News — maple vs bamboo

If you’re asking “what’s the best cutting board material for everyday home cooking: bamboo or maple?”, the simple answer is this: for most UK home kitchens that cook 5 to 10 meals a week, a quality moso bamboo board will give you similar knife friendliness to maple, with around 30 to 40% less weight and a far more eco-friendly footprint. Bamboo vs maple: quick comparison for busy cooks Bamboo and maple are both proven cutting board materials, but they suit slightly different priorities. Bamboo (especially moso bamboo) is about 15 to 25% harder than maple on the Janka scale, very...

If you cook most days and want one main kitchen board, acacia chopping boards usually last 5 to 10 years in a busy home, maple can stretch to 10 to 15 years, and quality Moso bamboo boards often sit in the middle at around 7 to 12 years when they are cared for properly. So which is best for you: acacia, maple or bamboo? How does acacia wood chopping board compare to maple and bamboo in daily use? In practical, everyday cooking, the three woods behave quite differently: Acacia is a medium hard tropical hardwood, usually around Janka 1,700, which...