Are Disposal Nitrile Gloves Food Safe?

  Disposable gloves are an essential tool in commercial kitchens around the world. They come in a rainbow of colors and a variety of materials, including vinyl, latex, polyethylene and nitrile.

Choosing the right disposable gloves is critical to safe food handling. While there are many options, nitrile food service gloves are often considered one of the best choices for ensuring food safety and cleanliness. 

 

Gloves are essential when handling food

The surface of the average human hand is covered with more than 2 million microorganisms. While hand washing helps remove some of these germs, disposable gloves are still vital to avoid the spread of foodborne illness.
Gloves help minimize contact with food and stop the spread of microorganisms that can cause contamination and disease. They protect customers from any substances that may be present on employees' skin, including bacteria and potential allergens. 
Also, gloves protect employees from foods that may irritate the skin, such as peppers that may burn or onions that may leave a lingering odor.

 

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Strength and thickness of nitrile

While nitrile gloves have many benefits, including: allergy mitigation, increased chemical resistance and puncture resistance, the main drawback is that nitrile gloves are less form fitting and not as soft as latex gloves. Nitrile manufacturers are trying to counter this disadvantage by making thinner nitrile gloves so they feel and fit more like latex gloves.
Nitrile gloves are sold in millimeters, which is used to describe the thickness of the glove. The synthetic nitrile material provides all nitrile gloves with greater strength and puncture resistance than latex gloves. The thickness range of nitrile gloves is more likely to affect the chemical resistance of the glove rather than the strength of the material.
In general, thinner nitrile gloves are less chemically resistant and thicker ones are more chemically resistant. That said, when you are looking to purchase nitrile gloves, it is important to obtain chemical test data from the glove manufacturer to be absolutely certain that the gloves you receive will withstand the chemicals you are using.

 

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Are nitrile gloves food safe?

Nitrile gloves are an excellent choice for safe food handling. In fact, they are one of the best food-safe disposable gloves for a number of reasons.
When you choose disposable gloves for food handling, you must choose gloves that will protect it from employee hands, but you must also consider whether the gloves themselves will contaminate the substance. Nitrile gloves for food preparation are ideal for both. 
Strong, durable and puncture-resistant, these gloves protect food from contact with employees. Unlike latex, which has a high allergy rate, nitrile is almost completely non-allergenic and will not contaminate food with potentially harmful allergens or chemicals. 

 

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Get food safe nitrile gloves

Titans offers a wide variety of high quality nitrile gloves for safe food handling in commercial kitchens, in a variety of sizes and colors to ensure you get the exact product you need. We carry a large inventory, which allows us to fill bulk orders quickly.
Contact us to learn more about our selection.