EMGA Omac Emanuel 190 Food Mill Made Of Stainless Steel, Grey, 34.4 x 24 x 10.2 cm

Maybe not - but if you are a keen cook, or maybe have babies to feed, this simple, strong, hand operated device is the classic tool for grinding and making purees. You don't have to skin and deseed tomatoes, for sauces and soups , for example and instead of buying prepared baby food, you can make it from ingredients you choose.

Price and ease of use

I bought this item to help with my jam making and it does extract seeds and skins and pips and stalks and it even does awesome mashed potato (frankly what can't lol ) but an amazingly useful gadget. Its composition is pleasing and cleans very quickly under the tap.

We grow lots of tomatoes so needed to speed up the process of making passata. This is the type of thing they use in Italy and they know about tomatoes! Easy to assemble. Make sure you fit the sieve plate the right way up (it’s not the way you think). Plop in some softened tomatoes and turn the crank handle. Every now and then reverse the blade to clear the holes and collect the skins and seeds. Bellissimo!

Not quite as robust as I thought it would be but works fine.

Using it in industrial kitchen and so far it’s been a month and still lasting, turnip, mashed potatoes does it good

Looks perfect at first glance but there are two major problems.First the arrangement of three hinged hooks to hold the utensil steady on the bowl or pan, one at the front and two at the 120 and 240 degree positions. This is unstable on anything but a broad-based bowl of the perfect diameter. An arrangement of two hooks in front at the 60 and 300 degree positions with the third point of balance being the pan-handle of the machine would allow almost any size of bowl or pan to be used and be much more stable when sieving is taking place.Second, the pressure exerted by the spring is far too great given the rough surface of the sieves, making it hard to wind the handle when empty, let alone when in work and certainly impossible to hold steady on the bowl at the same time.Sorry but a definite FAIL. Interesting that some reviews give 5* and some 0*. Could there be two models in circulation under the same label?

It is easy to use and clean but the food is not as smooth as pushing through a sieve