PB19 Grease-Resistant Sandwich/Pastry Bags vs Duro Bag 71010 Heavy-Duty Kraft Grocery Bag: which is safer?
Duro Bag 71010 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 71010 Heavy-Duty Kraft Grocery Bag
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleMold and microbial contamination
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 and microbial contamination 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 kraft paper, uncoated or minimal treatment, 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 78%, 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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