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Vitamix FC-50-SP Food Cycler FoodCycler FC-50, 2 L, Slate

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Brand Vitamix
Color Slate
Material ABS Plastic Shell Cast Aluminum Bucket
Capacity 2 Liters
Product Dimensions 12.6"L x 11"W x 14.2"H

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  • The FoodCycler FC-50 is a compact food recycler that reduces food waste and eliminates food scrap odors, making it ideal for indoor use. The new carbon filter lid reduces odors, so you can store your scraps until the bucket is full without worrying about offensive smells. And quieter cycles mean you can run it multiple times a day, year round.
  • Convenient: Our compact food recycler reduces food waste to a fraction of its original volume. Mix the recycled food compound into your soil for an easy, nutrient-rich plant food.
  • Compact: The FoodCycler FC-50 fits almost anywhere—you just need one cubic foot of space and a power outlet. Keep the removable waste bucket in the kitchen, under the sink, or by the trash can, and store the FoodCycler in the garage, in a closet, or on the counter.
  • Easy To Use: Run multiple cycles per day, year round, with just the press of a button. After each cycle, simply put the removable waste bucket in the dishwasher for easy cleaning.
  • Odorless & Quiet: The carbon filter lid and quieter cycles make the FoodCycler FC-50 ideal for indoor use. Reduce your food waste year round.
  • What's in the Box: FoodCycler FC-50 Bucket w/ Processing Lid Collection Lid 2 x Carbon Filters 2 x Filter Caps

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4.5 4.5
Noise level
4.3 4.3
Easy to clean
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Vitamix FoodCycler

Key Features: FoodCycler FC-50

compact food recycler

removable waste bucket

Power Button

odorless

FoodCycler FC-50

This compact food recycler reduces food waste to a fraction of its original volume

Removable Waste Bucket with Lid

The carbon filter lid eliminates odors, so you can store your scraps until the bucket is full

Power Button

Transform food waste into fertilizer with the touch of a button

Odorless & Quiet

Carbon filter lid and quieter cycles make it ideal for indoor use

Key Features: FoodCycler FC-50

compact

Convenient

Easy to Use

easy to clean

Compact

Fits almost anywhere—just need one cubic foot of space and a power outlet

Convenient

Reduce food waste by transforming it into nutrient-rich fertilizer

Easy to Use

Run multiple cycles per day, year round

Easy to Clean

Just put the empty bucket in the dishwasher

how does the foodcycler work?

How Does It Work?

Simply place food scraps into the bucket, press the button, and relax. The FoodCycler FC-50 breaks down food waste into a tenth of its original volume and creates a nutrient-rich fertilizer you can mix into your soil. And the best part? The carbon filtration system eliminates odors, making it perfect for indoor use.

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Product Description

The smallest powered food waste recycler in the world creating soil fertilizer in hours. Fertilizer from Food Scraps in mere hours. 2L Capacity for most table and refrigerator scraps including chicken bones. Cuts down volume of food waste by up to 90% . Flexible Home Placement & stores anywhere with power. Easy to Operate with 4-8 hour processing time..

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4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5 out of 5
2,327 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the performance, noise level and smell of the food storage container. For example, they mention it works wonderfully to compost, produces a minimal amount of sound and is easy to set up and use. Customers are also happy with cleanliness. That said, opinions are mixed on the quality, value, and size.

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252 customers mention176 positive76 negative

Customers are mixed about the quality of the food storage container. Some mention they are impressed with the quality, solidly built, and reliable. They say it works well and has made their vegetable garden thrive. However, others say that it rips up their baby vegetable plants, the non-stick coating always gets covered with hard, baked-on crud, and the blade has noticeable wear of its surface.

"...Not happy about that.Overall, the unit is robust and well made. It is easy to use and works very well." Read more

"...It is so nice to know that my pipes are clean and our waste is minimalized...." Read more

"...Where it struggles: sticky. If it’s sticky or gummy - DONT DO IT. You’ll be cleaning that bucket for hours...." Read more

"...The machine is elegantly designed, quite heavy/sturdy (19 lbs without the bucket, 21 lbs with), and it is very quiet...." Read more

207 customers mention177 positive30 negative

Customers like the performance of the food storage container. They mention that it works great, it's amazing, and it solves the problems they had with composting. Some say that the product is well-thought out and innovative. Overall, customers are satisfied with the performance and functionality of the product.

"...It has worked wonderfully to “compost” all of it.I live in a rural area - yes…skunk, opossum, raccoon, fox, and bear...." Read more

"...Thank you Vitamix for a well thought out product and you got full thumbs up from us. Blessings to you all." Read more

"...I can't believe how easy this machine is to use, and what wonderful results it produces." Read more

"...The machine is elegantly designed, quite heavy/sturdy (19 lbs without the bucket, 21 lbs with), and it is very quiet...." Read more

141 customers mention109 positive32 negative

Customers like the noise of the food storage container. They mention that it is very quiet, produces a minimal amount of sound, and is easy to operate. Some say that it removes odors effectively.

"...It’s not loud, it doesn’t smell, you have to use common sense as far as what you put in to process, and who cares how long it takes...." Read more

"...I think another nice thing is not hearing a garbage disposal run or that putrid smell that emanates and that you have to constantly clean...." Read more

"...PerformanceThe machine was whisper-quiet. I had it running in the kitchen, and from the next room over I could barely hear it...." Read more

"...heavy/sturdy (19 lbs without the bucket, 21 lbs with), and it is very quiet...." Read more

130 customers mention107 positive23 negative

Customers find the food storage container easy to use. They mention that the controls are simple and intuitive. The lids work well, and the process is really quiet. The unit is easy to access and set up properly, and there's no assemble required. The manual is comprehensive and honest.

