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If you want the most hygienic everyday cutting board for a home kitchen, a well cared for wooden chopping board used with separate boards for raw meat and ready to eat food is safer over 5 to 10 years than a single plastic board with deep knife scars. Studies have shown bacteria can survive up to 3 days in old plastic cuts, while properly cleaned and dried wooden boards tend to trap and kill bacteria inside the wood fibres. Wooden vs plastic chopping boards hygiene: the short answer So what is the best chopping board for hygiene in a real...

Colour coded chopping boards are sets of at least 4 cutting boards, each with a different colour or symbol, used to keep raw meat, cooked food, fish and vegetables separate so you cut the risk of cross contamination by up to 80% compared with using a single board for everything. The best way to use colour coded chopping boards in a home kitchen is to pair a clear colour system with solid, knife friendly wooden boards that you can clean and maintain properly. What are colour coded chopping boards in a kitchen? In a kitchen, colour coded chopping boards are...

If you want to keep a sharp chef’s knife cutting cleanly for 5 to 10 years, a wooden chopping board is usually better for your knives than glass, stone or very hard plastic. Wood has natural “give”, so the edge meets a slightly forgiving surface instead of chipping or rolling on contact. Why wooden chopping boards are good for knives Wooden chopping boards protect knife edges because they sit in the sweet spot between too soft and too hard. On a glass or granite board, a 20 cm chef’s knife edge can blunt noticeably in a few weeks of daily...

If you want the best cutting board for a sustainable kitchen, an FSC certified chopping board is the most reliable choice because it guarantees the wood comes from responsibly managed forests, audited to strict standards in over 80 countries. At Deer & Oak every bamboo and acacia board, from our 45x35cm Large Bamboo Board to our 2.1kg Large Acacia Board, is FSC certified so you know exactly what you are putting on your worktop and under your knife. What does FSC certified actually mean for your chopping board? FSC stands for Forest Stewardship Council. When you choose an FSC certified...