Does Cuisinart stainless steel cookware have PFAS?
Cuisinart stainless steel cookware averages 75 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 6 Cuisinart stainless steel cookware products graded as of October 2026, and all 6 reach its 70 point pass mark.
Cuisinart stainless steel cookware averages Excellent on our four-band scale. 6 of the 6 we graded are worth buying.
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 Cuisinart says and does about PFAS
Cuisinart sells both kinds of nonstick. Independent testing by the Ecology Center found PTFE on a Cuisinart stainless skillet with its QuanTanium nonstick interior, and a silicon dioxide ceramic coating on a Green Gourmet skillet, matching that line’s PTFE-free label. We could not load Cuisinart’s own chemical disclosure pages to confirm which current models it lists as containing PFAS.
- Independent testThe Ecology Center’s 2020 testing found PTFE on the Cuisinart Classic Stainless Steel 8 in Non-stick Skillet, sold with a QuanTanium non-stick interior. Ecology Center ↗
- Independent testThe same testing found a silicon dioxide coating, a type of ceramic, on the Cuisinart Green Gourmet Induction 8 in Skillet, consistent with its PTFE-free label. Ecology Center ↗
- Brand statementCuisinart has described its GreenGourmet hard anodized cookware coating as completely free of PTFE and PFOA. Cuisinart (archived page) ↗
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.
Cuisinart stainless steel cookware worth buying Good or better, best-graded first
- Stainless steel (no nonstick coating)
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- Stainless steel construction, no nonstick coating
- Nickel leaching from stainless steel, 18/10 stainless steel contains 10% nickel. Leaching is negligible under…
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- Stainless steel with tri-ply construction (no nonstick coating)
- Tri-ply construction failure and delamination. Repeated thermal cycling or impact damage can cause the…
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- Stainless steel pots and pans (non-coated)
- Nickel leaching from stainless steel. Stainless steel typically contains 8-12% nickel. Leaching is negligible…
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Stainless steel, tri-ply construction (no nonstick coating)
- Stainless steel surface degradation and nickel release. Stainless steel contains nickel (typically 8-12%)…
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- stainless steel cookware
- Nickel and chromium leaching. Stainless steel cookware can release trace amounts of nickel and chromium when…
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