"...Overall, the unit is robust and well made. It is easy to use and works very well." Read more

"...This product is well made, extremely simple to operate and a blessing for us...." Read more

"...I can't believe how easy this machine is to use, and what wonderful results it produces." Read more

"...The FoodCycler is easy to set up and works well IF one balances the proportions of food scraps...." Read more

129 customers mention115 positive14 negative

Customers like the smell of the food storage container. They mention that the filters last, but there is absolutely zero smell.

"...There is no foul odor. The filters do what they’re supposed to. The lid for the bucket works to contain odor as I fill it up during the day...." Read more

"...There is no odor if the filters are working properly...." Read more

"...keep my dog away from it though, he likes to chew the cycled bits, smells good..." Read more

"...Really easy to maneuver and, when the cycle was over, it smelled like potpourri, granted I only compost produce (no processed food, bones or liquids)..." Read more

90 customers mention68 positive22 negative

Customers like the cleanliness of the food storage container. They say it's clean and quiet, the blades aren't sharp, making it safe to clean without fear of injury. The bucket is easy to remove and clean, and the pipes are clean. It keeps the kitchen nice and clean and grinds and dries your food waste to a soil like consistency.

"...Cleaning it is a breeze. I simply wash it out by hand though it is dishwasher safe...." Read more

"...It is so nice to know that my pipes are clean and our waste is minimalized...." Read more

"...And, barring the sticky/cement residue of sugary fruits, it is very easy to clean." Read more

"...Technically, this is NOT actually compost, since the finished product is sterile and has no living microbes...." Read more

82 customers mention32 positive50 negative

Customers are mixed about the value of the food storage container. Some mention it's worth the money, expensive, and makes their life easier. However, others say it'll underwhelm you for the price, doesn't last long enough, and replacements are expensive. Some love the idea, but it has a handful of flaws and a huge design flaw.

"...IMO, plenty of upsides. Here are a few downsides:- Pretty expensive. I was lucky to catch a sale.-..." Read more

"...I like the black, we like the company.It’s an expensive item for what it is, but makes our life easier." Read more

"...Other than the small capacity, I have no complaints. It is pricey and as a single use appliance it does take up space. Worth buying." Read more

"...I thought it was so expensive and maybe even ridiculous - I mean why can't I just compost instead of buying an appliance to do it for me????,..." Read more

67 customers mention35 positive32 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the size of the food storage container. Some mention that it takes up little space but works efficiently to turn food waste, while others say that it's too large for kitchen counters and the collection pot is small.

"...The manual is small and written in excellent English, however, the print is practically microscopic...." Read more

"...The unit is a bit heavy to move around, though not impossible, so find a place that will be convenient so you don’t have to relocate it often...." Read more

"...The unit fits in my laundry room so is easy to access and I just run a load at night and again first thing in the morning if I need to...." Read more

"...The bucket is small. We're a two-person-and-one-dog family, so I think we'll be able to make do...." Read more

The Vitamix FoodCycler FC-50 dehydrates well.  It needs to grind a finer end product, however.
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The Vitamix FoodCycler FC-50 dehydrates well. It needs to grind a finer end product, however.
I’ve been using the Vitamix FoodCycler FC-50 since receiving it in late December 2023. Thus far, I’m somewhat pleased with the result. The FoodCycler FC-50 dehydrates food waste quite well, however in addition to having a lower food processing capacity than I had anticipated, it doesn’t produce a finely ground, ready-to-use fertilizer end-product. The result looks more like coarsely ground, dehydrated food material, as you can see in the first picture above.Mixing it into my plant beds as is, in such a coarse, food-like form would definitely add to an existing lizard problem. It would continue to attract more annoying lizards, including iguanas into my yard, to continue burrowing or digging residential holes in or near my plant beds--further ruining the fruits of my labor—killing off plants by eating all leaves and buds as soon as they appear. Without fruit buds, I get no fruit. And without leaves, the process of photosynthesis by which plants produce self-sustaining nutrients, cannot occur, nor can they breathe by generating oxygen or absorb airborne gases through leaf pores to stay alive—they eventually die. I lost 2 passion fruit plants that way without ever harvesting a single fruit.I came to discover that what had attracted lizards into my yard was the free food they had easy access to that was regularly being buried into my plant beds--fruit and vegetable scraps. So, by mixing FoodCycler FC-50 processed food waste in its coarse form that looks like fruit and vegetable scraps into my plant beds, I would certainly worsen the lizard problem.Therefore, I had to further process the dehydrated food waste by grinding it with my Vitamix blender into a fine, dirt-like material prior to mixing it into the soil of my plant beds. You can see the finely ground soil-like product that was produced by my Vitamix blender in the second picture above.And as for noise, the Vitamix FoodCycler FC-50 produces very little sound. It isn’t noisy at all. It produces a minimal amount of sound to let you know that it’s running.UPDATEJanuary 13th, 2024:Having used the Vitamix Foodcycler several times after publishing the above, I noticed that the higher the moisture content of the organic scraps being processed, the less dehydrated the end product. That being the case, I found myself having to run the partially dehydrated end product a second time (2nd cycle) through the Foodcycler prior to grinding it in my Vitamix blender to get a fine, powdery blend--instead of a mushy, pasty material.
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