Although they come in a variety of shapes and sizes, they generally offer just one chopping speed and require you to keep your finger on the button to operate the blades. But don’t be fooled by the size, these small choppers can be fiendishly fast at finely chopping. They’re also the perfect size to create homemade dips, salsas, sauces, and dressings. Offering eight attachments, a separate blender and a mini chopper, this food processor from Philips is great value for money. A good all-round machine, it’s easy to use and does a lot for an appliance of its size and price. It chopped vegetables swiftly and with minimal noise, and the smaller chopper was great for grinding nuts, giving the pestle and mortar the day off.

Functions: easy to use buttons, dials and knobs that make using the mini chopper a breezer were preferred Every mini chopper is tested on how easy it is to clean. This way you'll be aware of the clean-up job needed after each use. Accessories/attachments: Stainless steel blade, emulsifying disc, spatula, fine and coarse grating discs, kneader, blender jar, chopperAccessories/attachments: Reversible slicing and grating discs, dual metal whisk, dough tool, knife blade, chopping bowl, blender, spatula We test each mini chopper with nuts, onions and herbs to see how well they can chop different types of food. A strong mini chopper will consistently chop any ingredient – hard or soft – into fine, even pieces.

BOWL CAPACITY Comes with a 0.5 litre bowl with 150g chopping quad blade system for herbs, vegetables and onions. Easy Chop comes with mayonnaise attachment

What immediately impressed us about the Bosch multitalent 8 food processor was its powerful 1200W output, meaning the standard of chopping and blitzing was very high. A brilliant piece of kit, this food processor includes six attachments so you can slice, dice, knead and more with no trouble at all. The perk to this particular appliance is its 3-in-1 USP, offering itself up as a food processor, multi-serve blender and personal blender. We loved the automatic one-touch for blending and processing as these programmes really took time out of our food prep tasks. Accessories/attachments: Chopping blade, dough blade, disc adapter, reversible slicing/grating disc, cup, pro-extractor blades This food processor caught our eye because of its in-built scales. If you’re on the hunt for a food processor, the chances are the tools for measuring are absent from your kitchen too. The digital scales offer both metric and imperial units, and make the food prep process that little bit more seamless.