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Canada
Last updated: April 2024
Ranking criteria: durability, versatility, ease of use, capacity
Buyer's remorse summary: the most common issues that customers have with their Food Processors are typically related to Size and storage , Noise level , Cleaning and maintenance and Performance and functionality .
We compiled the list of the most popular Food Processors of 2024 that have received the fewest complaints in these categories.
Ninja Supra Kitchen System with Blender and Food Processor
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This high-powered kitchen system offers versatile blending and food processing capabilities, with th... read more
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KitchenAid KFC3516WH 3.5 Cup Mini Food Processor, White
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This compact and lightweight food processor offers precise control with 2 speeds and pulse operation... read more
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Hamilton Beach Electric Food Chopper, 3-Cup, 350 Watts, Black
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This electric food chopper is easy to assemble, has a high-performance chopping action with stainles... read more
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Cuisinart DFP-14BCNYC Custom 14-Cup Food Processor, Silver
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This powerful food processor is perfect for handling large jobs with its 14-cup capacity and variety... read more
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Black+Decker 3-Cup Food Processor, One Touch Pulse, Dishwasher Safe
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This compact and powerful food processor is designed with a stay-sharp blade, convenient oil holes, ... read more
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Ninja Professional Plus Food Processor - 1000 Watts, Silver
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The Ninja Professional Plus Food Processor stands out with its powerful 1000-watt motor, versatile f... read more
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KitchenAid KFC3516ER 3.5 Cup Mini Food Processor, Empire Red
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This compact and lightweight food processor offers precise control with 2 speeds and pulse operation... read more
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Hamilton Beach Food Processor & Vegetable Chopper, 10 Cups - Silver
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This versatile food processor features 4 attachments for spiralizing, slicing, shredding, and choppi... read more
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Hamilton Beach Food Processor & Vegetable Chopper, 10 Cups
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This food processor stands out with its bowl scraper attachment, large capacity, versatility in chop... read more
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Hamilton Beach Food Processor: Slices, Shreds, Chops, and Purees
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This versatile kitchen appliance allows for quick and easy slicing, shredding, chopping, and pureein... read more
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KitchenAid 7-Cup Food Processor in Empire Red
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This food processor stands out with its easy assembly, simple controls, and dishwasher-safe parts. I... read more
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Cuisinart 11 Cup Food Processor, Silver
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This food processor is perfect for larger recipes, with a powerful motor that can handle various tas... read more
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Ninja Professional Plus Food Processor 850-Watts - Canadian Version
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This powerful food processor offers professional-grade performance with its versatile blades and dis... read more
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Anthter 600W Food Processor with 7-Cup Bowl and Reversible Disc
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This versatile food processor offers a large 7-cup capacity, powerful motor, and interchangeable bla... read more
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KitchenAid KFP0718WH 7 Cup Food Processor, White
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This food processor offers an all-in-one storage solution, easy cleaning, versatile chopping capabil... read more
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Hamilton-Beach Compact Food Processor in Black
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This compact food processor with a 4 cup capacity and stackable design offers easy assembly, a 5 yea... read more
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BLACK+DECKER 3-in-1 Food Processor, 8-Cup, Dishwasher Safe
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This multifunctional food processor has a large 8-cup capacity, a powerful motor, and dishwasher-saf... read more
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KitchenAid KFC3516IB 3.5 Cup Mini Food Processor- Ink Blue
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This compact and lightweight food processor offers precise control with 2 speeds and pulse operation... read more
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Davivy 6-in-1 Hand Blender Combo, 500W, Black
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This versatile hand blender combo offers 6-in-1 functionality with a powerful 500W motor, adjustable... read more
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Braun CH3012BK EasyPrepâ„¢ Mini Food Processor, 4 cup, Black
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This compact and powerful food processor features QuadBlade technology for efficient chopping, two s... read more
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KitchenAid KFP0921ER 9 Cup Food Processor
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This food processor offers a range of functions including mincing meat, whipping cream, kneading dou... read more
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Ninja Professional XL Food Processor
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The Ninja Professional XL Food Processor stands out with its powerful 1000-watt motor, versatile sli... read more
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Homtone 16 Cup Food Processor Blender Combo
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This versatile food processor blender combo has a large capacity, multiple blades, and a dual lockin... read more
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Braun 8 Cup Food Processor - FP3211SI
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This powerful and versatile food processor offers fast and easy results with its 2-speed settings an... read more
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KitchenAid KFP0921BM 9 Cup Food Processor
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This versatile food processor makes meal preparation a breeze with its powerful motor, multiple blad... read more
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Bear 400W Electric Food Processor with 2 Speeds
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This versatile food processor with a powerful motor, sharp blades, and a large capacity bowl effortl... read more
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13-Cup Food Processor with Dicing Kit
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This versatile food processor offers convenient storage, adjustable slicing thickness, easy cleaning... read more
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7-Cup Food Processor KFP0710CU
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This food processor is easy to use and clean, with a sealed work bowl that prevents food from gettin... read more
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Ninja Express Chop: Chops, Minces, Purees - Black, 200W
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This powerful kitchen tool effortlessly chops, minces, and purees ingredients for a variety of recip... read more
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Bear Electric Food Processor with 2 Glass Bowls, 400W Power
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This versatile food processor with two glass bowls and powerful motor offers efficient chopping, ble... read more
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Hamilton-Beach 70725C Stack and Snap Food Processor
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This food processor is powerful, easy to assemble, and has a unique design that eliminates the need ... read more
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Ninja Power Blender & Processor with Auto-iQ Presets
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This versatile appliance combines blending, food processing, and dough-making capabilities in one co... read more
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As usual, this month we aggregated dozens of popular Food Processors in Canada and ranked them based on durability, versatility, ease of use, capacity. According to this April's formal ranking, food processors by KitchenAid are the most prominent ones, followed by Ninja and Hamilton Beach .
