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

Applegate

Naturals Oven Roasted Turkey Breast

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

Plastic film package with grease-resistant coating (likely food contact surface)

Confidence

45%

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

Oscar Mayer

Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Good 56/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

plastic film wrapper; likely PE or PP film

Confidence

72%

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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