProduceMakes about 1 cup (8 fl oz) fromYield
Apple (with skin)0.86 lb9.3 fl oz
Beet1 lb8 fl oz
Carrot1.13 lb7.1 fl oz
Celery0.95 lb8.4 fl oz
Cucumber (with peel)0.74 lb10.8 fl oz
Kale1 lb8 fl oz
Orange1.5 lb5.3 fl oz
Peach1.17 lb6.8 fl oz
Pineapple1.75 lb4.6 fl oz
Spinach0.94 lb8.5 fl oz
Tomato1.13 lb7.1 fl oz

Estimate, varies with juicer and produce. Nutrition values elsewhere on this site come from USDA FoodData Central; these yields do not.

How the list is worked out

Each recipe is a list of ingredients in grams per serving, taken from our recipes, the same data the smoothie calorie calculator uses. Servings x days x grams gives the total, converted to pounds. The "about N" figure rounds up using the first USDA portion listed for that item. Blender recipes do not get a juice figure because nothing is strained out. Wheatgrass juice and Watermelon rind green juice are not in the list because USDA has no entry for their main ingredients, and we do not invent a weight or a row for them.

Before you stock up

Wash all produce before juicing, following the FDA washing steps.

Unpasteurized juice. Homemade and raw juice is not pasteurized. Pregnant people, young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems should drink it right after making it from washed produce, or choose pasteurized juice. Source: FDA, Talking About Juice Safety.
Washing produce. Rinse under running water and scrub firm produce. No soap or bleach. Source: FDA, Selecting and Serving Produce Safely.

Frequently asked questions

How much produce do I need for a week of green juice?

Set days to 7 and pick your recipe. For our basic green juice, one serving a day for 7 days is about 10.5 lb of produce and ingredients. Your recipe will differ, so the list updates as you change it.

Why is the juice yield only an estimate?

Yield changes with the juicer, how ripe and fresh the produce is, and how finely it is prepared. The default figures come from one juicer maker's table, so they are labelled estimates and every one can be edited in the list.

Why are there no prices?

Prices vary by store, season and place, and we would have to invent them. Type your own price per lb next to an item and the planner adds up the items you priced. Items without a price are left out, not counted as free.

Can I store a week of juice?

There is no official storage time for homemade juice, so we do not give a day count. The storage chart explains the conservative rule and what the sources say.

General information, not medical or nutrition advice. See the recipe and nutrition disclaimer.

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