Juicing Celery with a Sana Juicer: The Therapeutic Green in a Glass

Celery juice has quietly become one of the most popular wellness drinks in the world — and for good reason. That simple glass of pale green first thing in the morning is one of the easiest, lowest-sugar ways to flood your system with hydration, plant compounds, and nutrients that your body actually uses.

At Sana, we call our horizontal juicers therapeutic juicers. Not as marketing flourish, but because they do something very specific exceptionally well: they slowly and efficiently extract juice from the fibrous, leafy, difficult-to-juice produce that most juicers struggle with. Celery, leafy greens like kale and spinach, wheatgrass, ginger, parsley — the produce most associated with a genuinely nourishing daily juice — all glide through a Sana horizontal juicer with minimal fuss and maximum yield.

Here’s why celery juice is worth your time, and why a Sana is the machine you want behind it.

Why Celery Juice Is Good for You

Celery is roughly 95% water and packed with useful nutrients. A glass of celery juice delivers a meaningful dose of vitamin K, folate (vitamin B9), vitamin C, potassium, vitamin A and magnesium — alongside plant compounds like apigenin, luteolin, and various phenolics that researchers are increasingly interested in.

Here’s what the research points to:

• Blood pressure support. Celery contains natural nitrates and a compound called phthalide, and studies have shown celery juice can help lower blood pressure in people with hypertension. It’s one of the better-established benefits in the literature.
• Anti-inflammatory activity. The flavonoids in celery — particularly apigenin and luteolin — have shown anti-inflammatory effects in studies. Chronic low-grade inflammation is linked to a long list of modern ailments, and getting more of these compounds into your diet is a smart move.
• Antioxidant support. Celery contains caffeic acid, ferulic acid, tannins and saponins, all of which act as antioxidants in the body, helping to protect cells from oxidative damage.
• Deep hydration. With its near-total water content and natural electrolytes including potassium and sodium, celery juice is genuinely hydrating in a way plain water isn’t always — closer to what your cells actually need.
• Naturally very low in sugar. Unlike most juices, celery juice won’t spike your blood sugar. This alone sets it apart from almost every other juice you can make.
• Easier nutrient absorption. Juicing concentrates celery’s nutrients into a small, easy-to-drink glass. Getting the same dose of apigenin, luteolin and minerals from raw celery would mean chewing through a lot of stalks.

Add it all up and celery juice is one of the most nutrient-dense, lowest-sugar drinks you can make at home. It’s an easy daily win.

Why Celery Is Notoriously Hard to Juice — And Why That Matters

Anyone who has tried to juice celery in the wrong machine knows the problem. Those long, stringy fibres are exactly the sort of thing that jams centrifugal juicers and clogs up vertical slow juicers. Vertical and hands-free batch juicers force you to chop every stalk into small pieces before you even start — and even then, the fibres tend to wrap around the auger and bring the whole thing to a halt. You end up with wet pulp, low yield, and half your morning spent cleaning fibres out of a filter basket.

Horizontal slow juicers were designed exactly for this. The auger sits horizontally and the produce moves through in a long, linear path, giving the machine time to chew through fibrous stalks cleanly. With a Sana horizontal juicer, there’s simply no chopping. You feed whole, long stalks of celery straight into the chute — no prep, no cutting board, no bowl of pre-cut pieces cluttering your counter.

In fact, the Sana often does better than that: once a stalk catches in the auger, the juicer grabs it and pulls the celery through on its own. At that point you’re essentially juicing hands-free, watching the stalk disappear into the machine while bright green juice flows out the other side. No pushing, no forcing, no worrying about whether it’s going to clog — because it won’t. Celery and a Sana horizontal juicer are genuinely a match made for each other.

This is why horizontal juicers are the gold standard internationally for celery, leafy greens, wheatgrass and ginger. And it’s exactly why we call the Sana range our therapeutic juicers: they’re built for the produce that actually moves the needle on your health.

Which Sana Juicer Is Right for Your Celery Habit?

The full Sana range is available at sanastore.co.za/collections/juicers, but for celery juicing specifically, three models stand out.

Sana 707 — The Everyday Celery Juicer

The Sana 707 is our most popular juicer, and for good reason. It’s the most affordable entry into proper horizontal slow juicing, and it handles celery beautifully. If you’re starting a daily celery juice routine and you want a machine that will see you through years of green mornings without breaking the bank, the 707 is the one.

It operates at a slow 80 RPM, which means minimal heat and oxidation, and the auger chews through celery stalks cleanly with dry pulp on the other side. It’s also a genuine multi-purpose machine — it makes nut milks, sorbets, pasta and even pestos with the right attachments — but its bread and butter is exactly the kind of green juicing most people are doing every day.

