Years ago I worked in the food service industry, and was the manager of the salad bar department for a large college dormitory in California. One of the golden rules to using a cutting board is to be sure that you sanitize it after each use, and especially after cutting poultry or meat.
Many of the wooden cutting boards allow meat juices to get into the wood, and then they harbor bacteria that can make you sick the next time you use the cutting board. Salmonella (a common form of food poisoning) is not a very pleasant thing to go through! According to the Centers for Disease Control, food poisoning strikes as many as 1 in 4 each year.
Description
The set of two Neoflam cutting boards contains one medium and one large sized plastic cutting board. The large size measures 14 1/2″ by 10″, and the medium size measures 13″ by 9″.
These two rectangular shaped cutting boards have a nice oval shaped handle along the top for easy grabbing, and this allows you to even hang them up. They are infused with “Microban”, which is an anti-microbial material that inhibits the growth of microbes, (but does not kill them). This infusion of Microban will not wash or wear off, it is intended to last the life of the cutting boards.
The cutting boards have a groove that runs all around the perimeter, so if you are cutting anything with juices, it will run into the grooves and not onto your counter top.
These Neoflam Microban Cutting Boards can be used on both sides, they won’t absorb liquids of any kind, and better still they won’t dull my expensive knives!
My Recommendation
Because microwaves don’t get hot enough to kill any germs that might be residing in these cutting boards, I make it a practice to stick them in my dishwasher, which gets hot enough to disinfect them.
They are the perfect size to fit into the dishwasher, and they don’t take up much room in a drawer or hanging inside of a kitchen cabinet. I love that these are dishwasher safe, and mine have been washed many many times in my dishwasher and look as good as the day I bought them (minus a few knife marks). The white material remains nice and white, always looks clean and bright, I have had no yellowing to speak of.
If you have priced cutting boards lately, like I have, you know that they can get very expensive, especially some of the wooden boards that are on the market. This set of two Neoflam Bello Microban Cutting Boards is very reasonable, they retail for less than $15.00! I would expect to pay that for only one anti-microbial cutting board, but I am getting two! It’s a great price and a great product. These can be found at any Lowe’s store, and if you can’t find them locally, check out their website.
