Naturals Oven Roasted Turkey Breast vs Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit: which is safer?
Oscar Mayer Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit is the clear pick. Applegate Naturals Oven Roasted Turkey Breast carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Applegate
Naturals Oven Roasted Turkey Breast
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePFAS in grease-resistant coating
PossibleUnidentified food contact coating leachables
ReportedSodium content (product formulation, not packaging)
Our pick
Oscar Mayer
Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePlastic film leaching under heating
ReportedPathogenic bacterial growth if seal compromised
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating, Unidentified food contact coating leachables, Sodium content (product formulation, not packaging) and Processed meat classification (product formulation, not packaging) on the Applegate and not on the Oscar Mayer.
- We flag Plastic film leaching under heating and Pathogenic bacterial growth if seal compromised on the Oscar Mayer and not on the Applegate.
- The Applegate is Plastic film package with grease-resistant coating (likely food contact surface) where the Oscar Mayer is plastic film wrapper; likely PE or PP film, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Oscar Mayer is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Applegate grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.
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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