News — hygienic food prep

If you wash them properly at 60°C or higher, glass chopping boards can be hygienic for food prep, but they are harsh on knives and often less practical than wooden and bamboo boards. For most home cooks who prep food daily, a well maintained wooden or bamboo cutting board is usually the better long term choice for both hygiene and usability. Are glass chopping boards really hygienic for food prep? Glass kitchen boards are marketed as very hygienic because they are non porous, so bacteria cannot soak into the surface. When you wash a glass cutting board in hot soapy...

If you want the most hygienic prep surface for everyday home cooking, a well maintained acacia board is usually safer than a scratched plastic board, because the tight grain of acacia and its natural tannins can limit bacterial survival by up to 97% compared with heavily scored plastic that traps moisture and food residue. The key is simple: choose a dense wooden board, keep it dry between uses and clean it properly after handling raw meat or fish. Acacia vs Plastic: What Actually Keeps Your Food Safer? So are acacia boards better than plastic for hygienic prep? In most home...