You are probably wondering what is the “avocado hand”.

Paul is a British guy who enjoys watching the English soccer league. When his favorite team plays he meets at home with friends and one of the main guests at the party is the delicious guacamole he prepares for them.

But among so many meetings, Paul couldn’t escape the “avocado hand”. Yes, that is how British doctors have called the phenomenon of injuries that patients have with knives for cutting an avocado.

Although it seems like a joke, it is not. The British Association of Plastic Surgeons in Reconstructive and Aesthetic (BAPRAS for its acronym in English) have warned the citizens of the United Kingdom about the increase in the number of cases of people wounded with knives when slicing this delicious fruit.

According to the official website of the medical organization, they receive on average four people injured in this way on a weekly basis.

“While BAPRAS has not specifically requested safety labels for avocados, we are naturally concerned about the increasing number of avocado related injuries, and would like to remind people to adopt a common sense approach to avoid injury,” cautions Association on your website.

And in the United States, the phenomenon is not the exception. Although there is no statistics on how many people are hurt by cutting an avocado, even media like The New York Times have reported on the phenomenon.

That is why in Mexico, the main producer of avocados in the world, Avocutter was invented, the safest tool to slice this fruit.

With Avocutter it will not be necessary to use a knife, as your polypropylene knives will cut the avocado safely so that your only concern is to taste a delicious dish prepared with this delicious fruit.