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If you want the most hygienic everyday board for home cooking, current bacteria research suggests that a well maintained bamboo board, especially dense moso bamboo, is slightly safer than many traditional wooden cutting boards, with studies showing up to 3 to 5 times lower surviving bacteria after washing when the surface is less porous and dries faster. Bamboo vs wooden cutting boards: what the bacteria research really says There is a lot of confusion online about whether bamboo or wooden cutting boards are safer. Food safety studies from universities in the US and Europe have tested how quickly bacteria like...

If you are asking “what’s the best cutting board material to limit bacteria in a busy home kitchen?”, current research points to high quality hardwood and dense moso bamboo boards that are washed within 10 minutes of use and dried upright, with typical bacterial survival dropping sharply within 3 to 12 hours on these surfaces compared with plastic. What research actually says about wood vs bamboo and bacteria Food safety studies from the early 1990s onwards have compared how bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella survive on plastic, wood and bamboo cutting boards. Although methods differ, three clear patterns...