Abstract: A canning utensil which is used in filling canning jars with food products in sliced form is provided with a hollow, cup-shaped body and an upper cutter assembly mounted adjacent the top opening of the body of the utensil. By using the canning utensil, a food product to be canned may first be severed into slices and then funneled into the canning jar without intervention being necessary to handle the slices. This is accomplished by manually pushing the food product down through the blades of the cutter assembly. As the severed product slices emerge from between the blades, they slide downward through the interior of the cup-shaped body of the utensil along converging paths and are deposited into the canning jar on which the utensil is resting. In alternative embodiments, the cutter blades can take on several configurations and can be fixedly mounted as well as removably mounted to the utensil.