This food mill is used to strain or puree tomatoes, apples, carrots, potatoes and more By placing cooked fruits or vegetables in the mill and turning the crank, the semi-circular blade oversweeps, compresses and scrapes the food The bar that straddles the container applies constant pressure against the cutting plate and crushes the food, while retaining seeds, skin and fibers This food mill comes with three cutting plates allowing for a variety of textures The interchangeable cutting plates have perforations of 1.5mm, 2.5mm and 4mm (1/16, 3/32 and 5/32): 1.5 mm (small holes) for fruit sauces and tomato juice 2.5 mm (medium holes) for purees and soups 4.0 mm (large holes) for stringy vegetables, root crops, cooked lettuce, spinach, leeks, etc This food mill output is approximately 3 lbs. per minute and fits on any 7 or larger receptacle Made of Stainless SteelThis is the popular LT Moulin No. X3, which comes in a box onwhose outside appears the following text:Mill LT No. 3Traditional mill for preparing purees, stewed fruits, soups, fish soups,cullis. Supplied with 3 perforated disks: 1.5, 2.5 and 4 mmCharacteristicsFlowrate: 1 to 1.5 kg/minuteDiameter: 31cmSieve diameter: 14cmHeight with handle: 25cmNet weight: 1.4kg