Non Toxic Food Processors
The best non-toxic food processors are made with stainless steel, glass, or LFGB-certified plastic, but they don’t exist for home use in the US yet. There is no perfect non-toxic food processor, but here’s my take on what’s out there. Since they’re typically not used very often and when they are, it’s on cold, non-acidic foods that won’t encourage leaching, in the grand scheme of things, food processors represent a small exposure to you even if you go with an imperfect option.
By Dr. Meg Christensen | Physician-founder of Interior Medicine, a non-toxic home resource built on her background in medicine, biochemistry, epidemiology, and clinical research.
Updated October 1, 2026
Non-Toxic Food Processors
Vitamix Safer Plastic Food Processor
HDPE and ABS plastics are often talked about as the safest because they don’t contain BPA, but they can have all kinds of other additives mixed in like flame retardants, UV stabilizers, and pigments. Tritan plastic, which the Vitamix food processing attachment is made of, is not leach tested but is better than other plastics because it meets Prop 65 requirements, does not include any PTFE/Teflon, and is GreenGuard certified as a low VOC plastic as well. This is actually what I use, because I can attach it to my Vitamix blender base. I do not love plastic in the kitchen, however, since I only use a food processor infrequently, and for cold, non-acidic foods, the leaching potential is overall very low. It’s more important to prioritize safer cookware, bakeware and hot food storage items. This is a little more affordable than the Breville and high capacity (12 cups). Check prices through Target, Sur La Table, and Amazon.
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Breville EU-Tested Non-Toxic Food Processors
Breville makes the safest non-toxic food processor. While ideally you could find a true food processor made entirely of glass and stainless steel, they just don’t exist outside of heavy duty commercial grade ones. Or, they’re made with healthy materials, but aren’t actually 8+ cup food processors. Both of Breville’s models, the Sous Chef and Paradice, however, are made with the safest plastic possible. The most important thing to look for in whether a plastic is non-toxic is if it’s been leach-tested, and that is exactly what Breville’s are. Their food processor plastic is EU 10/2011 compliant, which is the same test that LFGB-certified plastic in the EU has to go through. This is the only plastic that’s leach tested by a third party to meet strict limits about what can get into your food. Check prices through Target, Sur La Table, and Williams Sonoma.
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Amazon Affordable Glass and Stainless Steel Food Processors
Not quite a food processor, and a little suspicious because they all look the exact same with AI generated photos, Amazon has quite a few affordable glass and stainless steel food choppers. They’re small, not true food processors, and many have durability issues if you read the reviews. That said, they’re truly made with steel and glass, are healthy, very affordable, and may work for you if you use it just for infrequent tasks, as it does for some reviewers.
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Beaba Babycook Neo Stainless and Glass Mini Food Processor
This is a non toxic food processor that’s made of stainless steel and glass, and while marketed for making baby food, could also be used for small food processing jobs like making pestos and sauces. It can heat frozen vegetables with gentle steam and blends all in one glass.
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Commercial Grade Stainless Steel Food Processors
There are lots of stainless steel food processors available! They’re just not made for home use, but for restaurants instead, and tend to be spendy. Here is a link to WebstaurantStore’s options. Most are thousands of dollars, but a few, like the Avamix shown above, are in the triple digits. An option if you are an avid cook and really rely on food processing. Again, since food processors are typically used for cold, non-acidic foods, the leaching potential is overall very low. It’s more important to prioritize safer cookware, bakeware and hot food storage items.
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100% Stainless Steel Kitchen Knives
Even the lowest-tox food processors and blenders all have some plastic components inside their mechanical housing. If you want as close to a completely plastic-free kitchen as possible, all-stainless steel knives, including the handles, are the way to go. They’re also a lot more affordable and an option while we all wait it out for a brand to create us a truly plastic free food processor!
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