News — E coli safety

If you want a chopping surface that studies show is less likely to hold on to E coli than plastic, then a tightly grained moso bamboo board around 45x35cm, oiled and dried after each wash, is one of the safest everyday options you can choose. Research from the 1990s onwards has repeatedly found that hardwoods and bamboo tend to let bacteria die off faster than on scarred plastic, as long as you clean and dry the board properly. Why bamboo cutting boards can be safer from E coli When people ask “what's the best cutting board to stay safe from...