Food Cutting Boards
Overview
What It Is
A food cutting board is a flat, durable surface used for slicing, trimming, and preparing food products. In professional food environments, these boards must support safe food handling practices while maintaining structural integrity under repeated cutting and cleaning.
Plastic cutting boards are commonly fabricated from food-safe engineering plastics that provide good knife resistance, chemical durability, and moisture resistance. Boards may include features such as routed edges, juice channels, corner radii, or mounting holes depending on the intended installation.
Because preparation areas vary significantly across commercial kitchens and processing facilities, cutting boards are frequently manufactured to customer specifications rather than standard retail sizes.
Where It’s Used
Food cutting boards are used across a wide range of food preparation and processing environments where hygiene and durability are essential.
Typical environments include:
Commercial kitchens
Food processing plants
Butcher shops and meat processing facilities
Catering operations
Food packaging lines
Bakery preparation areas
Institutional kitchens (schools, hospitals)
Seafood and poultry processing stations
In many operations, colour-coded cutting boards are used to separate different food groups and reduce cross-contamination risks.
Recommended Materials for Food Cutting Boards
Perfect for producing complex interior panels, seat backs, dash components, and protective trims. It delivers a durable, hard-wearing finish that stands up to daily passenger use while remaining lightweight and cost-effective to manufacture in volume.
Polycarbonate is a high-impact, virtually unbreakable material perfect for bus windows and safety barriers, providing excellent clarity, strength, and long-term durability.
Acrylic is a clear, rigid material ideal for bus barriers and interior panels, offering excellent optical clarity, a smooth professional finish, and good weather resistance for long-term use.
PVC is a durable, lightweight material suited to internal bus panels, offering good impact resistance, moisture resistance, and easy fabrication for clean, low-maintenance interiors.
Popular Food Cutting Boards
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ABS Plastic Sheet
Price range: $113.54 through $340.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Acrylic Sheet (Perspex)
Price range: $60.00 through $2,358.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Polycarbonate Sheet (UV Resistant)
Price range: $101.20 through $2,541.50 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Rigid PVC Sheet
Price range: $40.43 through $2,177.60 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Why Plastic Is Used
Plastic materials are commonly used for food cutting boards because they combine hygiene, durability, and ease of fabrication.
Key advantages include:
Non-porous surfaces that resist moisture absorption
Easy cleaning and sanitisation
Resistance to food acids and cleaning chemicals
Consistent thickness and dimensional stability
Good impact resistance and toughness
Lightweight compared with stone or metal surfaces
Engineering plastics also allow boards to be fabricated to precise dimensions and integrated into food preparation workstations.
Custom Manufactured to Your Drawings
Cutting boards for commercial environments are often produced to match specific workstations, preparation tables, or processing equipment.
Custom fabrication allows buyers to specify:
Exact dimensions and thickness
Cut-outs or recesses for equipment
Rounded corners and edge finishing
Drainage channels or juice grooves
Mounting holes or fixing points
Manufacturers can work from CAD files, technical drawings, or existing samples.
Key Performance Requirements
Mechanical
Food cutting boards must withstand repeated cutting, chopping, and scraping without excessive wear.
Important mechanical characteristics include:
Good impact resistance
Knife resistance and durability
Adequate stiffness to prevent flexing
Resistance to cracking or splitting
Environmental
Cutting boards operate in environments where moisture, food acids, and cleaning chemicals are common.
Required properties often include:
Moisture resistance
Chemical resistance to cleaning agents
Stability across typical kitchen temperature ranges
Resistance to staining and odour absorption
Design & Installation Considerations
When specifying custom cutting boards, several design factors should be considered.
Important considerations include:
Appropriate thickness for the expected cutting load
Board dimensions relative to preparation workspace
Surface finish and edge treatment
Cleaning and sanitisation requirements
Storage and handling arrangements
In high-use environments, removable boards can simplify cleaning and replacement.
Alternative Options:
All components used in this application are manufactured in-house using controlled, drawing-led production processes. We do not supply generic or off-the-shelf products. Each part is produced to specification to meet defined mechanical, environmental, and installation requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common thicknesses range from 12 mm to 25 mm depending on the size of the board and the expected cutting load.
Yes. Materials such as HDPE are widely used in commercial food preparation environments due to their hygiene and durability.
Yes. Boards can be fabricated to specific dimensions based on customer drawings or workspace requirements.
Yes. Plastic sheets are available in various colours to support food safety protocols.
Engineering plastics used for cutting boards are non-porous and resistant to moisture absorption.
Durability depends on the material and thickness. HDPE and UHMWPE provide good wear resistance for repeated use.