Food comminution device having a base part, which has a receptacle for a cutting insert (4, 15) with at least one cutting blade, and having an actuation part, which is articulatedly connected to the base part and which, for pushing through food items for comminution, can be pivoted towards the cutting insert (4, 15), characterized in that a. the food comminution device has a cutting insert with mutually spatially separate cutting regions (5, 7), said cutting regions being separated from one another by an intermediate web, and a cutting insert with an uninterrupted cutting blade arrangement (6, 8), in particular a cutting blade arrangement which is not interrupted by an intermediate web, and in that the cutting insert with mutually spatially separate cutting regions (5, 7), said cutting regions being separated from one another by an intermediate web, or the cutting insert with an uninterrupted cutting blade arrangement, can be selectively fitted into the receptacle and used during a comminution process, or in that b. the food comminution device has a cutting insert with mutually spatially separate cutting regions (5, 7), said cutting regions being separated from one another by an intermediate web, and multiple separate cutting inserts, in particular cutting inserts each with a separate frame, which can be simultaneously and jointly fitted into the receptacle, and in that the cutting insert with mutually spatially separate cutting regions (5, 7), said cutting regions being separated from one another by an intermediate web, or the multiple separate cutting inserts - simultaneously, can be selectively fitted into the receptacle and used during a comminution process, or in that c. the food comminution device has a cutting insert with an uninterrupted cutting blade arrangement, in particular a cutting blade arrangement which is not interrupted by an intermediate web, and multiple separate cutting inserts, in particular cutting inserts each with a separate frame, which can be simultaneously and jointly fitted into the receptacle, and in that the cutting insert with an uninterrupted cutting blade arrangement, or the multiple separate cutting inserts simultaneously, can be selectively fitted into the receptacle and used during a comminution process. a. the food comminution device has a cutting insert with mutually spatially separate cutting regions (5, 7), said cutting regions being separated from one another by an intermediate web, and a cutting insert with an uninterrupted cutting blade arrangement (6, 8), in particular a cutting blade arrangement which is not interrupted by an intermediate web, and in that the cutting insert with mutually spatially separate cutting regions (5, 7), said cutting regions being separated from one another by an intermediate web, or the cutting insert with an uninterrupted cutting blade arrangement, can be selectively fitted into the receptacle and used during a comminution process, or in that b. the food comminution device has a cutting insert with mutually spatially separate cutting regions (5, 7), said cutting regions being separated from one another by an intermediate web, and multiple separate cutting inserts, in particular cutting inserts each with a separate frame, which can be simultaneously and jointly fitted into the receptacle, and in that the cutting insert with mutually spatially separate cutting regions (5, 7), said cutting regions being separated from one another by an intermediate web, or the multiple separate cutting inserts - simultaneously, can be selectively fitted into the receptacle and used during a comminution process, or in that c. the food comminution device has a cutting insert with an uninterrupted cutting blade arrangement, in particular a cutting blade arrangement which is not interrupted by an intermediate web, and multiple separate cutting inserts, in particular cutting inserts each with a separate frame, which can be simultaneously and jointly fitted into the receptacle, and in that the cutting insert with an uninterrupted cutting blade arrangement, or the multiple separate cutting inserts simultaneously, can be selectively fitted into the receptacle and used during a comminution process.