Description
170 mm Disposable Bamboo Knife for Sustainable Food Service
The bamboo knife is the piece in the cutlery set that buyers are most cautious about, and with good reason. A bamboo fork is straightforward. A bamboo spoon is forgiving. But a knife needs to actually cut, and anyone who’s been handed a disposable knife that drags rather than slices knows how quickly that undermines the whole meal experience.
Our 170mm disposable bamboo knife is engineered with a serrated edge that cuts cleanly through sandwiches, soft rolls, grilled vegetables, fruit, cake slices, tender meats, and casual meal portions, the full range of food types a catering or takeaway operation is likely to serve. The serration is the critical detail here: it does the work a smooth bamboo edge can’t, and it’s what separates a bamboo knife that performs from one that passengers, guests, or delivery customers quietly struggle with. Precision-cut from 100% natural Moso bamboo, smooth-polished handle, splinter-free finish throughout, and manufactured without chemicals, bleach, or coatings. FSC-certified at source, FDA compliant, fully biodegradable and compostable.
The Serrated Edge: Why It Matters
Bamboo is harder and denser than birchwood, which gives it a natural advantage for cutlery. But for a knife to work reliably across varied food types, the edge geometry matters as much as the material. The serrated profile creates multiple cut points that grip and slice rather than pressing down, which is why it handles bread crusts, fruit skins, and layered sandwiches that would resist a smooth-edge disposable. For buyers who want to understand the full picture of how bamboo compares to wood and plastic for food service cutlery applications, our bamboo cutlery vs plastic cutlery comparison and the overview of how bamboo cutlery is made cover both the material properties and the manufacturing process that determine finished product quality.
Packaging — Card Bags for Retail and Service
Packed in card bags of 25 pieces per bag, 100 bags per carton, in the same retail-friendly format as our 170mm bamboo fork. The card bag is clean enough for supermarket shelf display, practical for service point dispensing at catering and buffet setups, and works well in food delivery packing lines where individual pieces are added to meal boxes. Custom branded card bags — your logo, brand colours, and sustainability messaging are available through our OEM programme. For a practical overview of what custom packaging options look like across bamboo cutlery, our custom branded bamboo cutlery guide covers the main formats and what to factor in before committing to a custom run.
Who Orders This Product
Takeaway and delivery operators, including knives in meal packaging. Catering companies and event caterers where the knife needs to handle a full casual meal reliably. Sandwich shops, deli counters, and café operators serving grab-and-go meal deals. Supermarkets and retail buyers are building eco-friendly cutlery ranges. Airlines and rail catering, where sealed, lightweight individual pieces are a logistical requirement. Food truck and festival operators who need a dependable disposable knife at volume. For buyers outfitting a full catering operation, our eco-friendly products for catering services guide is a practical reference for what to consider when building a complete bamboo cutlery supply across a catering business. And if you’re sourcing for an event-driven context, our bamboo silverware for events guide covers that ground specifically.
Sustainability Credentials
This knife is 100% biodegradable and compostable natural bamboo body with no plastic components, no chemical treatments, no coatings. It decomposes in 90–180 days under composting conditions. It’s compliant with single-use plastic bans in the EU, UK, and expanding global markets. For buyers whose customers or procurement contacts are asking harder questions about environmental credentials, our piece on eco trends in food packaging gives the market context and data to support those conversations.
Note on Pricing
The bamboo knife costs slightly more per unit than the fork or spoon from the same range — the serration process adds a manufacturing step and requires additional tooling precision. This is consistent across bamboo cutlery manufacturers globally and is worth factoring into your cost modelling when building a full set. Our bulk bamboo buying guide covers pricing structures, what drives per-unit cost at different volumes, and how to approach MOQ planning across a multi-piece cutlery range.
Where This Sits in the Range
If you need a complete knife, fork, and spoon set rather than individual pieces, see our 170mm eco-friendly disposable bamboo cutlery set (OPP bag format) or our 170mm individually boxed bamboo cutlery set. For the 170mm fork as an individual item, see our 170mm bamboo fork. Browse the full wholesale bamboo cutlery category to compare all formats side by side.
MOQ & Sourcing
MOQ starts at 10 cartons. Samples available on request before mass production. We manufacture factory-direct in Huoshan, Anhui — 12+ years of production experience, stable export capacity, and direct communication. For first-time importers, our guide on how to import eco-friendly products from China walks through the full process from enquiry to delivery.
Complete Your Eco Cutlery Setup
Bamboo knife buyers typically also source bamboo plates wholesale, bamboo straws wholesale, bamboo toothpicks wholesale, and bamboo coffee stirrers wholesale to complete a full eco table or meal service setup. For buyers who also source wooden disposables alongside bamboo, our wooden cutlery wholesale range is available from the same factory.
