Paper Straws vs CVS Time To Party Striped Paper Straws: which is safer?
Aardvark Paper Straws is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Aardvark
Paper Straws
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Good 62/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
paper (uncoated or standard coating)
Confidence
72%
PossibleMold or microbial growth from moisture
PossiblePaper fragmentation ingestion
Straws PAPER
CVS Time To Party Striped Paper Straws
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Poor 44/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 5
Material
paper (no known coating disclosed)
Confidence
72%
PossibleDye migration and colorant safety
ReportedPulp fiber shedding and microparticles
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in paper treatment
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Mold or microbial growth from moisture and Paper fragmentation ingestion on the Aardvark and not on the Straws PAPER.
- We flag Dye migration and colorant safety, Pulp fiber shedding and microparticles, Formaldehyde resins in paper treatment and Mold and microbial growth if stored wet on the Straws PAPER and not on the Aardvark.
- The Aardvark is paper (uncoated or standard coating) where the Straws PAPER is paper (no known coating disclosed), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.
Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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