Does T-fal ceramic cookware have PFAS?
T-fal ceramic cookware averages 15 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 8 T-fal ceramic cookware products graded as of October 2026, below the 70 out of 100 median for the 5 other ceramic cookware brands graded alongside it.
T-fal ceramic cookware averages Bad on our four-band scale. None of them clear our buy threshold. That is above 10% of the ceramic cookware 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 T-fal says and does about PFAS
T-fal says plainly that its nonstick contains PTFE, the fluoropolymer that Minnesota’s PFAS law covers. Because Minnesota banned cookware with intentionally added PFAS in 2025, T-fal lists 26 cookware ranges, plus its Optigrill grills and Easy Fry and Infrared air fryers, as not sold there, and the same in Maine and Colorado from 2026. Its UK arm says its products contain no PFAS considered harmful by health authorities and opposes broad PFAS bans, and three French NGOs have filed a complaint over those safety claims.
- Brand statementT-fal’s US site says its nonstick contains PTFE for nonstick properties. T-fal ↗
- Regulatory filingT-fal lists 26 cookware ranges, including Easy Care, Cook & Strain, Ingenio, Initiatives, Simply Cook, Stone Force and Ultimate Hard Anodized, as not sold in Minnesota from January 2025, and not in Maine or Colorado from January 2026. T-fal ↗
- Regulatory filingThe same list covers its Optigrill grills, Easy Fry air fryers and Infrared air fryer. T-fal ↗
- Brand statementTefal UK says its products do not contain PFAS considered harmful to health or the environment by health authorities, and that it disagrees with attempts to ban all PFAS without distinction. Tefal UK ↗
- Independent testThe Ecology Center’s 2020 cookware testing found PTFE on a T-fal Initiatives 8 in fry pan whose label promised a no PFOA, safe non-stick coating. Ecology Center ↗
- Legal caseIn 2025 three French NGOs filed a complaint against Groupe SEB, Tefal’s parent, alleging misleading commercial practices over its claim that its PTFE nonstick coatings are recognized as safe. We found no ruling. franceinfo ↗
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.
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Graded higher than the T-fal average of 15.
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