NoTree Paper #1 Take-Out Container with PLA Window 26oz vs Compostable Food Storage Container 5ct: which is safer?

Matter Compostable Food Storage Container 5ct is the clear pick. World Centric NoTree Paper #1 Take-Out Container with PLA Window 26oz carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

World Centric NoTree Paper #1 Take-Out Container with PLA Window 26oz

World Centric

NoTree Paper #1 Take-Out Container with PLA Window 26oz

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

Unbleached paperboard with PLA window; grease-resistant coating unspecified

Confidence

42%

ReportedPFAS in grease-resistant coating

PossibleCoating degradation and leaching

ReportedPLA instability at elevated temperature

Our pick

Matter Compostable Food Storage Container 5ct

Matter

Compostable Food Storage Container 5ct

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Excellent 92/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Plant-based fiber pulp (compostable)

Confidence

82%

PossibleMicrobe/mold growth if stored damp

PossibleCellulose degradation under repeated hot/wet stress

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating, Coating degradation and leaching, PLA instability at elevated temperature and Microplastic shedding from PLA on the World Centric and not on the Matter.
  • We flag Microbe/mold growth if stored damp and Cellulose degradation under repeated hot/wet stress on the Matter and not on the World Centric.
  • The World Centric is Unbleached paperboard with PLA window; grease-resistant coating unspecified where the Matter is Plant-based fiber pulp (compostable), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 75 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Matter is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the World Centric grade, at 42% confidence against 82%, 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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