Roma Food Strainer and Sauce Maker for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

by Weston

• Simply Turn the Handle...and the Seeds & Skins Separate from the Puree
• Extra-Large Capacity Hopper
• Easy Turn Handle
• Includes One Multi-Purpose Stainless Steel screen
• Dual Mounting System; Suction Cup Base or the C-Clamp Base

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 12.9 x 14.9 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000BYDR1
• Item model number: 07-0801
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,818 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #52 in Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Utensils & Gadgets > Colanders & Food Strainers > Food Strainers

Product Description

With the Roma Food Strainer & Sauce Maker you can quickly and easily make healthy homemade sauces, jams, jellies, wines, juices and even purees for baby foods from just about any fruit or vegetable imaginable. No More Peeling or Coring! The Roma Food Strainer & Sauce Maker does it all for you! The Roma is so easy to set-up & use, it will become indispensable to cooks & gardeners alike. Now you can use fresh ingredients for all of your recipes & never worry about additives or preservatives again.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

63 of 70 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Nice try... but it doesn't work well November 10, 2009

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I have used this Roma Vegetable Strainer for making apple sauce twice. Previously I have used the Victorio strainer (very nice and sturdy, but no longer available) and Back to Basics (stronger than the Roma in my opinion, but not as good as the Victorio - it had a lot of parts to lose and was not rust resistant). The Roma is easy to put together and seems to be rust resistant, but is weak, flimsy, unstable, and doesn't hold on my counter well with either the suction or the clamp.

Things I like about the Roma Strainer:
* Pieces attach easily without nuts and bolts
* Seem to be rust resistant (The Back-to-Basics strainer that I bought 15 years ago had some parts that would rust)
* Plastic cone that takes the waste (seeds, core and skin) away is farther from the sauce dispenser, making it easier to have various shapes of bowls.

Things I dislike about the Roma Strainer:
* The suction cup does not hold on my smooth quartz counter-top. Nice try, but it doesn't work.
* I have a bull-nose (rounded edge) to my counter-top so the clasp doesn't work very well either - it isn't long enough to reach around the bull-nose. So, it starts wiggling fairly quickly and isn't very stable, with no way to attach it more firmly.
* The handle is much harder to turn than the old Victorio (purchased 30 years ago) or Back-to-basics (purchased 16 years ago) strainers I have previously used. As I turn the handle, the vertical support seems to wobble or bend a bit, as though it isn't very strong.
* The handle seems a bit flimsy.
* Turning the handle is stiffer with more resistance than with the other strainers I have used before. (You tire more quickly.
* I have to run the waste product through 2 x as there is a lot of good applesauce that goes out with it....

The materials and workmanship are poorer quality. Some of the features (fewer parts to get lost) are nicer. Overall, though, my experience is that it is not nearly as good or as easy to use as the other strainers I have used in the past. Read more ›

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad gadget September 13, 2007

By MJ

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I've been using this strainer for my current cherry tomato crop (as usual, I planted way too many), and it has made short work of squishing the pulp out while separating the skins and seeds. I simply wash the tomatoes and dump them in. The only reason I give less than 5 starts is that the suction on the bottom kept releasing periodically, even when I tried sending fewer tomatoes through. I tried dampening the bottom, which helped, but it still eventually lost its grip. Also, the plastic gasket that is supposed to keep tomato guts from squeezing out the top of the screen (top as in end closest to strainer body) doesn't fit well (at least in mine), and won't stay in the machine. This doesn't seem to make much difference, however, as long as you have everything on tight.

Overall, it was a good purchase.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Roma Juice Processor October 10, 2007

By Forrest Mohrman

We had a similar unit that was around 20 years old. Every time we used it would leak all over the kitchen floor making it a real pain to clean up afterwards. This New model is leak proof and is a real joy to use. It is very easy to setup and very easy to clean. The juice goes where it should and the compressed leftovers go thru a long tube away from the pount of operation so processing is easy. This product makes canning a job we look forward to doing in the fall. Highly recommended!!!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars What else can I process? September 26, 2009

By P.D. Collum

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This is a great affordable alternative to the more pricey original, Squeezo. So easy to use my 2 year old turns the crank. I find myself looking for more things to crush in my new Roma sauce maker/juice maker. So far we have made tomato sauce and juice, apple sauce, mango sauce, and peach sauce. The kids love that they can make and eat there own treat. Plus, no added sugars and no preservatives. I wish I had this to make baby food when my kids were infants.

It is as simple as wash your fruit and veggies and drop them in. I cut them in quarters and drop them in the hopper. later I only cut them in half to test the true ability of the processing power. Not a problem for this machine. The hopper by the way is huge.

Also ordered the 4 piece accessory strainer kit and motor. Awaiting their arrival. The motor is not really needed especially if you have willing children to crank while you load the hopper. I was thinking ahead though envisioning a huge tomato/salsa garden for next year.

Bought the Roma sauce maker and 4 piece accessory kit separately which was $20.00 cheaper than the buy together offers. So do your price research and save.

Just FYI for estimates sake: it only took 4(medium) apples (baseball size) to make an entire quart of apple sauce. 8-10 small-very small roma tomatoes to make a quart of sauce. 1 mango to make a pint of sauce. and five small peaches to make a quart of sauce. I did run the pulp and skin through twice on everything. It is not necessary to so this. I was just playing to see how much I could squeeze out of each item.

The only negative thing I would have to say is watch the suction cup. At first I was awed by its suction abilities but it later lost suction twice.... It works better on certain surfaces than others the smoother the better. Good on counter tops not so great on wood. How ever it does also come with the handy dandy C-clamp. So no worries. Read more ›

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars worked great October 17, 2009

By J. White

Used this for the first time today. Usually takes forever to make sauce between boiling, deseeding, cooking etc. All we did with this was wash the tomatoes (large cherry/small roma size) and drop them in! Awesome, cut a half day project into about 30 min. We also got the accessory pack. Made some salsa, but would recommend de-seeding first. Salsa attachment would be good for kind of a diced tomato sauce for things like chili. I'm going to get one of these for my stepmom for christmas it worked so great!