10 Immune Boosting Juices You Can Make at Home This Winter

Including plenty of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients in your daily diet is an excellent way to help keep your immune system fighting fit. Many fruits and vegetables contain immune-boosting essentials like vitamins A, B6 and B9, C and K, potassium, magnesium, manganese… the list goes on. 

Of course, the thought of eating mounds of vegetables and fruit every day is overwhelming, to say the least. Enter juicing: one very quick and easy way to get a hit of those immune-boosting essentials without eating your weight in fresh produce. As juicing removes the fruit and veg’s fibre, the vitamins and minerals can absorb straight into the bloodstream, giving you an even more concentrated hit of goodness (Don’t have a juicer? Blitz the ingredients in a blender and strain through a fine-mesh sieve).

It couldn’t be easier to whip up a tasty and healthy immunity booster drink in your very own kitchen, thanks to the many top juicers and best slow juicers on the market these days. Check out Bing Lee’s extensive range of easy to clean juicers and blenders here.

Whether you’re already a juicing aficionado or you’re still deciding which is the best fruit juicer for you, these handpicked immune booster juice recipes can help keep the sniffles at bay this winter. All of these immune-boosting recipes are packed to the brim with nutrients your body will love you for. Let’s get juicing!

With all that talk of the power of oranges, this recipe from Two Spoons deserves the top spot! Packed with oranges and lemons (also high in vitamin C), carrots for vitamin A and K, beta-carotene and calcium, ginger and turmeric for an anti-inflammatory and antioxidative boost, plus manuka honey (hello, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiviral and antioxidant properties), this one’s a winner all year round. Get the recipe here.

Delicious and refreshing, this beauty from Living Chic Mom, contains just three ingredients: strawberries, which are not only high in vitamin C but also contain folate and potassium; watermelon, which contains an antioxidant called glutathione that strengthens the immune system to help it fight infection; and cucumber, which is packed with vitamins A, B, C, K, manganese, copper and potassium – all vital for healthy immune functioning. Find the recipe for this immunity booster drink here.

Breville makes some of the top juicers on the market, so it makes sense they’d have some great juice recipes for immunity. Green juice fans, here’s one for you! Kiwifruit contains around 230% of the daily recommended intake of vitamin C, so when paired up with orange in this tangy, fresh immune booster juice recipe from Food Thinkers, it packs quite the vitamin punch. Plus, there’s ginger for immunity-boosting antioxidants, green grapes (even more vitamin C, B and K, and copper), Swiss chard (just a cup of this leafy green provides 477% of the daily recommended intake!), and green cabbage (which you can’t even taste, we promise). Get this bursting-with-vitamin-C recipe here.

This is a scrumptious and colourful option (courtesy of Breville) for anyone wanting to give their bluicer a workout. The blueberries and pear in this delish drink provide antioxidants, which help fight inflammation, while lemon brings the vitamin C hit, zucchini amps up the vitamin A content (also great for your vision!) and beets, which are rich in iron and vitamin C, can help the body battle infection! Grab the Breville bluicing recipe here.

Fresh cucumber, spinach, green apple and mint join forces for this power-packed potion. Spinach is anti-inflammatory and is chock full of vitamins A and C, folate and magnesium, making it a great ingredient for immune-boosting properties, while mint is rich in phosphorus, calcium and vitamins C, D, E, and A. Try this Food Thinkers recipe here.

If you like things a little spicy, this pick from Food Thinkers is the immune booster juice recipe for you. The usual suspects – orange, ginger and carrots – are joined by anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial celery and capsicum in this drink. These bell-shaped beauties are bursting with vitamin C, which can help immune cells fight pathogens attacking your body – not to mention reducing oxidative stress, which is a major contributor to a weakened immune system. Try this immune-boosting recipe here. 

We love this tasty tipple from The Minimalist Baker, who shows how easy it is to create a healthy immune booster juice with a blender. With beta-carotene and vitamins A and K from the carrots, vitamin C and polyphenols from the apples, antioxidants and folate from the beets, and ginger’s anti-inflammatory properties, this healthy drink is bursting with immune-assisting benefits. Click here for the recipe.

We already know lemon, ginger and cucumber are your immune-boosting friends, but adding kale, celery and granny smith apples to the mix with this recipe from Show Me The Yummy only elevates this immunity-boosting drink’s superpowers. With more than twice the amount of vitamin C as spinach, kale is a great leafy addition to your green juice, while the granny smiths provide anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds and celery’s antimicrobial properties help boost the immune system. Try it out here.

While not technically a juice, this recipe from The Blender Girl is worth a mention as pumpkin seeds are crammed full of zinc, which has been shown time and time again to have beneficial effects on the immune system. You can down this bevvy as is or use it as a base to create more delicious juices and smoothies. You’ll need a blender for this one and a nut-milk bag for straining the pulp. Grab the recipe here.

Want a powerful shot of nutrients to supercharge your immunity? This recipe from 40 Aprons is not for the faint-hearted, but it’s overflowing with the good stuff. With honey, lemon, orange, ginger and antimicrobial apple cider vinegar, and spiced with turmeric, cinnamon and cayenne pepper, this feisty shot is full of vitamin C, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antimicrobial properties. Try it out here.