Williams Sonoma Review, Is Williams Sonoma Non-Toxic?
Williams Sonoma averages 51 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 29 Williams Sonoma products graded as of November 2026, and 5 of them reach its 70 point pass mark.
Williams Sonoma grades Good on our four-band scale.
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.
What Williams Sonoma says and does about PFAS
We found no PFAS statement from Williams Sonoma itself. Its site carries a state disclosures page that points shoppers to cookware brands' own chemical disclosures. We found no PFAS lawsuit naming Williams Sonoma.
- Regulatory filingWilliams Sonoma publishes a State Disclosures page that sends shoppers to each cookware brand's own chemical disclosure, in line with California AB 1200 cookware rules. The page lists brands including All-Clad, Cuisinart, KitchenAid and Le Creuset. Williams Sonoma, State Disclosures by brand (PDF) ↗
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.
Williams Sonoma is one of the brands we researched by hand for our record of what every brand has published about PFAS, where the same question is answered for each of them in one line.
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- Does Williams Sonoma have PFAS?
- Williams Sonoma averages 51 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 29 Williams Sonoma products graded as of November 2026, and 5 of them reach its 70 point pass mark. Grades are model-based estimates built from published materials, ingredients and disclosures, not lab tests. Does Williams Sonoma have PFAS? We found no PFAS statement from Williams Sonoma itself. It publishes a state disclosures page that links to the chemical disclosures of the cookware brands it sells, such as All-Clad, Cuisinart and Le Creuset, so any PFAS answer depends on the individual brand and product.
- Is Williams Sonoma non-toxic?
- Williams Sonoma Pizza Steel is the highest-graded Williams Sonoma product we have scored, at 75/100. It depends on the product line rather than the brand, so check the grade of the exact item you are buying.
- Which Williams Sonoma products are lower concern for PFAS?
- The highest-graded Williams Sonoma products we have scored are Williams Sonoma Pizza Steel, Williams Sonoma Santa Barbara Teak Chair Cushion, Williams Sonoma Calistoga Club Chair Cushion. That is our model-based estimate from materials and public disclosure, not a lab test.
- Which Williams Sonoma products should I avoid?
- The lowest-graded Williams Sonoma products we have scored are Williams Sonoma Goldtouch Pro Pizza Pan, English Floral Tablecloth, Bridgerton x Williams Sonoma Round Tablecloth. Each one links to the evidence behind its grade.
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