A food grating apparatus (1) comprises a housing (2), a grating roller (7) arranged rotatable about its axis (8) below a top wall (9) of an upper housing part of the housing (4), which top wall (9) has an inlet (3) for receiving food objects to be grated, and a bottom housing part (6) below the grating roller (7) is configured for receiving grated food objects, characterized in that the food grating apparatus (1) comprises a sieve component (31) arranged in the bottom housing part (6) below the grating roller (7), which sieve component (31) has a curvature conforming to the curvature of the grating roller (7).