Microplane Food Guard for Professional and Gourmet Series Graters

The Microplane Food Guard fits the Gourmet Series paddle graters and the Professional Series graters, except the Gourmet Series Ultra Coarse Grater. It slips onto the grater’s rail and holds small pieces of food in a hopper, with a plunger that pushes them across the blade while fingers stay clear.

Drop garlic, ginger, nuts, chocolate chips or the last bit of a wedge of cheese into the hopper and press the plunger down. On a fine blade such as the Gourmet Series Fine Grater, it grinds nutmeg and cinnamon. On a coarse blade, it turns nuts into nut flour.

With an extra coarse blade it grates baby carrots for salads and the last of the cheddar or mozzarella, and on the Gourmet Series Ribbon Grater it shreds fingerling potatoes for hash browns or shallots for a sauce.

The guard measures about 2.9 by 2.6 by 2.2 inches, so it stores in a drawer beside the grater. The Details list which graters it fits.