Recommended series: FRK series, FSR series
 
Founded in 1955, Hasegawa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. specializes in chemical products, the most proficient is polyethylene and other synthetic material products, and is one of the Japanese synthetic rubber sheet brands. In 1989, he began to develop culinary products, and the product design focused on commercial use, and the popularity and industry status in the household field were not as good as Asahi. But Hasegawa has taken more care than Asahi in detailing, offering more style options, and has been dubbed by the Chinese media as one of the two giants of synthetic cutting boards.
 
Although both Hasegawa and Asahi are made of synthetic rubber, their design and process focus are different, so that the advantages and disadvantages of the two are slightly different. Synthetic rubber cutting boards are easy to bend after long-term use, and the structure is not as strong as solid wood cutting boards, which is also the disadvantage of Asahi, and Hasegawa's design highlight is to solve the problem of bending. Hasegawa divides the cutting board into three layers of structure, the upper and lower layers of 5mm thick synthetic rubber, and solid wood in the middle, this layer of solid wood not only plays an anti-bending effect, but also plays a role in weight reduction, which can reduce weight by 30%, but because Hasegawa cutting board is thicker than Asahi, it feels heavier in actual use.
 
In addition, the non-slip performance of the Hasegawa cutting board is also an advantage, and the surface of the cutting board has a grid-like structure, which can stabilize the ingredients when handling sashimi without slipping. However, this grid structure also makes the surface of Hasegawa cutting boards have microscopic grooves visible to the naked eye, which are easy to hide dirt after long-term use, and can be cleaned with Hasegawa's specially configured board erasers.
 
As far as synthetic rubber cutting boards are concerned, durability and easy cleaning are their common advantages, the difference between Asahi and Hasegawa is not particularly large, and the shortcomings of synthetic rubber cutting boards are the key performance, that is, the cutting effect. The cutting and knife feeling of the Hasegawa cutting board is not as good as that of Asahi, the surface material is soft, and the cutting process is not smooth enough.
 
Hasegawa only produces synthetic rubber cutting boards, and the product line is divided into commercial and household according to the size and thickness, among which the size of the household FRK series and the commercial FSR series are more suitable as household cutting boards, and some domestic manufacturers will advertise the FRK series as a four-layer upgrade, in fact, the publicity is wrong, FRK and FSR are three-layer structures. The general price of overseas shopping in Hasegawa is more than 400 yuan, and the cost performance is not as good as Asahi.