The 8 Best Vegetable Choppers on the Market

Vegetable choppers, perhaps more than any other kitchen item, are notoriously hard to shop for. The market is inundated with cheap, poorly made vegetable choppers. These shoebox-sized tools might look great – many of them boasting multiple blade inserts and functional attachments – but after just a few uses the brittle plastic breaks and the blades bend or dull. 

A bad vegetable chopper isn’t just inefficient, it can also be dangerous. And yet, the quality vegetable chopper, when done right, is an amazingly efficient, easy time-saving tool. You can use them to chop onions, whip up a perfect pico de gallo in seconds or dice tomatoes for bruschetta. 

In order to separate the best from the rest – and unfortunately, given the surplus of imitation products, the “rest” are many – I’ve put together this list of the 9 best vegetable choppers on the market, so that you’ll have no trouble selecting the right vegetable chopper on the first try.

1. Mueller Austria – Ultra Heavy Duty Chopper

I really like the design of Mueller’s Ultra Heavy Duty Chopper. Somewhere between salad spinner and food processor, it uses an oversized hand crank to turn three large stainless steel blades. I love the size of the crank, which is perfect for getting extra leverage, especially when you might need it with harder vegetables like carrots or potatoes. And the wide, anti-skid base makes sure that as you crank, the chopper stays put. 

Again, the blades are quality stainless steel, the plastic container – which is huge by the way, five full cups – is BPA-free, and best of all, this thing comes with a Full Lifetime Warranty. 

Although Mueller’s Ultra Heavy Duty Chopper works very well, there are some limitations to consider when it comes to versatility. It won’t make uniform or fancy cuts – for that you’ll need to look elsewhere – and you won’t be able to get a fine dice or mince. Instead, think of this tool as you might a food processor. For those uses, the Ultra Heavy Duty Chopper is excellent.

Price: $

2. Brieftons – Express Food Chopper 

While some vegetable choppers use a crank or even a pull string, this Brieftons Express Food Chopper employs a pump design to spin internal blades. This might seem insignificant, but it’s actually a pretty deliberate design decision. Instead of pulling your chopper from side to side with a crank or string, you’re using the pump to apply pressure down, which, together with the anti-skid base, ensure that this chopper goes nowhere, even when you’re using it one handed. 

Construction is solid – Brieftons uses stainless steel for the blades and BPA-free plastic for the large, 6.8 cup bowl. The Express Food Chopper also comes with a mixer attachment for blending wet ingredients (like eggs and milk) and dry ingredients (like flour), making it a slightly more versatile tool than competitors. 

That said, you won’t be able to mix a dough with this thing, and you may also have difficulty with firmer vegetables like potatoes, which can cause the blades to jam. If you can live with these limitations, Brieftons unique design is a great choice. Otherwise, they have a satisfaction, money-back guarantee.

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3. Mueller Austria – Pro Vegetable Chopper  

Mueller Austria’s Pro Vegetable Chopper is a classic lever-style vegetable chopper, and by looking at it, it’s nearly indistinguishable from the dozens of imitation choppers on the market. The actual difference, of course, is in the Pro Vegetable Chopper’s solid build. Whereas imitation choppers break and dull, Mueller Austria’s chopper is made from BPA-free durable plastics and hardened, stainless steel blades. 

Mueller Austria is so confident in the superior quality of this vegetable chopper, in fact, that they offer a full, Lifetime Warranty. You can feel the difference when you hold this thing and put it through the motions. And unlike the previous two choppers – which are more like food processors – the Pro Vegetable Chopper will create perfectly consistent cuts every time, making both 6.8mm dices or a 13.6mm chops. 

I particularly like how compact this thing is, even though the attachment holds a full four cups of chopped vegetables. It’s sleek and dishwasher safe, which is good, because the interlocking blades might be a little difficult to hand wash otherwise.

Price: $$

4. Fullstar – Multifunctional Vegetable Chopper  

Fullstar’s Multifunctional Vegetable Chopper takes versatility to the next level. It’s packed with options – two different sets of stainless steel interlocking blades for chopping and dicing, two different vegetable spiralizers, inserts for a juicer, egg slicer and egg separator, and even a bonus vegetable peeler. 

