Food Mills Buying Guide - Guides & Suggestions

A food mill is a kitchen tool designed to mash and sieve foods to a desired consistency, as determined by the size of the disc insert being used.

Components of a Typical Food Mill
Continuous Feed Food Mill
Disc Buying Guidelines

Components of a Typical Food Mill

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Other Models

Continuous Feed:

Continuous feed food mills are perfect for users who require more output than with a traditional, manual food mill, yet not quite as much as with a motorized model. They are ideal for pureeing large quantities of tomatoes for tomato-based sauces.

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Disc Buying Guidelines

In general, choose the disc size based on:

The seed size or
How fine you want the end results

Basket Sieve Size:	Best For:	Notes:
5/32" – 4mm	• Stringy vegetables
1/8" – 3mm	• General mashing	Tomato seeds may pass through
5/64" – 2mm	• Mashed potatoes and other vegetables	Tomato seeds will not pass through
3/32" – 2mm	• Mashed potatoes and other vegetables	Tomato seeds will not pass through
1/16" – 1.5mm	• Fine purees • Tomato sauce • Soups • Fruit purees
1/32" – 1mm	• Berry purees • Syrups • Fruit Juices

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Now It's Time to Get Started

Use Your Food Mill With:

Apples
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Berries
Fresh or canned fruits

Dried fruits
Fresh or canned vegetables
Beans
Hardboiled eggs
Much more!

Special Note

Always remember to blanch or boil foods before using a food mill so that they are soft enough to go through the holes. Otherwise you risk breaking your food mill or obtaining less than desired results.

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