Tools and Equipment

needed in Food
Preservation
• Spoons -- used for stirring and spooning
(wooden spoons for stirring and packing;
slotted spoons for lifting).

• Knives -- useful knives include a paring knife,

a sharp chopping knife and a vegetable peeler

• Food Brushes -- used to wash food to be

canned.
• Saucepans -- needed to heat lids.

• Measuring Cups -- used for dry (metal) and

liquid (glass) foods. Sizes should range from
1/4 to 2 cups.

• Jelly Bags -- used to strain juice from softened

fruit and pulp.
Jelly Bag
Tong or Jar Lifter
• Timer -- used to measure processing times
accurately.

• Pressure Canner -- used to can low acid food.

• Boiling Water Bath Canner -- used to can

acid foods.
Pressure Canner
• Colander or strainer -- good for draining fruit
or vegetables after washing.

• Scales -- used to measure food by weight; it

should have a 25 pound food capacity.

• Tongs -- used to remove canning lids from hot

water and putting the lids onto filled jars.
Water Bath Canner
• Plastic Spatula -- used to run down sides of
filled jars to release air bubbles without
damaging the jar. Made of plastic.
• Ladle -- For transferring food into your jars.
• Jar funnel -- used to avoid getting food on
sealing surfaces of jars and helps calculate
appropriate head space. 
Jar Funnel
• Jars -- used for canning food products.

• Lids -- used to seal the food container or jars.

• Metallic lid lifter – pick up the lid outcin the
bowl of hot water

• Electric Oven – used in drying raw foods.

• Slatted Wood Trays – used as the holder of the

foods in sun drying.
• Hot Smoker – used to smoke foods.

• Meat Slicer – also called as butcher slicer, use

in slicing of cured products.

• Meat Grinders/Mincers – for grinding and

mincing of meat used in sausages and hams.
Quiz #3
1-2. What are the two
types of measuring
cup?
3. What is the tool used
in removing air bubbles
inside the jar?
4. What is the type of
knife used in peeling
fruits and vegetables?
5-10. Enumerate the
color coding of
chopping board?
11. It is used to lift
the lid out of the hot
water.
12. It is used as the
container of food
product.
13. It is used to seal
the jar or the
container.
14. It is used to drain
washed fruits and
vegetables.
15. What is the
kitchen tool that is
also
called as knife’s best
friend.