Mill is the smartest device in your kitchen. Mill turns would. After two years testing the Mill Food Recycler at home and in the Lab, I've diverted over 150 pounds of waste-but is it really worth the $999 price tag?
Mill is a food recycler. It takes kitchen scraps like vegetable peels and cores, extra salad or spaghetti, avocado and peach pits, rice, bread, egg shells and even some meat and bones and, using heat and a grinding technology, transforms them into fine, nutrient-rich grinds. The purpose of food recycling is to keep food scraps out of landfills and instead use them to enrich soils, positively.
Food composting and recycling get messy, but with the right tools, it can be effortless. The Mill Food Recycler offers an effortless solution supported by industry leaders like Alice Waters and. I've been using the Mill food recycler for months and it has helped reduce my food scrap waste.
Here's why I think the Mill is worth buying for your home. The Mill food grounds-or FG, in Mill literature parlance-are just your same kitchen scraps, ground up and dehydrated as if cooked in a giant air fryer. As an avid home cook, our managing editor was intrigued by the design-minded Mill Food Recycler.
After a year of testing, she shares her thoughts. Mill is back with the next generation of their food recycler and a new subscription model to help even more people turn their scraps into something useful. What Mill creates is called "food grounds," a dry, nutrient-rich material that's safe to store and designed for multiple disposal options.
Their "food grounds" are pest-resistant, and nutrient-rich, but technically not suitable for all compost bins or gardens unless you process them further. I spent six months using the Mill, a high-tech solution for dealing with food waste in my home, and it's the best kitchen composting solution I've tried.