The dedicated celery insert. One of the features that really sets the 707 apart is its specialised celery juicing insert, designed to optimise the way the machine handles long, fibrous stalks and noticeably increase juice yield on celery specifically. This wasn’t available on the original Oscar Classic juicer (which the Sana 707 has since replaced — the two machines are identical apart from the 707’s upgraded accessory package). If you’re juicing celery daily, the difference the insert makes over the course of a month is well worth having.

Premium accessories, no plastic bowls. The 707 also ships with proper accessories: a stainless steel pulp collector and a glass juice jug, rather than the plastic bowls and jugs that come standard with most juicers on the market. Small touches, but meaningful ones when you’re using the machine daily and when glass and stainless steel are both more hygienic and more pleasant to drink from.

Available in a range of colours from classic Chrome to Ferrari Red, Matte Black, Pearl White and Pastel Blue.

Sana 727 Supreme — The Step Up

The Sana 727 Supreme is the natural upgrade for people who want a little more refinement, a larger feeding chute, and a more premium build. The Supreme’s design gives it improved juice yield on fibrous produce and a more elegant appearance on the countertop — worth noting if your juicer lives out on display rather than in a cupboard.

For households juicing daily for more than one person, or for anyone who simply wants the next tier of performance without going all the way to flagship territory, the 727 Supreme hits the mark. Available in Soft White, Matte Black, and Red.

Sana 929 Ultimate — The Flagship

The Sana 929 Ultimate is the juicer you buy when juice is a serious part of your daily life and you want the very best machine money can buy. It’s our top-tier horizontal juicer, built for performance, longevity and the kind of daily high-volume juicing that dedicated wellness households demand. If you’re making celery juice for the whole family every morning — or if you simply prefer to buy the best once — the 929 is built for you.

The Best Way to Juice Celery (And How to Make It Taste Great)

Pure celery juice has a bold, grassy, slightly salty flavour. Some people love it straight; others find it a bit intense, especially at first. The good news: a small amount of the right addition transforms it into something you’ll genuinely look forward to.

Our favourite everyday recipe is simple:

• 1 full head of celery (washed, ends trimmed)
• Half a lemon, peeled

That’s it. The lemon lifts the whole thing — it cuts through the vegetal heaviness, adds a bright citrus top note, and brings a lovely burst of vitamin C. For many people, celery and lemon becomes the daily ritual.

If the celery flavour is still a bit much, add half a green apple. Apple softens the taste considerably and adds a gentle sweetness that makes the juice easy to drink first thing in the morning. We’d say keep it to half an apple rather than a whole one — apples contain natural sugars, and one of the things we love about celery juice is that it’s naturally so low in sugar. A little fruit is fine; a lot rather defeats the point.

Other excellent additions:

• A small piece of fresh ginger — anti-inflammatory, warming, and a favourite for winter mornings
• A handful of spinach or kale — the Sana handles leafy greens effortlessly, so stack them on the celery for a more concentrated green juice
• A sprig of fresh mint or parsley for brightness
• Cucumber for extra hydration and a milder overall flavour

A Few Tips for the Best Glass

1. Drink it fresh. Celery juice is best within 15 to 20 minutes of juicing. If you need to store it, a sealed glass jar in the fridge keeps it well for up to 24 hours — one of the advantages of slow juicing is that the low oxidation extends freshness considerably compared to centrifugal machines.
2. Consider growing your own. Celery is surprisingly easy to grow in most South African gardens, and nothing beats walking out to the veggie patch and cutting fresh stalks for your morning juice. A few plants will keep you going for months, and you’ll know exactly what’s on (and not on) your produce.
3. Let the juicer do the work. With celery especially, the Sana’s auger will grab the stalk and pull it through on its own — no need to push. Feed the next stalk in gently as the previous one disappears. The slow, steady self-feed is what gives you that characteristically dry pulp and high juice yield.
4. Rinse immediately after juicing. Celery pulp is easy to clean when fresh; give it an hour and the fibres dry onto the screen. A quick rinse is all that’s needed.
5. Start your day with it. Many people drink celery juice on an empty stomach, 15–30 minutes before breakfast. It’s refreshing, hydrating, and a gentle way to start the day.

Ready to Start?

Celery juice is one of the easiest, most rewarding habits you can add to your day — provided you have a juicer that makes it a pleasure rather than a chore. A good Sana horizontal juicer turns celery from a stringy mess into a clean, vibrant glass of green in under a minute, and then rinses clean in about the same time.

Browse the full range at sanastore.co.za/collections/juicers, or head straight to the Sana 707, the Sana 727 Supreme, or the Sana 929 Ultimate to find the therapeutic juicer that fits your kitchen and your life.

Here’s to greener mornings.