7 Superb Gadgets to Encourage You to Eat More Fruit

1. 1. Frozen Fruit Soft Serve Processor

   This cunning countertop contraption takes frozen fruit and churns it into a soft-serve dessert sans all the fat, sugar and preservatives in store-bought alternatives.

   Cost: $69.95

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2. 2. Breville Compact Juice Fountain Extractor

   You can whack entire peices of fruit -- cores, skins and all -- into this Juice Fountain and it will deliver delicious fresh fruit juice at the press of a button. When it's this easy, there's really no excuse not to get your fresh fruit intake.

   Cost: $99.99

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3. 3. OXO Chopper

   Love fruit salad, but can't be fussed with cutting it all up? This hand-held chopper takes a boring chore and makes it super-quick. You simply stick your fruit under the chopper, press down and hey presto!

   Cost: $19.95

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4. 4. Apple Peeler and Corer

   This traditional enamel kitchen gizmo makes light work of peeling and coring apples, leaving you with just the good bits of the fruit to enjoy. It also works on pears and potatoes.

   Cost: $29.95

   Image courtesy of Williams-Sonoma

   

5. 5. Hamilton Beach Single-Serve Blender With Travel Lid

   This compact gadget can blend one serving of a fruit shake or smoothie. Stick on the included travel lid and detach from the base for a mega-healthy on-the-go beverage.

   Cost: $19.99

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6. 6. Alessi Electric Citrus Squeezer

   Squeezing citrus fruit by hand isn't exactly hard, but you don't always get all the juice out and it can be a messy business. Enter Alessi's designer gadget for a much smoother way to get your vitamin C.

   Cost: $195

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7. 7. Kilo Fruit Jackets

   Finally, not technnically a gadget, we adore these fruit jacket gizmos which protect your pieces of fruit from getting bashed about in your bag.

   Cost: Approx $9

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We all know we should eat more fruit, but sometimes it can be a struggle to consume the recommended five servings of fruit (or vegetables) per day.

To try and encourage us all to get more fructose in our faces, we have taken a look at cool kitchen gadgetry that makes eating fruit easier, quicker and more fun.

Take a look through our healthy options in the image gallery above. Share in the comments below any great gizmos you use to help you get your five-a-day.

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