All about labeling utensils

When buying a pan or other utensils, you can see the signs printed on its surface. These seemingly incomprehensible hieroglyphs indicate how and why this dish can be used. Read about the intricacies and meanings in the article.

Marking on the dishes indicates how functional the dishes are. Remember your grandmothers. They, as a rule, had little dishes. One or two cast iron pans, clay pots, and everything was cooked in one oven.

Modern kitchens are equipped with ovens, stoves, microwave ovens. Each model has its own temperature regime and cooking method. The dishes are also different - grill, non-stick, with support for induction. All this requires a lot of attention when choosing. Indeed, from ignorance you can harm yourself and your technology.

This is due to the fact that a damaged surface will release substances that can harm health.

And for induction cookers suitable pots and pans having a special alloy of material that forms a magnetic layer. Due to this magnetic layer, cooking takes place.

When choosing dishes, the icons depicted on the surface can be misleading. To avoid cooking troubles, you need to know what and which icon indicates.

So, marking the dishes can tell you what kind of plate the dishes are suitable for. After all, now there are so many varieties of stoves - glass ceramics, induction cookers, electric and gas. And the dishes are dozens of times more.

Marking is a guarantee of safety.. If you choose low-quality dishes or use them for other purposes, you can get unpleasant consequences, for example, health problems. Also, an improperly selected pan or pan can cause irreparable harm to the stove and oven. Repairing the equipment will not be easy, and financially expensive.

A variety of types of plates has led to the fact that not every pan or pan is suitable for operation on it.

Now it’s worthwhile to figure out what markers are, depending on the method of cooking.

• Oven icon with electric inscription. This icon indicates that cookware can be used in an electric oven. For example, such dishes are not suitable for an oven that runs on gas.
• Marking with a picture of the oven. Such an icon is applied to utensils that can be used in any type of oven. Accordingly, if such an icon is crossed out, then use in the oven is not allowed.
• Figure oven with lights. This icon says you can cook in a gas oven.
• Image of oven with a number. This icon is used in the oven, but only to a certain temperature. What temperature limit can be adhered to is indicated on the icon.
• A flame is drawn in a square. Such icons are indicated on the dishes that are suitable for gas stoves.
• Marking with microwave letters or waves. The decoding of this icon indicates that the dishes are suitable for a microwave. If the icon is crossed out, then it cannot be used in a microwave oven.
• A circle in the form of a spiral. This sign on the surface of pots and pans says it can be used on an electric stove.
• A circle with a dot in the center. Sets with this marking are suitable for cooking on glass-ceramic stoves and hobs.
• Four vertical “loops” and the word induction. And this designation indicates the possibility of use on an induction cooker. The principle of operation of induction is that surfaces during an electric discharge form a magnetic field. This field heats up and the cooking process is much faster.

These are such simple, but very important signs that can be on your dishes.

The rules of cooking are important, but it’s equally important to know how to care for the dishes. This will help preserve its original appearance and quality of the material. To do this, there are a number of markings that should also be studied.

• In the square, dishes are drawn. Such an icon says that it can be washed in a dishwasher, because this unit has long been settled in every second apartment. If the icon has a red diagonal strip, then washing in a dishwasher is strictly prohibited.

• A thermometer is drawn in a square and a plate is nearby. Such an icon can be indicated on glassware and it says that the kit material can withstand temperature extremes.

• The presence of snowflakes. Such a symbol indicates that the dishes can be used in the refrigerator. And if there are three snowflakes, then even in the freezer. This dish is good for freezing convenience foods and finished products.

These are the main markings that appear on pots and pans.

After all, not every metal utensil can be used in a dishwasher. And not every plastic is suitable for freezing.

But the most important factor is the presence of the “wineglass-fork” badge, which says that the dishes are absolutely safe for food. Also often such a sign is indicated on glassware and symbolizes the fragility of the material.

Many people accept the “wineglass-plug” badge as permission to use cookware in a microwave oven. However, it is not. For microwave, a different marking is used.

Disposable tableware is popular among consumers. But not everyone thinks about what marking on surfaces means. But she can tell a lot.

There are a lot of advantages of such dishes:

• setting the table for a large number of guests is easy and much cheaper than using standard faience or ceramics;
• not beating, you can take with you on the road, on vacation, on nature;
• such dishes are very popular at children's parties, eliminating the risk of beating and wounds;
• no need to wash after use - you can just throw it away and not worry.

On disposable tableware, a logo is always placed, which looks like a triangle of three arrows. These three arrows say that a processing system is used for production. That is, the process is closed: production - use - processing - production.

The number from 1 to 7 is written inside. There may also be an inscription under the icon. Below are the numbers.

1. The presence of this figure means that the material is very cheap. Most often used for the production of containers for mineral water. Reuse can be dangerous as the plastic begins to release toxic substances. Also optionally may be the inscription PET (PET). Remember that it is not worth using containers from under bottled water, this is dangerous.
2. Safe plastic that is recyclable. Under the icon is the inscription HDPE (LDPE). Food containers that are now in every home are made from this plastic. It is convenient to store food in them, take it with you to work.
3. This plastic must not be exposed to heat or combustion. When heated, dangerous toxins are released. It is supplemented with the inscription PCV (PVC). But you can still store food. The only condition is the interaction time.
4. This plastic is used for packaging materials, bags. It can be reused without fear. It has the inscription LDPE (HDPE). It may be of different densities.
5. Safe plastic that can be reused. Most often used for the production of food containers. It is equated to plastic number 2. The inscription under the PP icon (PP). This is easy to remember, because the letters PP also indicate proper nutrition.
6. Such plastic is used not only for the production of food containers and containers, but also acts as a derivative in the production of foam. It has the inscription PS (PS).
7. The most dangerous group of plastic and its derivatives. Substances and toxins that may come from this plastic are dangerous and poisonous. Such material becomes most toxic when heated or in contact with hot water. The inscription under the OTHER logo (OTHER). Such materials should not be used for food at all.

In the article, we figured out what markings may occur when choosing dishes. The important point here is what you will use the dishes for.

Particular attention should be paid to the choice of dishes for children. After all, the children's body does not yet have enough protective functions and is most vulnerable to environmental influences. All plastic is designed with the possibility of subsequent processing.

Choose the dishes for cooking and storing food properly and be healthy.

See below for labeling on dishes.