HA1 Expert 2.5-Quart Nonstick Sauce Pan with Lid vs Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid: which is safer?

GreenPan Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid is the clear pick. All-Clad HA1 Expert 2.5-Quart Nonstick Sauce Pan with Lid carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

All-Clad HA1 Expert 2.5-Quart Nonstick Sauce Pan with Lid

All-Clad

HA1 Expert 2.5-Quart Nonstick Sauce Pan with Lid

PFAS grade

Bad 5/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Teflon-type coating non-stick coating, as disclosed by All-Clad

Confidence

35%

LikelyTeflon-type coating thermal decomposition and fume risk

ReportedCoating degradation and microparticle ingestion

PossibleAluminum core leaching

Our pick

GreenPan Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid

GreenPan

Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Poor 48/100

Verdict

Buy with care

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Ceramic nonstick coating

Confidence

78%

PossibleAluminum leaching

LikelyCoating degradation and loss of nonstick function

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag PTFE thermal decomposition and fume risk, Coating degradation and microparticle ingestion, Aluminum core leaching and PFAS in manufacturing residue or offgassing on the All-Clad and not on the GreenPan.
  • We flag Aluminum leaching and Coating degradation and loss of nonstick function on the GreenPan and not on the All-Clad.
  • The All-Clad is PTFE non-stick coating, as disclosed by All-Clad where the GreenPan is Ceramic nonstick coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 65 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the GreenPan is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the All-Clad grade, at 35% confidence against 78%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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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