The small chopper can be used to chop, shred or mince a wide variety of vegetables, meats, nuts or herbs.The HC chopper is especially suitable for meat, cheese, onions, herbs, garlic, chillies (with water), carrots, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds and prunes. Please note that it is recommended to make use of the highest speed level when processing hard ingredients - e.g. parmesan cheese. It is not recommended to process very hard goods in the HC chopper. Ingredients like: Ice cubes, nutmeg, coffee-beans or grains are not suitable for this chopper.