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Breville Juice Fountain Elite Review

This sleek and stylish appliance delivers top-tier results but comes at a bit more of a premium price
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Breville Juice Fountain Elite Review
Price:  $300 List
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Manufacturer:   Breville
By David Wise and Austin Palmer  ⋅  Jan 29, 2022
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RANKED
#4 of 15
  • Juice Quality - 25% 6.7
  • Soft Produce - 20% 7.0
  • Hard Produce - 20% 8.7
  • Leafy Greens - 20% 2.7
  • Cleaning - 15% 8.0

Our Verdict

The Breville Juice Fountain Elite is undeniably a top-ranked juicer. It has a larger motor and larger pulp container than the base model and is constructed of higher-end materials — titanium instead of stainless steel, stainless steel instead of heavy-grade polymer. However, we did not find these improvements to lead to a noticeable performance improvement in our tests. This, coupled with a price that is twice as high, makes it hard to give this product an award. However, it is an excellent juicer and a great option for someone willing to pay top dollar for the sleekest and most stylish kitchen appliances.
REASONS TO BUY
Easy to clean
Good hard produce yield
Great juice quality
REASONS TO AVOID
Expensive
Subpar juice yield with leafy greens
Editor's Note: We performed a general update on this review on January 28, 2022, to include more information on which juicers are the ones we'd buy.

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Bottom Line This appliance offers a larger pulp container and a sleeker design but is a bit more expensiveA high functioning horizontal masticating juicer that makes some of the best juice out thereThe large chute, easy-to-clean parts, and efficient juicing capabilities make this a top-tier centrifugal juicerAn easy to use and powerful juicer that handles hard produce like a boss and comes with a plethora of accessoriesAn inexpensive and user-friendly machine that produces a very quality glass of juice
Rating Categories Breville Juice Foun... Ninja Never Clog Co... Breville Juice Foun... NutriBullet Juicer Pro Hamilton Beach Big...
Juice Quality (25%)
6.7
8.8
8.3
8.5
6.3
Soft Produce (20%)
7.0
7.5
5.8
8.3
4.9
Hard Produce (20%)
8.7
5.3
8.3
6.7
6.0
Leafy Greens (20%)
2.7
8.7
3.7
2.3
5.0
Cleaning (15%)
8.0
7.0
8.0
8.0
6.0
Specs Breville Juice Foun... Ninja Never Clog Co... Breville Juice Foun... NutriBullet Juicer Pro Hamilton Beach Big...
Type Centrifugal Masticating Centrifugal Centrifugal Centrifugal
Measured Dimensions //L x W x H with pulp cup and without pitcher // 9" x 16.5" x 16" 13" x 7.2" x 15.9" 14.1" x 9" x 16.5" 12.8" x 12.1" x 17.4" 14.4"1 x 7.8" x 11.46"
Dishwasher Safe? Yes, most parts Yes, most parts Yes, most parts Yes, most parts Yes
Model # 800JEXL JC151 JE98XL NBJ50200 67601A
Reverse? No Yes No No No
Warranty 1 Year 1 Year Limited 1 Year Limited 1 Year 3 Year

Our Analysis and Test Results

Performance Comparison


breville juice fountain elite - the stylish breville 800jexl juice fountain elite.
The stylish Breville 800JEXL Juice Fountain Elite.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman

Juice Quality


Meriting the most weight of any metric, this category is responsible for 25% of the total score for each juicer in our best juicer reviewer. We used three different recipes to test each juicer, scoring each product on the taste and quality of the various juice cocktails produced. The Breville Juice Fountain Elite did very well.

breville juice fountain elite - juice quality is the most important metric of our review.
Juice Quality is the most important metric of our review.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman

The Elite did quite well in our first test — a beet juice recipe known as “Can't Beet It” containing apples, carrots, celery, cucumbers, ginger root, and, of course, beets. The finished drink was very smooth in texture and had an overall pleasant taste, with no distinct flavors overwhelming the rest.

For our second test, we made a juice cocktail consisting of romaine lettuce, apples, and oranges, as well as celery and cucumbers. The Juice Fountain Elite performed a little worse, creating a slightly more watery blend than we would have liked. The flavor was relatively neutral, even bordering on bland, making the drink much less palatable than the very flavorful mixture produced by other juicers. But the drink's texture was very smooth, with no pulp at all.

breville juice fountain elite - the green juice produced by the elite was well blended and had a...
The green juice produced by the Elite was well blended and had a more neutral taste.
Credit: Austin Palmer

For the final test of this metric, we juiced a recipe referred to as the “Sunset Blend,” made up of sweet potatoes, orange, carrot, beets, and apples. The Elite finished this metric with a strong showing, creating a smooth and creamy beverage. However, while it did have excellent consistency, the flavor was a little more muted than some of the other drinks produced.

breville juice fountain elite - the juice fountain elite had a great texture and consistency, but...
The Juice Fountain Elite had a great texture and consistency, but flavors were a little dampened.
Credit: Austin Palmer

Soft Produce


For our next metric, we looked at the yield and quality of the juice produced when using soft produce. We used apple, orange, cucumber, and celery to evaluate each juicer, with the Juice Fountain Elite earning a decent score for its stellar performance.

