Hygienic design is a must when creating quality catering equipment, and the pandemic has only increased the need to keep surfaces and equipment sterile. The right design will not only help to make sanitary practices easier and more thorough, but it can also help to create safe food preparation areas and protect your customers from contaminated food, which could make them ill.
Bacteria should not be given any opportunity to spread and your success and reputation depends on your hygiene practices, the quality of your food and your customers’ experiences. Because of this, we at Hupfer ensure all our catering products have hygienic design as a priority.
Whether you’re a large, highly rated chain restaurant or a small independent one, making smart choices with hygienic catering equipment will serve you well.
Hygienic design features
In all our designs, we always ensure that the end product will:
- Be durable to suit regular daily use
- Be easy and simple to clean after each service
- Have no awkward or hard to reach areas that could prevent effective cleaning
- Resist corrosion
- Not react to different food products
Food prepara9on areas
Dirt traps are a big cause of poor hygiene in commercial kitchens, so being clever with your food preparation areas in your kitchen can prevent germs and bacteria from accumulating and spreading. Your food preparation areas need to be designed in a seamless way, ensuring food cannot get stuck and that cleaning can be carried out effectively.
Give Hupfer’s work tables a try - not only are they designed with hygiene and easy-cleaning in mind as standard, but they’re height-adjustable, allowing any employee to prepare food with ease and in comfort.
Shelving and storage
Equipment, ingredients and supplies rely on shelving and storage, and the need to keep these areas clean is just as important as any other area of the kitchen. Our stainless steel shelving, from stationary and wall shelving to mobile shelving, has been designed to be easy-clean and breathable, with many of our options including plastic closure caps to prevent dust and germs entering bracing bars.
Cooking equipment
One of the main things to look out for when on the search for cooking equipment is how easy it is to clean. Does this equipment have removable compartments that you can easily and thoroughly clean? Is this equipment made from materials that are easy to clean? Take our Gastronorm containers for example - with a large corner radi and made from 18/10 stainless steel, strength and easy cleaning is always ensured.
Hygiene equipment
Hand washing is a crucial part of maintaining optimum hygiene in the kitchen, and having the right hand wash stations and equipment is an important part of hygienic design. Handwashing stations should be placed in appropriate areas and in doing so, you’ll be improving the flow of your kitchen. Our hand washing equipment includes elbow and knee operated basins to further reduce the risk of the spread of germs.
Choose Hupfer for clever hygienic design in catering equipment
Hygienic design of catering equipment has always been one of our highest priorities to prevent the spread of bacteria and to help keep kitchens running at their prime. For more information about our range of commercial catering equipment, please get in touch with Paul Franks: paul@trak-systems.com.