Foodsafe Finishes

[Prashun Patel]

Has anyone used Almond oil as a foodsafe finishing oil? I'm not sure why Walnut oil has taken off, but Almond - which is quite widely used in other areas - has not...

[Lee Koepke]

never thought of it. I would say its probably ok. I just read an article in one of my magazines this month regarding food safe finishes.

I use mineral oil on my cutting boards at wally-world its like 1.99 / quart ...real hard to beat that.

(attached the pdf I found)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Finishes today are food safe if cured for 72 hrs. I use Mahoney's walnut oil. I really like the finish it produces. I don't care for mineral oil as it never dries as does other veggie oils.