The Elite did an excellent job when tasked with juicing cucumbers, generating a well above average yield of juice that had only trace amounts of pulp. There also was only a mild amount of foam produced. For celery, we only got an average yield compared to the other models in our lineup, but, once again, the juice had essentially zero pulp and only a moderate amount of foam.

breville juice fountain elite - the elite crushed it when it came to cucumbers producing the highest...
The Elite crushed it when it came to cucumbers producing the highest yield and least amount of pulp and foam.
Credit: Austin Palmer

Performance dropped below average when we juiced oranges, with the Elite generating about 10mL less juice than the average. The juice was still pulp-free but had roughly a half-inch of foam on the top. However, this juicer's score rebounded in our final test for this metric, earning the top score overall at juicing apples. It created over 50mL more juice than the average juicer and had basically no pulp. That said, the juice separated relatively quickly, and there was about a half-inch of foam created once again.

breville juice fountain elite - the breville juice fountain elite is one of the best at juicing soft...
The Breville Juice Fountain Elite is one of the best at juicing soft produce.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman

Hard Produce


We used carrots, sweet potatoes, and beets, as are three test cases for this metric, again scoring the juice yield and quality for each ingredient. The Juice Fountain Elite did a fantastic job here as well, finishing in the runner-up position overall for this metric. It created substantially more carrot juice than the average, with only mild pulp and almost no foam.

breville juice fountain elite - the elite had the 2nd highest yield of carrot juice and one of the...
The Elite had the 2nd highest yield of carrot juice and one of the lowest amount of pulp.
Credit: Austin Palmer

This model struggled a little more with beets but still generated a slightly higher than average amount of juice. Again, there was practically zero pulp created, but there was about a half-inch of foam on the surface of the beet juice. Our final test was sweet potatoes. More lovely juice with only trace amounts of pulp and foam and an excellent yield.

breville juice fountain elite - the elite couldn't quite beat the je98xl for beet juice.
The Elite couldn't quite beat the JE98XL for beet juice.
Credit: Austin Palmer

Leafy Greens


Leafy greens were the weak spot for the Juice Fountain Elite. Here we used curly-leaf kale, wheatgrass, and spinach, and this model struggled. We couldn't even manage to extract a single milliliter of juice for wheatgrass, while the top-performing product produced 5mL of juice from the same amount of wheatgrass (12 grams). Many juicers struggle with wheatgrass, particularly centrifugal models, but for the price of the Elite, we expected more.

breville juice fountain elite - the elite produced an almost unmeasurable amount of wheatgrass juice.
The Elite produced an almost unmeasurable amount of wheatgrass juice.
Credit: Austin Palmer

Unfortunately, the Juice Fountain Elite also floundered when juicing kale, delivering about 10mL less juice than the average. However, there was almost no foam produced. This poor performance carried over into our spinach test, yielding far less than the average amount of juice and a decent amount of foam.

breville juice fountain elite - the elite had poor performance for leafy greens.
The Elite had poor performance for leafy greens.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman

Cleaning


Finally, we evaluated how much effort it took to clean out each product after using it. We rated the difficulty in cleaning each component by hand, noted if they were dishwasher safe, and included a cleaning brush. The Elite finished our juicer Olympics with a solid performance.

The majority of the components for this model are dishwasher-safe, and none of them are too much work to clean by hand. All of the components are relatively smooth, with no areas prone to catching fruit and vegetable remnants. There is also a relatively high-quality cleaning tool, and it showed no signs of wear and tear even after extensive use on our part.

breville juice fountain elite - the breville juicers distinguished themselves as being particularly...
The Breville juicers distinguished themselves as being particularly easy to clean.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman

Should You Buy the Breville Juice Fountain Elite?


The Breville Juice Fountain Elite is a top-of-the-line, premium option and is priced to suit. It performed pretty well across the board, delivering a particularly notable performance in our Hard Produce and Cleaning metrics. As most centrifugal juicers do, it fell a little short at juicing leafy greens. It is still an awesome product, but you could find a better value pick out there if that's your priority. If you are looking for a value option, you should look elsewhere. Other models performed equivalently to this one and cost substantially less. However, if style and materials factor into your appliance decision, this one may be worth the high price tag.

What Other Juicer Should You Consider?


The Elite has an Elite price that might be hard to justify depending on your needs. The Breville Juice Fountain Plus scored higher and more affordable. Unless you plan to juice primarily only soft produce, we think the non-Elite option is better. It performed better in our tests than the Elite version (for the most part), and the money saved will likely make the less impressive soft produce juicing easy to accept.

David Wise and Austin Palmer