Tivano™ PRO Cutting Board

The whole argument for this board is the surface. It is solid and non-porous, which means there is no fibre for meat juice to soak into and no soft polymer for a knife to shave off into your food. That is not marketing language, it is the reason hospital prep surfaces are steel rather than plastic.

What surprised me is the density. A cheap steel sheet rings like a cymbal and bounces the knife back at you. This one absorbs the strike. You still hear the contact, but the shock does not travel into your wrist the way it does on glass.

The first thing I did was the garlic test. I minced six cloves, rinsed the board under warm water for ten seconds, and smelled it. Nothing. My bamboo board still smells of the garlic I chopped last spring.

The second thing I did was try to make it slide. Wet counter, wet hands, aggressive rocking cut. The HexGrip texture held. That matters more than any spec sheet line, because most kitchen cuts happen when a board skates.

Raw meat night is where it earns its price. I break down chicken thighs directly on it, tip the trimmings into the bin, and put the board in the dishwasher. There is no scrubbing ritual and no lingering doubt about what is left in the knife scars.

For bread and cheese it is honestly overkill, and it is louder than wood. I keep a small wooden board for the cheese course and use the Tivano for everything that used to worry me.

Public food-safety guidance has said the same thing for years: porous and scored surfaces are harder to sanitise than smooth non-porous ones, and cross-contamination from cutting boards is a documented cause of household foodborne illness. A non-porous board does not make you immune, but it removes the hiding places.

On the microplastics side, peer-reviewed work published in 2023 estimated that chopping on plastic boards can release tens of millions of microplastic particles per year of household use. Whatever you think the health effect turns out to be, removing the source costs you nothing.

Rinse, or dishwasher. That is the entire maintenance routine. No oiling, no bleach soak, no replacement schedule.

It does not warp, and it will not crack. The lifetime warranty exists because there is very little that can actually go wrong with a solid non-porous slab.

The official UK store lists it at £111.09 and is running a 50% discount to £55.54, a saving of £55.55. That is the price I verified on the official UK order page on the date shown below the price on this page.

There is a 30-day money-back window and a lifetime replacement warranty, which is the part that makes the number defensible: you are buying one board instead of a plastic board every year.

If this is not the board for you, the other four I tested were #2 BILLAMB Stainless, #3 Aichoof Color Coded Set, #4 Totally Bamboo Set, #5 Tempered Glass Board. Each one has its own long review on this site.