Red is the code that keeps meat-based fillings from crossing onto the shared spreader. On a deli counter running pâté, liverwurst and meat pastes alongside butter and cream cheese, that separation is the difference between one rack of tools and a recall.
The blade is blunt, wide and slightly flexible: it loads a full portion and sweeps it flat in one pass, and the rounded tip means it will not puncture a soft slice on the way.
Dexter-Russell has made cutlery in Southbridge, Massachusetts since 1818 and is the oldest cutlery manufacturer in the United States. The Sani-Safe line is its NSF-certified foodservice range, built around a textured polypropylene handle moulded to the tang so there is no seam for food to lodge in.
