Do Amazon Basics parchment paper & baking liners have PFAS?
Amazon Basics parchment paper & baking liners average 46 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 4 Amazon Basics parchment paper & baking liners graded as of October 2026, above the 25 out of 100 median for the 52 other parchment paper & baking liners brands graded alongside it.
Amazon Basics parchment paper & baking liners average Poor on our four-band scale. 2 of the 4 we graded are worth buying. That is above 63% of the parchment paper & baking liners brands we grade.
PFAS Authority is a scoring system, not a laboratory. We do not test products ourselves. Grades are model-based, built from published ingredients, materials, certifications, brand disclosures and third-party lab results where they exist. See the rubric.
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What Amazon Basics says and does about PFAS
We found no PFAS statement from Amazon Basics. Amazon has a chemicals policy that restricts PFAS in certain private-label food contact materials for its Amazon Kitchen brand, and it is not a blanket ban across other private label products.
- Brand statementToxic-Free Future reports that Amazon's 2020 restricted substances list restricts PFAS in certain private-label food contact materials for its Amazon Kitchen brand. Toxic-Free Future press release ↗
- Medical referenceGrocery Dive reports the Amazon Kitchen restriction is limited in scope and does not cover other Amazon private label or brand-name products. Grocery Dive, December 2020 ↗
Sources checked September 30, 2026. A brand statement is the company’s own claim, which we report but have not verified. Our grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests.
Amazon Basics parchment paper & baking liners worth buying Good or better, best-graded first
- Silicone (elastomer, no Teflon-type coating)
- Degradation and particle shedding. Repeated thermal cycling, aggressive scrubbing, or exposure to solvents…
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
- silicone
- Silicone leaching (oligomers and monomers). Food-grade silicone can release trace amounts of cyclic…
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
Which Amazon Basics parchment paper & baking liners contain PFAS? Poor and Bad, we’d swap these
- silicone-coated paper
- PFAS. Silicone-coated parchment papers commonly contain PFAS "forever chemicals" to achieve water and grease…
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Silicone-coated or Teflon-family coating-coated paper (unspecified)
- Teflon-family coating degradation and volatilization. If the nonstick coating is Teflon-type coating or…
4 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
Find an alternative on AmazonBetter parchment paper & baking liners from other brands
Graded higher than the Amazon Basics average of 46.
- silicone-coated parchment paper
- The brand calls it PFAS-free, which we have not verified
- Paper degradation and particulate shedding
- unbleached paper with silicone coating
- The brand calls it PFAS-free, which we have not verified
- Silicone coating degradation at high heat
- bleached paper with silicone coating
- The brand calls it PFAS-free, which we have not verified
- Paper degradation and fragmentation
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Best average grade first. Amazon Basics averages 46.
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