PB19 Grease-Resistant Sandwich/Pastry Bags vs Duro Bag 25 lb Short Heavy Duty Kraft Grocery Bag: which is safer?
Duro Bag 25 lb Short Heavy Duty Kraft Grocery Bag is the clear pick. Bagcraft Papercon PB19 Grease-Resistant Sandwich/Pastry Bags carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Bagcraft Papercon
PB19 Grease-Resistant Sandwich/Pastry Bags
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
ReportedPFAS in grease-resistant coating
PossibleCoating migration and leaching
PossibleThermal degradation of coating
Our pick
Duro Bag Manufacturing
Duro Bag 25 lb Short Heavy Duty Kraft Grocery Bag
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleMold or microbial growth on stored paper
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating, Coating migration and leaching and Thermal degradation of coating on the Bagcraft Papercon and not on the Duro Bag Manufacturing.
- We flag Mold or microbial growth on stored paper on the Duro Bag Manufacturing and not on the Bagcraft Papercon.
- The Bagcraft Papercon is Kraft paper with grease-resistant coating (unspecified) where the Duro Bag Manufacturing is Unbleached kraft paper, 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 Duro Bag Manufacturing is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Bagcraft Papercon grade, at 35% 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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