Eye protection: safety spectacles
The uvex pheos, pheos s, pheos nxt and pheos cx2 have been developed to offer a range of sizes within the pheos family, making it a truly versatile and universal solution. While it may seem obvious, properly fitting eyewear plays a vital role in user safety. A good fit helps to reduce the risk of accidents, minimise discomfort and encourage consistent wear.
Ergonomic design, optical clarity, and lightweight, non-slip fit
- Close fitting design with x-tended eyeshield helps provides protection against airborne particles and debris in production areas
- Ergonomically shaped side arms with soft-grip temple ends provide a comfortable, secure fit without pressure - ideal for long shifts
- x-tended eyeshield: soft seal frame technology wraps around the brow providing protection from particle ingress
- Soft, flexible nose pad adapts to the wearer, delivering a non-slip and pressure-free fit
- Robust polycarbonate lens with uvex’s proven supravision coating technology – permanent anti-fog and scratch-resistant lens
- UV400 – 100% protection against UV radiation up to 400 nm
- Metal-free
Discover the uvex pheos family
Lens shades for food production environments
Choosing the right lens tint is essential for maintaining safety, comfort, and visual clarity in food and beverage environments.
From brightly lit processing lines and reflective stainless-steel surfaces to cold storage areas and variable natural light in outdoor operations, workers face a range of visual challenges throughout the day.
The correct lens tint can help reduce glare, enhance contrast, and minimise eye strain - supporting accuracy, productivity, and compliance in hygiene-critical settings where clear vision is key.
Clear
Suitable for most indoor food production areas and general working conditions. Offers full signal colour recognition, making it a practical choice for production lines, packing areas and sites where workers need to identify indicators, warning lights and moving vehicles such as forklift trucks.
Amber
Helps filter blue light and enhance contrast in low light. Supports clear visibility of products, surfaces and signals.
Grey 23%
Suitable for areas with higher brightness and glare, helping reduce discomfort from strong sunlight or intense reflected light while maintaining full signal colour recognition. Can be useful for goods-in, dispatch, loading bays, forklift truck routes where workers are in outdoor environments.
CBR65
Designed to enhance contrast, reduce eye fatigue and cut blue light by 50%, making it well-suited to indoor food production environments with bright artificial lighting. Particularly helpful where LED lighting, glossy surfaces, stainless steel equipment, or shrink-wrap reflections can create visual strain. Also a good option for workers moving between indoor and outdoor areas, such as warehouse staff, dispatch teams and forklift truck drivers.
CBR23
Suitable for very bright working environments where strong natural light and glare can affect comfort and visibility. Reduces blue light by 95%, helps reduce eye fatigue and enhances contrast, while still allowing full signal colour recognition. Best suited to outdoor food-picking or delivery drivers, yard workers, loading zones, and other sun-exposed areas.
Not sure what lens tint is best?
Modern, sporty design for greater wearer acceptance
- Completely metal free: no screws or metal components that could loosen, fall out and contaminate food products
- x-tended eyeshield: soft seal frame technology wraps around the brow providing protection from particle ingress
- x-tended sideshield offers additional protection from hazards
- Ergonomically shaped side arms with multi-incline points and length adjustment allow the spectacle to be tailored to different face shapes
- Soft-grip temple ends and flexible nose pad adapts to the wearer, delivering a non-slip and pressure-free fit
- Robust polycarbonate lens with uvex’s proven supravision coating technology – permanent anti-fog and scratch-resistant lens
- UV400 – 100% protection against UV radiation up to 400 nm
- uvex CBR65 lens is suitable for use under bright light, screens, reflective surfaces, or changing light conditions
Product spotlight: uvex i-5 safety glasses with uvex CBR65 lens tint technology
Choose the right lens coating
Not all anti-fog coatings are created equal
Lens coatings play a critical role in ensuring safety eyewear performs reliably in the demanding conditions of the food and beverage industry. Poor visibility often results in eyewear being removed, increasing both safety and hygiene risks. Fast-paced production lines, temperature fluctuations between chilled stores, freezers, ambient production areas, and frequent cleaning or hot washdown processes can all impact visibility and eyewear durability. High-performance coatings - such as anti-fog and scratch-resistant finishes - help maintain clear vision in humid or rapidly changing environments, reducing the need for workers to adjust or remove their eyewear.
Unrivalled protection
Chemically engineered not to wash off, uvex’s anti-fog coatings are fundamentally different from others. All uvex anti-fog coatings are hydrophilic and draw moisture into the coating, absorbing it - eliminating fog quickly and efficiently.
uvex’s exclusive flow-coating application technology also provides an anti-fog coating that is consistent, clear and permanently bonded to the lens.
In addition, coatings designed to withstand frequent cleaning and exposure to food-safe chemicals help extend the lifespan of the lenses while supporting hygiene compliance. By enhancing durability, clarity, and resistance to common workplace challenges, the right lens coatings ensure consistent eye protection and help minimise downtime, errors, and risk in environments where precision and cleanliness are essential.
Eye protection: safety goggles
In food and beverage manufacturing environments, eye protection must do more than guard against impact hazards. Many sites use aggressive cleaning and disinfection chemicals such as peracetic acid (PAA), chlorine-based disinfectants, caustic cleaners, and CIP (clean-in-place) washdown chemicals. Where there is a risk of chemical splashes, safety goggles or sealed eyewear provide a higher level of protection than standard safety spectacles by helping to prevent liquids from reaching the eyes. Comfortable, close-fitting goggles can also support compliance during cleaning, sanitation, and maintenance tasks, helping workers stay protected while maintaining clear vision throughout the shift.
- Provides reliable protection against splashes from oils, brines, sauces and cleaning chemicals
- Supports good peripheral vision around moving machinery and busy production lines
- Unique lens design for edge-to-edge optical clarity - approximately 20% larger than similar goggles
- Soft, adaptive face seal providing a universal fit as well as a tight fit without pressure points
- Generous internal volume to accommodate prescription spectacles and frame recesses to locate the side arms
- Indirect ventilation system increases air circulation
- Length-adjustable 30 mm wide textile headband for optimal low pressure hold and individual adaptability
- uvex supravision ETC coating: permanent anti-fog performance on both sides suitable for high humidity and/or frequent temperature fluctuations
- UV400 – 100% protection against dangerous UVA and UVB radiation to 400 nm
- Metal-free
Safety goggles suitable for the food & beverage sector
Don't forget to keep your lenses clean - uvex cleaning accessories
Our practical cleaning station can be attached with a wall bracket wherever is convenient, enabling you and your staff to access it quickly. The lens cleaning fluid and cleaning tissues are suitable for all uvex safety eyewear. Remember, only use uvex cleaning products to clean the lenses on uvex eyewear. This is essential to preserve the performance of the uvex lens coatings.
Not sure which eyewear is right for your site?
Our eye protection specialists can assess your application and recommend solutions based on workplace hazards, environmental conditions, comfort requirements and wearer needs. Get in touch to discuss your requirements and arrange a free product trial.
Download the brochure (PDF)
More PPE for the food industry
Find your nearest uvex distributor
