The ideal “food contact” stainless steel for Kitchenware.

Its unmatched advantages make it the best replacement for 200 and 300 Series in the cookware & utensil applications.

What is Krome16+
Krome16+ from Jindal Stainless is a branded Stainless Steel in coil form conforming to AISI 430 grade. It is a ferritic solution offering many advantages in the manufacture of Cookware and Utensils.
Chromium (not Nickel, as is sometimes imagined) is the key ingredient for the Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steels. Krome 16+ contains minimum 16% Chromium for high corrosion resistance.

Advantages of Krome16+

• Superior thermal conductivity over 200 and 300 series Stainless Steels. This help in conducting heat more evenly than austenitic grades resulting in heating the food must faster and saving fuel in cooking.
• Excellent high temperature oxidation resistance upto 800°C making it less prone to scaling than austenitic grades.
• Expands and Distorts less than austenitic grades when heated due to low thermal expansion.
• No risk of delayed craking unlioke austenitic grades.
• Costs less since it has no Nickel, Copper and has very low Maganese.
• Stable price.
• Brilliant & Lustrous asethetic appeal.
• Its lower density leads to 2 - 3% more utensils of same size per ton of sheet compared to austenitic grades.

Ease of Fabrication

• Exhibits excellent deep drawability.
• Very well suited to all methods of forming Stainless Steels including bending, drawing, stretch forming and spinning.
• Easier to cut and work than austenitic grades.
• Requires less powerful machines for fabrication.
• Generates less tool wear.
• Comparatively lesser spring back than austenitic grades after cold forming.
• Higher yield in utensil manufacture.

Krome 16+ fully conforms to international Standards for Food Equipment/ Contact Materials

• American National Standard NSF/ANSI 51 (2007).
• French Standard NFA 36-711 (April 2002).
• French Decree No. 92-631 (8.7.1992).
• European Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 (27.10.2004).