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We made a price chart of the top selling Food Processors (see below). Budget options start at C$27.98, going up C$349. The most popular option is priced at C$189.99, which is on the pricier side.
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ReviewFinder's formal aggregated ranking is a combination of our meta-rankings and consumer score.
Meta-rankings are a combination of all expert reviews we can find on the Internet. When present, meta-rankings are the strongest ranking signal (we trust experts more than consumers).
Consumer score is calculated from customer reviews.
Not all categories have enough expert endorsements online - in such cases we use consumer score weighted by historical brand prominence in the niche (brands that historically specialize in a certain category get a slight bump in that category rankings). Consumer score is a normalized 0-10 score based on customer reviews.
Recently we removed price form our rankings - it no longer affects recommendations. Whether to go budget or premium is consumer's choice, not ours.
As can be seen below, top ranked food processors in Canada start at roughly C$27.98 and go up to C$349. Median price is C$89.94.
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Black+Decker 3-Cup Food Processor, One Touch Pulse, Dishwasher Safe
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7-Cup Food Processor KFP0710CU
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Cuisinart DFP-14BCNYC Custom 14-Cup Food Processor, Silver
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Blenders, juicers, hand-operated ricers, vegetable grinds, cheese graters, hand-operated choppers, etc. all examples of food processors. Although, they do not serve the same function. However, the type we are looking at here combines almost all the tasks of the above.
A food processor is made up of different parts, which carry out different functions. A normal food processor should have the following parts:
• The bowl: This is the largest and one of the most important parts of a food processor. It is where the food is placed for preparation. It determines the food processor capacity. If you want to throw a party with large guests, there is no doubt that the bigger units will be more than enough. The smaller units on the order hand are ideal for a minimal number of crowd. Also, the smaller units are easier to clean compared to the larger ones.
• The blades: a good food processor has several blades which include a Sabatier blade, serrated blade and perforated blade. These blades serve different functions which include chopping, grinding, grating and so on. Also, the best are stainless steel for better efficiency. Here are the functions of the different blades:
- Sabatier blade: This is also referred to as the S-shaped blade. It is used to clean, cut and chop raw meats and vegetables.
-Serrated blade: This is used for chopping and pureeing frozen products, create herbs and nuts.
-Perforated blade: This is used for a mixture such as sauces, mayonnaise, aioli and cocktails.
Apart from these common ones, there are a dozen of blades that can be used in a food processor for preparing food.
• Discs: This sits at the bottom of the food processor bowl. It is where the food is placed for preparation. They could be slicing discs, julienne discs, grating discs etc.
- The slicing discs: are used for flat, thin slices which could be cucumber, carrots etc.
- Julienne discs: these are used for long, straw-type cuts. They are used for vegetables, garnishes etc.
- Grating/ shredding discs: They are used for powder or long cuts. Suitable for shredding cheese, citrus etc.
- Brunoise Discs: They are used for very small dice cuts. They are suitable for vegetables.
- Whipping discs: Suitable for whipped cream, butter, ice-cream etc.
- Gaufrette discs: Suitable for waffle-style cuts. For example chips, waffle fries, biscuits etc.
- Crimping discs: Used to make rippled cuts on foods like potatoes, carrots, beef etc.
- French fries kits: Used for long, French fry cuts, squash or carrots cuts.
• Power: This is measured in watts. Watts range from 500 to as high as 1200 Watts. The Food processor motor determines the watts. Most times, the higher watts food processor costs more than the lower ones. The higher watts processors are more durable as well. The higher watts one is very good if you can afford it. It carries out your tasks uniformly.
• Control setting: Most food processors come majorly with the on, off and pause controls.
• Safety locks: This ensures that food processing does not start unless the lid has been when tightened. To prevent an accident.
• Citrus press: This is used to press fruits to make juice.
• Controls: These are dials that are used to operate the FP. These include an on and off switch along with other switches and modes.
• Storage case: This is used to cover a food processor from dust. It safely stores the food processor. Almost all food processors come with this and sometimes together with a recipe book.
