News — sanitation

If your main question is “are plastic cutting boards better for sanitation?”, the short answer is no: when both are cleaned properly, high quality wooden boards such as bamboo or acacia are at least as sanitary as plastic, and in many kitchens they stay safer for 5 to 10 years because they don’t develop the deep, bacteria holding grooves that old plastic boards do. Plastic vs wood: which is actually more sanitary? It sounds logical that plastic is more hygienic, but real kitchen use tells a different story. New plastic boards can be easy to disinfect, yet after 6 to...