12.5-Inch Non-Stick Stainless Steel Wok Pan vs Stainless Clad Fry Pan: which is safer?
Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan is the clear pick. Aroma 12.5-Inch Non-Stick Stainless Steel Wok Pan carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Aroma
12.5-Inch Non-Stick Stainless Steel Wok Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating fume inhalation risk (thermal decomposition)
PossibleCoating degradation and microparticle release
ReportedLack of transparency and third-party certification
Our pick
Made In
Stainless Clad Fry Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleClad separation or delamination over time
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PTFE fume inhalation risk (thermal decomposition), Coating degradation and microparticle release and Lack of transparency and third-party certification on the Aroma and not on the Made In.
- We flag Clad separation or delamination over time on the Made In and not on the Aroma.
- The Aroma is Stainless steel body; non-stick coating type unspecified where the Made In is Stainless steel clad construction, no 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 Made In is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Aroma grade, at 35% confidence against 90%, 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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