• Dry grinder jar: This is used to produce dry flours. One must be careful while using this because it heats up fast.
• Dough maker: This is used to prepare dough from flour.
• Inserts: This helps the food processor to carry out its functions. They are inserted just like attachments or accessories. They include slicers, graters, shredders, choppers etc.
Other parts include locking collar ring, motor assembly, motor spindle, shredding disc, slip-proof feet. Wet grinding jar, speed setting etc.
Other things that can be done with a food processor include making oats flour, pasta, grains, bread and dough. Pie crusts can also be made in large quantities. Additionally, mayonnaise, pesto, salsas, spreads, vinaigrette and so on can all be prepared with a food processor.
A food processor is worth buying if you prepare a lot of meals, cater for a lot of guests, or you are do not want to go through labour-intensive tasks in the kitchen. Be assured to get value for your money if you invest in a very high-quality one with high wattage.
Food processors are ideal for preparing a wide variety of food. Moreover, healthy and delicious food is a way to go for us Canadians. The types of food that can be prepared with a food processor include but are not limited to these: meats, salmon burgers, fruits, stir-fries, cheese, ice-cream. Whipped cream, frozen fruits, spreads, curry paste, pasta, pizza, bread dough, pie crusts, smooth soups, cereals, grains, nuts, oats and so on.
Therefore, your breakfast, lunch and dinner can all be made in the twinkle of an eye once you have your food processor.
A food processor is not the same as a blender. They do not perform the same function. The most regularly pointed out difference is that a blender is ideal for liquids, for example, juice, milk and smoothies while a food processor is better for preparing solids and semi-solids like veggies, meats and dough.
Secondly, food processors can work on tougher food because of their sharper blades. Additionally, food processors require little to no water to operate, unlike blenders.
Drinking juice is a big deal in Canada. You may opt for a food processor because it has a citrus press that helps for making juice occasionally. However, if you make juice very often, you can consider getting a food extractor or juicer for regular use instead of a food processor.
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Make sure you opt for a food processor with dishwasher-safe parts. This includes work bowls, bowl cover or lid, a pusher for transferring large or bulky pieces of food through the feed tube. You should make sure that these parts are dishwasher safe while purchasing so that you do not manually clean upon every use.
• Stable body: Make sure the dishwasher is stable and can withstand heavy loads during vibration. This means the food processor must feature a solid-built body and wider bases to enhance stability.
• Speed: A good food processor should be speedy. They come with a low, high and pulse speed option button.
• Power: A good food processor should have 600-700 wattage to enhance accurate chopping, grating, pureeing, dicing etc. A lesser wattage can run down the battery.
• Size: You should get a food processor that is suitable for your family and kitchen size.
For a food processor to function appropriately and carry out its basic functions like chopping and shredding, it does not require too much power. However, other functions that are quite complex might take up high wattage. Averagely, a 600 to 700 watts food processor motor, should be able to carry out any of the food processing functions.
This is generally a question of what bowl capacity to choose. Bowl capacity is the size of the food processor bowl. Choosing an ideal bowl capacity will depend on the family size and the quantity and type of recipe. In Canada, a family of four is common thus, 11 cup size should do. As regards this, here is a quick guide:
- Full-size bowl: 9 to 13 cups size.
- Compact size bowl- 5 to 7 cup size.
- Mini-size bowl- 2 to 5 cup size.
Operating a food processor is not be a herculean task. Here is a step-by-step process on how to operate a food processor:
• Arrange the food processor and attach the suitable blade attachment for your task.
• Add your recipe ingredients.
• Cover the bowl with a lid tightly.
• Blend or pulse (chop) the food until it is smooth, solid or chunky as you wish.
• Afterwards, clean up your food processor.
Cleaning your food processor is very important to enhance durability. After every use, you can either clean your food processor manually or with the help of a dishwasher if its parts are dishwasher safe. Here is a step-by-step process on how to clean your dishwasher:
•Dismantle the food processor: this is done by taking apart the blade, bowl, disc and lid.
•Wash the removable parts with warm water, soap and foam. Do not use a tough sponge or abrasives.
•Wipe the blade. Do not soak it so that it will not rust.
•The removable part can also be washed in the dishwasher.
•Wipe the parts with a dry and clean towel after washing.
•After wiping, arrange the parts back together.
•Store in a cool and dry place until your next use.
One can not specifically predict how long a food processor lasts. The durability is dependent on the strength of the motor- a higher wattage motor will last longer, as they can withstand the difficulty of complex recipes easily.
Other factors that affect the life-span include:
Usage: what you use the food processor for will determine its durability. Softer recipes are less stressful on the motor compared to harder ones.
Rate of use: the more frequent or subsequent you use the food processor, the more it wears out.
Speed: Slower speeds help for a longer life-span compared to the higher speed.
Warranties are available for food processors. This means you can ask for a repair or return if damaged within a stipulated period. This ultimately depends on the store you are purchasing from.
