Do Circulon nonstick skillets have PFAS?
Circulon nonstick skillets average 15 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 4 Circulon nonstick skillets graded as of October 2026, below the 32 out of 100 median for the 5 other nonstick skillets brands graded alongside it.
Circulon 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 Circulon says and does about PFAS
Circulon’s nonstick is PTFE based. Its California disclosure for Circulon Premier Professional cookware says the product contains intentionally added PFAS for its nonstick properties, and Circulon’s Australian site says its coatings are PTFE nonstick made without PFOA. Ecology Center testing found PTFE on a Circulon Infinite skillet. Circulon is one of the brands of Meyer Corporation, a member of the cookware industry group whose challenge to Minnesota’s PFAS cookware ban was dismissed in 2025.
- Regulatory filingCirculon’s California AB 1200 disclosure for its Premier Professional hard-anodized nonstick cookware says the product contains intentionally added PFAS because of its nonstick properties. Circulon ↗
- Brand statementCirculon’s Australian site says the maker of its nonstick coatings only uses technologies that make PTFE nonstick without PFOA. Circulon Australia ↗
- Independent testThe Ecology Center’s 2020 testing found PTFE on a Circulon Infinite 8 inch French skillet. Ecology Center ↗
- Legal caseThe Star Tribune reported that members of the Cookware Sustainability Alliance, which sued Minnesota over its PFAS cookware ban, make pans under brands including Farberware, Circulon, T-fal, All-Clad and Tramontina. Star Tribune (archived page) ↗
- Legal caseIn August 2025 the federal court granted Minnesota’s motion to dismiss that suit, dismissing the Commerce Clause claims with prejudice. U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota ↗
- Legal caseMeyer Corporation, whose brands include Circulon, is one of the companies suing ceramic cookware brand Caraway for false advertising and commercial disparagement. Complaint published by Caraway ↗
Sources checked September 14, 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 Circulon nonstick skillets contain PFAS? Poor and Bad, we’d swap these
- Ceramic nonstick coating (proprietary formulation, type unspecified)
- Ceramic coating degradation and aluminum leaching. If the ceramic coating chips, flakes, or wears through…
4 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Nonstick coating (unspecified proprietary formula)
- Teflon-type coating fume risk (thermal decomposition). Circulon has not disclosed whether the coating…
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Nonstick coating (unspecified type); stainless steel tri-ply clad base
- Nonstick coating degradation and flaking. All nonstick coatings degrade over time with use and heat stress.…
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Nonstick coating (type unspecified)
- Teflon-type coating fume risk (thermal decomposition). If the coating contains Teflon-type coating without…
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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Graded higher than the Circulon 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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