Do Calphalon nonstick skillets have PFAS?
Calphalon nonstick skillets average 15 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 5 Calphalon nonstick skillets graded as of October 2026, below the 32 out of 100 median for the 5 other nonstick skillets brands graded alongside it.
Calphalon nonstick skillets average Bad on our four-band scale. None of them clear our buy threshold. That is above 20% of the nonstick skillets 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 Calphalon says and does about PFAS
Calphalon’s range includes both hard-anodized nonstick and ceramic nonstick cookware, and the two are not the same chemistry. Independent testing by the Ecology Center found PTFE, a fluoropolymer, on a Calphalon hard-anodized nonstick fry pan. We could not load Calphalon’s own product disclosure page to confirm what it currently lists for each line, so check the grade of the exact pan you are buying.
- Independent testThe Ecology Center’s 2020 cookware testing found PTFE on the Calphalon Hard-anodized Nonstick 12 in Fry Pan, which was labelled with an easy release nonstick finish. Ecology Center ↗
- Independent testThe Ecology Center’s Healthy Stuff Lab scraped coating from nonstick pans and identified the composition by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. It reported PTFE fluoropolymer on the Calphalon Hard-Anodized Nonstick 12 inch fry pan. Ecology Center Healthy Stuff Lab ↗
- Independent testThe same lab reported that most pans in its study labelled PFOA-free were coated with PTFE without disclosing it, which is why a PFOA-free label cannot be read as a PFAS-free label. Ecology Center Healthy Stuff Lab ↗
Sources checked October 1, 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.
Which Calphalon nonstick skillets contain PFAS? Poor and Bad, we’d swap these
- ceramic nonstick coating
- Ceramic coating degradation and flaking. Ceramic nonstick coatings on budget-to-mid-range pans typically show…
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- ceramic nonstick coating
- Ceramic coating degradation and barrier loss. Ceramic nonstick coatings are inherently less durable than…
4 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Hard-anodized aluminum with proprietary nonstick coating
- PFAS. Calphalon has not disclosed whether this coating contains legacy Teflon-type coating, newer short-chain…
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Hard-anodized aluminum with proprietary nonstick coating (unspecified)
- Nonstick coating degradation and fume risk. If the coating contains Teflon-type coating or similar…
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Hard-anodized aluminum with nonstick coating (type unspecified)
- Teflon-type coating fume risk (if coating contains Teflon-family coating). Calphalon has not disclosed…
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
Find an alternative on AmazonBetter nonstick skillets from other brands
Graded higher than the Calphalon average of 15.
- ceramic nonstick coating
- The brand calls it PFAS-free, which we have not verified
- Coating degradation and particulate release
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
- ceramic non-stick coating
- The brand calls it PFAS-free, which we have not verified
- Coating degradation and aluminum leaching
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
- anodized aluminum (hard-coat anodic oxidation)
- Coating degradation and leachables from breakdown
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