Microplane is a
registered trademark
The registered trademark symbol, , is a typographic symbol that provides notice that the preceding word or symbol is a trademark or service mark that has been registered with a national trademark office. A trademark is a symbol, word, or wo ...
of Grace Manufacturing Inc., a company that makes
photo etched steel tools (
surform
A surform tool (also surface-forming tool) features perforated sheet metal and resembles a food grater. A surform tool consists of a steel strip with holes punched out and the rim of each hole sharpened to form a cutting edge. The strip is moun ...
tools) for grating, grinding and sanding. It was created by Richard Grace in the mid-'90s. Grace set out to make a wood-carving rasper and ended up with a new invention, which in 1991 would come to be called Microplane.
Kitchen graters
Microplane graters are used for the grating of various food items, such as
nutmeg
Nutmeg is the seed or ground spice of several species of the genus '' Myristica''. '' Myristica fragrans'' (fragrant nutmeg or true nutmeg) is a dark-leaved evergreen tree cultivated for two spices derived from its fruit: nutmeg, from its seed, ...
and
cheese
Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During product ...
, and also as
zesters for citrus fruit.
Wood rasps
Microplane originally made wood rasps and shaving disks, and they still do.
Further reading
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References
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External links
Microplane Official WebsiteGrace Manufacturing Inc. Official Website
Food preparation utensils
Woodworking hand tools
Kitchenware brands