I was just watching last Sunday's Food Network Challenge Sesame Street Cakes and noticed one of the decorators was wearing blue gloves. Does anyone know if who makes those gloves? I have some Esteem surgical gloves and am wondering if they are food safe. I have done my research online and not been able to figure it out. Anyone know if another company makes blue food safe gloves that would not be the Esteem surgical gloves? Thanks for the help!
Let's put it this way: if they're fit to be shoved inside human guts, they're probably fit to handle food with. I use the vinyl gloves that you can buy at the drugstore when I need to wear gloves; it surprisingly helps wih my piping when I'm using butter-based icings. (I have hot hands.)
Possibly, the person wearing the gloves on the show had a latex allergy.
If you're really REALLY worried, you could always email the manufacturer ans ask them?
I get mine in the bandaid isle of Walmart because I wanted the same thing and asked a pharmacist (sp) about it being food safe and they said that they are just fine. Mine are the blue Reli On nitrile. These have been great when making fondant or coloring fondant or really just to keep everything as germ free as possible. Good luck!
p.s. just make sure they don't have powder inside cause thats kinda an ick.
Let's put it this way: if they're fit to be shoved inside human guts, they're probably fit to handle food with. I use the vinyl gloves that you can buy at the drugstore when I need to wear gloves; it surprisingly helps wih my piping when I'm using butter-based icings. (I have hot hands.)
Possibly, the person wearing the gloves on the show had a latex allergy.
If you're really REALLY worried, you could always email the manufacturer ans ask them?
I have to tell you, that line cracked me up!!
most restaurant supply outlets (like a GFS Marketplace store: http://gfs.know-where.com/gfs/ ) will have them.
as pointed out the blue ones are nitral based and good for those with laytex sensitivity.
you can also get vinyl gloves.
should look for NSF seal ( http://www.nsf.org/ ) as then know for sure it is food safe.
I use Food Handler brand vinyl gloves I purchased at a GSF Marketplace store.
Let's put it this way: if they're fit to be shoved inside human guts, they're probably fit to handle food with.
*LMAO* Valid point. I think sometimes we get a little wacky with the food safe thing. I'm just as guilty as the next when making my cake...and then I turn around, drop my pretzel, and eat it off the floor. Pristine for customers, 5 second rule for me. 
I use the vinyl gloves that you can buy at the drugstore when I need to wear gloves; it surprisingly helps wih my piping when I'm using butter-based icings. (I have hot hands.)
Great idea! I hadn't thought of doing it for that reason, but I can melt buttercream with my hands in mere minutes. That might really help!
[quote="varika"]Let's put it this way: if they're fit to be shoved inside human guts, they're probably fit to handle food with
That's really funny
But lets get back to the serious side of things which is the OP's Question and I hope I am not hurting anyone' feelings I am just trying to explain the gloves that are bought in the pharmacies etc, are sterile, there are non sterile gloves which are made from component materials which comply with FDA regulations for food contact
Unfortunately I cannot tell you the name, not because I do not want to but because it is not on the box, but I can tell you that the box is white with blue writing on it, I got it from the culinary program I graduated from and I know they ordered it from sysco and on the bottom it says The disposable gloves contained in this dispenser are for industrial NON- MEDICAL use only and are not warranted or gauranteed expressly or implicitly as to their fitness for any user's particular purpose function or application HTH
I think this is what you are looking for http://www.envirosafetyproducts.com/product/Disposable-Nitrile-Powder-Free-Gloves.html They are FDA approved.
I use the vinyl gloves that you can buy at the drugstore when I need to wear gloves;
I know everyone knows that as soon as the cake comes out of the oven everything from there forward needs to be handled with gloves on.
Mike
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