Munchkin Baby Food Grinder

by Munchkin

• Makes homemade baby food at home or on the go!
• Expands food choices beyond what's offered in jars
• No batteries or electricity needed
• Replaces expensive commercial baby food
• Ideal for 6+ months; Colors may vary, you may receive in one of the following colors: blue, pink and green

Product Description

Color: Light Blue

From the Manufacturer

An easy-to-use, portable food grinder that turns any food into baby food in seconds - so your baby can enjoy fine dining in fine little bites. It's the little things.

Product Description

With Munchkin's portable Fresh Food Grinder, it is easy to feed baby healthy, natural homemade baby food. The Fresh Food Grinder is step 2 of an easy-to-use, 3-step process - (1) Chop & Steam, (2) Mash, and (3) Store. Munchkin's fresh feeding line has everything you need to prepare healthy, homemade baby food.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

58 of 59 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Good job for the price July 8, 2008

By Olive

Color Name:Light Blue

I purchased this item and then came home and read the reviews. I almost returned it, and then decided to give it a shot. I'm glad I did. Most of the other reviewers complained that it leaked. It does, but I just sit it in the sink to grind. Then there were complaints of the force you have to use to grind the food. I don't think that's the case at all. I think the key is the grinding motion. You have to push down on the green plastic part while grinding with your other hand. If it becomes hard to push, you simply keep grinding until it becomes easier to push. I believe most people are trying to grind it too fast. Also, I believe some of the complaints are because people aren't using food that has already been cooked. If you want to grind up a food such as squash, it is common sense, I think, that the food be cooked until soft. I just ground up cooked corn that was cut off the cob, and it ground up great.
Also, I think the thing to keep in mind with this product is price. It is only $10!
I feel that for under $10, you are getting a great product that does what it is supposed to do: grind up cooked foods in quantities suitable for feeding to a baby.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great food mill for the price! June 4, 2010

By Cara Heinly

Color Name:Light Blue

I really really like this product. The poor reviews seem to be from people who are not using it correctly and quite possibly did not read the directions to clear up their issues. I purchased this product 2nd hand, so it was well-used before me and by me as well.

#1 - I have never seen metal shavings in our food nor have I had trouble with rust. I have hand washed it as well as put it in the dishwasher.

#2 - The grinder plate/handle portion is EASY to remove. There is a knob at the top (blue in the picture) that you can tighten to prevent the handle from rotating. Once this is locked, it is quite easy to twist the grinder plate/handle piece out of the green plastic portion. This knob will also allow the handle to rotate faster or slower as needed, perhaps solving the problem that others mentioned about their wrists being sore from using this product. Also a problem that I have never had.

#3 - I haven't ever had the base leak, there is a rubber seal that goes all around the "plunger" part that keeps liquid from leaking out.

#4 - I have never had it "fall apart" while grinding. I suspect that this could happen if you do not have the grinder plate portion fully tightened into the green plastic base. Again, this could be achieved by fully tightening the knob at the top of the grinder plate/handle portion before trying to attach it to the base.

#5 - This is for making baby food, not grinding hard foods. The food needs to be cooked until soft, except for some fruits which are already soft, before being run through the grinder.

#6 - Yep, it is small-ish, makes ~1 portion at a time, which is perfect for early solids eaters and when you want to share table foods versus preparing large batches of food at once.

Overall, I love this grinder. I would definitely recommend it, we use it almost daily and couldn't be happier with the performance, which is why I just typed the longest review EVER!!! LOL

38 of 44 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Requires two-man operation, impossible to clean September 6, 2007

By R. Anderson

Color Name:Light Blue

This grinder is difficult to use. First, you need to assemble it and then load in the food to be ground, then put the grinding part on top and twist it to secure it on the chute. If your food is too tough, the grinder doesn't do anything, and any force you might use to press down on the grinder may result in the grate popping off and the food flying everywhere. My husband and I tried to use it on meat, which required one of us to push down, and the other to turn the grinder. Once you've done that, then the instructions say to simply remove the grinding plate (grate) and the handle. The grinding plate is impossible to remove as the force of turning and pressing down on it makes it screwed in so tight, you can't remove the grate unless you use an icepick or the tine of a metal fork to loosen it. The handle to turn the grinder is very small and hard to use. Your hand gets really tired and sore.

We discovered that putting the metal blade on upside down (with the flat part not against the grate) did a better job of moving the food upwards to the grate.

Also, if your food is overly moist or wet, the grinder leaks at the bottom.

I must also mention that there are a lot of parts to wash and some are small, they sometimes get lost in the sink or drying rack.

I believe Kidco has a manual grinder too, that has a bigger handle. We haven't tried it since we gave up on manual grinders. I also tried the Bella Cucina (like the Magic Bullet), which was the worst thing ever as plastic shavings from the lid went into the food from the edge of the cup. Each time you screw on the lid, the sharp lip of the cup would create little shavings from the lid (which is colored plastic) that sometimes fell into the ground up food.

I ended up getting a Cuisinart SmartStick with the chopper bowl accessory, and that worked fine. I also have the Kitchenaid stand mixer and had the food grinder attachment as a gift. We used that it grind mass quantities of meat that we froze so that we would have meat on hand. We would grind one whole rotisserie chicken (deboned) twice, and then package the loosely ground chicken in ziploc bags and freeze them. Then we would simply take one bag out and leave it in the fridge to thaw so she would have some meat to mix with soft cooked veggies. Any parent knows how difficult it is to ensure your baby gets the right amount of protein each day.