We analysed the Amazon.co.uk subcategory Spice Mills and kept only products with at least 200 reviews and 4.3 stars. Ranked by estimated monthly revenue, eight of the ten are toothed metal herb grinders that screw apart in the hand — the only two table mills sit at ranks 4 and 5, and together they cost more than the other eight put together.
The revenue leader and the cheapest entry here at £5.99, moving over 2,500 units a month at a bestseller rank of 1,181.
Check the price on AmazonThe revenue leader and the cheapest entry here at £5.99, moving over 2,500 units a month at a bestseller rank of 1,181.
The same Blazed grinder as ranks 6 and 8, but the red listing is £6 cheaper than the blue and the pink at £12.99.
With 8,591 reviews the most reviewed listing in this comparison — a £7.99 grinder with a sifting screen and a magnetic lid.
The most expensive listing here at £55.86 and one of only two table mills — the same Derwent pair sells at £43 in stainless steel in the Pepper Mills ranking.
The second table mill in the list and the short one at 11 cm, sold as a salt-and-pepper pair after a 23% price drop.
Identical to the red grinder at rank 2 in everything but the colour, and listed at £12.99 rather than £6.99.
Not a mill but a boxed set built around a 2.5 inch grinder, which is why it lands at £25.99 while the bare grinders here stay under £13.
The third colourway of the Blazed grinder, priced with the blue at £12.99 and drawing on the same pool of 697 reviews.
The only plastic grinder in the ranking at £8.31, and worth noting that the listing itself spells the brand Stortz & Bickle.
The four-layer version of the Anpro at rank 3, £3 dearer for the extra chamber and the scraper, on an almost identical review pool.
| Product | Score | Stars | Reviews | Feature | Material | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. PPpanda Zinc Alloy Herb Grinder, 5 x 4 cm Best seller PPpanda · PPpanda |
9.2 | 4.5 ★ | 7,355 | zinc alloy · 5 cm | Zinc alloy | £5.99 | Amazon › |
| 02. Blazed Large Aluminium Herb Grinder, Red Blazed · Blazed |
8.7 | 4.6 ★ | 697 | aluminium · red | Aluminium | £6.99 | Amazon › |
| 03. Anpro Zinc Alloy Herb Grinder, 2.15 in Anpro · Anpro |
9.2 | 4.5 ★ | 8,591 | sifter · magnetic top | Zinc alloy | £7.99 | Amazon › |
| 04. Cole & Mason Derwent Mill Set, Matt Black Top rated Cole & Mason · Cole & Mason |
9.4 | 4.8 ★ | 2,478 | matt black · 190 mm | Acrylic and steel | £55.86 | Amazon › |
| 05. Le Creuset Classic Mill Set, 11 cm, Deep Teal LE CREUSET · LE CREUSET |
8.8 | 4.6 ★ | 1,087 | 11 cm · pair | ABS plastic | £43.45 | Amazon › |
| 06. Blazed Large Aluminium Herb Grinder, Blue Blazed · Blazed |
8.7 | 4.6 ★ | 697 | aluminium · blue | Aluminium | £12.99 | Amazon › |
| 07. Spespo Grinder Gift Set with Bamboo Box Spespo · Spespo |
8.5 | 4.4 ★ | 887 | 2.5 in · gift set | Bamboo and metal | £25.99 | Amazon › |
| 08. Blazed Large Aluminium Herb Grinder, Pink Blazed · Blazed |
8.7 | 4.6 ★ | 697 | aluminium · pink | Aluminium | £12.99 | Amazon › |
| 09. Storz & Bickel Volcano Herb Grinder, 2.3 in Storz & Bickel · Storz & Bickel |
8.9 | 4.4 ★ | 3,991 | plastic · 2.3 in | Plastic | £8.31 | Amazon › |
| 10. Anpro 4-Layer Zinc Alloy Herb Grinder Anpro · Anpro |
9.2 | 4.5 ★ | 8,590 | 4 layers · scraper | Zinc alloy | £10.99 | Amazon › |
A pocket grinder shreds dry leaf between two sets of blunt teeth. It is not a mill: peppercorns, cinnamon bark and whole nutmeg are far harder than what those teeth are cut for, and eight of the ten listings here work this way.
Two layers grind and stop. Four layers add a mesh screen and a second chamber underneath that catches the finest dust instead of leaving it packed in the teeth. Rank 10 is rank 3 with those extra parts, for about £3 more.
Zinc alloy is the heavy option and holds a coarse thread well. Aluminium is lighter and easier to anodise, which is why every coloured grinder in this list is aluminium. The one plastic body here costs about the same as the cheap metal ones.
The sizes here run from 5 cm to 2.5 inches, and that decides how much goes in per fill. A 5 cm grinder is a single-portion tool; if you want to load it once and work through a whole batch, buy the wider body.
The lid is the part that fails first. A magnet holds the top down while you twist and stops it lifting off mid-turn, and a clean, coarse thread on the middle section is what keeps the halves from binding once resin and oils build up.
Only ranks 4 and 5 are table mills with an adjustable mechanism for salt, pepper and hard spice. Amazon files them here as well as under Pepper Mills and Salt Mills, and the two of them together cost more than the eight grinders combined.
Amazon files the toothed metal herb grinder under Spice Mills, and on revenue it dominates the node: eight of the ten highest-earning listings screw apart in the hand rather than standing on a table. If you came here for a mill for whole spices, ranks 4 and 5 are the only two.
No. The teeth are made for dry leaf, not for hard seed or bark. Peppercorns, cinnamon and nutmeg need a mill with a hardened mechanism or a mortar and pestle. Forcing hard spice through a toothed grinder blunts the teeth and jams the thread.
Ranks 2, 6 and 8 are the same Blazed aluminium grinder in red, blue and pink, sharing a single pool of 697 reviews. The red listing is £6.99 and the other two are £12.99. Colour is priced separately here, so open all the variants before you add one to the basket.
The products are ordered by estimated monthly revenue per ASIN, not by star rating and not by bestseller rank. Only products with at least 200 reviews and an average of 4.3 stars were included. Because the pocket grinders sell in volume at low prices, they out-earn the two table mills even though each mill costs several times more.
The score is not our own hands-on test. It is calculated transparently from public Amazon data: 75% from the average star rating and 25% from the number of reviews, weighted logarithmically. The ranking order itself comes from estimated monthly revenue per ASIN. Prices, ratings and review counts were retrieved from Amazon.co.uk on 22 July 2026 and can change at any time.
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