The 10 Best Food Mills in 2019

If you are a perfectionist when it comes to preparing purees or sauces, OXO Good Grips Food Mill is a product that will not disappoint you. You will be able to prepare fluids of 2.3 quarts approximately. As cooks, you know that this capacity is sufficient for both single and multiple serves in the dish. The product has three legs that can be folded easily so that you can place them easily in your kitchen counter after use. These legs are non-slippery in design and help you secure the base conveniently while making the sauces. The mill is designed in a way that it will not fall into food abruptly.

If you are someone who likes to do things the traditional way, our recommendation would be to start with this product. The construction is pretty simple and will help you get used to food mills in general. The core material for this product is stainless steel. This makes the product ideal for preparing both hot and cold meals alike. To be specific, you can use this mill for ricing, mashing, graining and grating. For preparing sauces, purees and fluid foods for babies, we feel this product will not disappoint you.

RSVP International is quite a popular brand when it comes to kitchen tools. This food mill is one of our favorites in terms of its features; designed well to prepare sauces, baby food and purees. The core material used for this product is stainless steel. The product is dishwasher safe providing you the cleaning convenience you need. You must have guessed it by now that the product is BPA free since it comes from a reliable brand. This food mill is light-weight and easy to handle.

It has three legs to provide the secure base that you need. We honestly liked the graining and straining features of this one. We felt that you can use them regularly or occasionally for preparing both healthy and lavish food items. What we loved best about the product is that it saves a lot of time due to its straining qualities. You don’t have to peel off the skin or remove the seeds before preparing the sauce; the product will do it through the straining.

In terms of versatility, we think that it’s great. Why? It comes with three discs with difference in perforation to provide three types of texture for your sauces and purees. Basically you can prepare medium, fine and coarse textures with the discs provided. These discs are easily interchangeable. The mechanism of preparing the purees is quite interesting. There is a locked-in spring and a rotating blade within the design; this two applies the right force need to prepare the food items in the right texture. 

Our final perspective of RSVP food mill is that it is useful for those who are planning to shift in to the healthy diet with less salt and sugar. The convenience it provides, we feel that it is equally useful for professional chefs as well.

Weston offers a food mill with a capacity of 2 quarts which is a moderate quantity. It has a stainless steel construction which is pretty much available for most of the food mills. What make it unique are the three different types of stainless steel discs provided. The peer products are seen to provide three types as well. However, we liked the perforation and neat attention to details in the design. The size of perforated circles is specifically suited to create fine, medium and coarse textures. This is a rare attribute found in the discs of food mills usually. This well designed perforation actually helps in minimalistic waste of food possible.

When it comes to using food mills, finding the right bowl for it becomes a problem at times. This food mill from Granite ware understood this problem and designed a deluxe food mill with a size that goes with most of the mixing bowls and pots. As a beginner, we would recommend using this product. This is convenient and simple to use. In fact, you don’t even have to peel off skin or seeds; the processing part will take care of that. This mill has the capacity of sustaining 2 quarts, a decent quantity of course. Cleaning the product shouldn’t be a problem for you since it is dishwasher safe.

If you prepare veg meals every day, WINWARE vegetable could be a good choice for you. It helps in straining or pureeing both fruits and vegetables. The exterior and the discs are made from stainless steel. This gives the durable layer that you need for long term usage of the product. This mill has the capacity of processing 2 quarts of food items at one go. This is a medium ranged capacity basically. We found the operations quite simplistic in this product. All you have to do is rotate the crank and prepare the sauces.

The design is made such that you do not have to take away the seeds or skins before processing. The pressure applied by the machine is good enough to manage the seeds and skins by itself. We cannot emphasize how much time it will save in your everyday cooking. Moving to the other attributes, it comes with three discs with three types of perforation for providing medium, coarse and fine textures. 

We found users posing different opinions regarding the quality of the texture. The bottom line came up that how you handle the rotation impacts the texture as well. Therefore, new users might face difficulty initially with forming the right texture.

RSVP International provides another food mill with slightly different attributes. This food mill is suitable for preparing sauce, purees, strained vegetables and coulis. The design is quite simplistic in nature and so are its operations. The exterior is made with superior quality stainless steel. Basically made with 18/8 stainless steel. If you have read our reviews before, you would know that this particular steel type is non-reactive, hygienic and lacks harmful chemicals.

It comes with three disks made from stainless steel. The three disks are provided to give different textures to the sauces or mixtures; coarse, fine and medium. The disks are perforated in different ways to provide the right texture. However, we felt that the disk provided for the coarse disk has larger circles unsuitable for mixing. We though the other work fine. What we loved most about the product is the ergonomic wooden handle that it provides. Usually with steel handle, it becomes uncomfortable while using. 

But with the wooden handle, you get a strong grip and pretty comfortable to use. The product is dishwasher safe but we would recommend hand washing for greater longevity.

We honestly found this food mill quite looking compared to the other products that we have reviewed. It does come with good attributes as well. For starters, the product comes with 25 years warranty! Yes, not 1, 2 or 10 years, you get a 25 years warranty to the product! Therefore, when it comes to durability we feel you have nothing to worry about. Moving on to the usefulness of the food mill, it comes with three easily interchangeable disks. The perforations of the disks are smaller compared to the peer products specifically for the coarse texture one.

You get 2mm and 3mm disks for fine and medium textures respectively. For coarse texture, the size is 4mm. This is smaller compared to the 7-8mm range perforations provided by competitor food mills. But this does not mean that Cuisipro is bad. In fact, smaller diameter means better processing to some users’ taste.

Alisa brand is not so common but we were pleasantly surprised with the features of this food mill. The capacity of this food mill is approximately 2.5 quarts which is greater than its comparable products. Usually you find capacity of 2 quarts the most. In terms of utility, we would say that the product is indeed versatile. You can use it for mashing fruits and veggies and preparing sauces, soup and baby foods. The food mill will fit most of the average sized mixing bowls. For your convenience, the product comes with a medium sized free bowl. The bowl is made from BPA free plastic and is microwave safe.

This is an interesting food mill for you in terms of design and features. For starters, this food mill provides four types of discs compared to other food mills providing three discs only. This way you can create more versatility with texture. The overall exterior is made with superior quality 18/10 stainless steel including the discs. We loved the unique design that this product has. Basically, you will find perforated bottom in this food mill for good processing of food items.