NS Pro Nonstick Cookware Sauce Pan with Lid vs Rio Advanced 3qt Ceramic Nonstick Sauce Pan with Lid: which is safer?
GreenPan Rio Advanced 3qt Ceramic Nonstick Sauce Pan 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
Rio Advanced 3qt Ceramic Nonstick Sauce Pan with Lid
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleCeramic coating degradation over time
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 Ceramic coating degradation over time 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 85 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: 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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