It’s made of BPA-free plastic, plus it’s dishwasher safe. Fullstar also includes an organizer for all those inserts, which is good, because without that your “everything drawer” could get a bit chaotic. 

I could probably do without some of the extras – I don’t often have much use for an egg separator – but really, these are bonuses. The chopper and dicer blades and spiralizers are what you’re paying for, and at this price point, they’re well worth it.

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5. Alligator – Professional Grade Vegetable Chopper 

The Alligator Professional Grade Vegetable Chopper is top of the line. If you’re going to be using a vegetable chopper consistently, or using it to prepare firm vegetables like onions and potatoes, I’d suggest investing in this top quality product. 

The Alligator chopper is sleek, made almost entirely of stainless steel, and extremely solid. Every facet of this chopper is of the highest quality. It comes with three sets of blades – set at half, quarter and eighth of an inch grids – and no frills. 

Actually, Alligator cuts out quite a bit of extraneous stuff that other vegetable choppers throw in to make sales, choosing instead to focus on getting the key features of a vegetable chopper just right. I have no problem with the fact that the lower container is small, at least compared to other models on this list, because this chopper is for my home kitchen, not a commercial kitchen – although the Alligator quality means this thing would fit in perfectly in such a setting otherwise. 

Alligator makes sure that this tool is dishwasher safe, and the very small amount of plastic is of course BPA-free. The stainless steel looks great and fits in aesthetically with the rest of my kitchen. It’s expensive, that’s true, but it’s worth it.

Price: $$$$

6. Vivaant – Manual Food Chopper 

The Vivaant Manual Food Chopper is another pump-style vegetable chopper. That said, this thing is so much more compact than any other vegetable chopper on this list. It’s perfect for tight workspaces with limited kitchen storage, and great for small meals. 

From a design perspective, small products necessitate more thoughtful configuration. Vivaant uses rotating stainless steel, zig-zagging blades and rotating scrapers that reposition food, meaning you don’t have to stop to readjust anything. This is a truly one-handed tool. 

It’s durable, and comes with a lifetime satisfaction guarantee. Vivaant says this vegetable chopper is dishwasher safe, but I prefer hand washing, even though the tight configuration makes that challenging. Dishwashers are notorious for dulling blades, and I like to keep mine as sharp as they were on day one.

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7. PL8 – Professional Vegetable Chopper 

This PL8 Professional Vegetable Chopper is another no frills tool. No spiralizers or egg separator add ons. Fewer additional inserts means fewer extras to lose. What it does do – chop, dice, mince – it does very well. 

It’s got three sets of blades set at half, quarter and eight inch grids, and has a large, three cup container to catch perfectly uniform, perfectly square cuts of prepped vegetables. Although it’s dishwasher safe, I’d recommend removing the blade attachments and hand washing them in order to maintain sharpness. 

The PL8 Professional Vegetable Chopper also comes in black and white, and is a great option for home cooks that want a no-nonsense vegetable chopper but might not be ready to spring for the Alligator.

Price: $$

8. Alligator – Original ¼” Vegetable Chopper 

The last vegetable chopper on this list is also perhaps the most simple. The Alligator Original Vegetable Chopper was a game changer when it hit the market, spawning endless imitations. But of course, none are quite as good as the original. 

This chopper uses stainless steel blades that stay sharp. And unlike other lever-style vegetable choppers, Alligator decided to put their blades on the mobile arm of the tool, which actually feels a bit more natural for anyone used to knife prep. 

An internal grid sheet aids with cleaning, which helps quite a bit because washing would be difficult otherwise. In the interest of transparency, however, the Original Vegetable Shopper is also fairly limited. Only one stainless steel grid means you’ll only be able to dice vegetables at a single size. If limited versatility doesn’t bother you and you also aren’t looking to drop too much money on a single-use tool, consider the Alligator Original.

Price: $$