NS Pro Nonstick Cookware 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. NS Pro Nonstick Cookware Sauce Pan with Lid carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
All-Clad
NS Pro Nonstick Cookware Sauce Pan with Lid
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating degradation and microparticle release
ReportedTeflon-type coating thermal decomposition fumes (above normal cooking range)
LikelyPFAS compounds in nonstick coating (disclosure gap)
Our pick
GreenPan
Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAluminum leaching
LikelyCoating degradation and loss of nonstick function
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PTFE coating degradation and microparticle release, PTFE thermal decomposition fumes (above normal cooking range) and PFAS compounds in nonstick coating (disclosure gap) 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 Hard-anodized aluminum with PTFE nonstick coating 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.
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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