Everyday Non-Stick Fluted Tube Cake Pan vs Anniversary Pastry Set: which is safer?

Le Creuset Anniversary Pastry Set is the clear pick. Wilton Everyday Non-Stick Fluted Tube Cake Pan carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Wilton Everyday Non-Stick Fluted Tube Cake Pan

Wilton

Everyday Non-Stick Fluted Tube Cake Pan

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

steel with non-stick coating (type unspecified)

Confidence

35%

PossibleTeflon-type coating fume risk (if coating is traditional Teflon-type)

PossibleCoating degradation and leaching over time

ReportedIncomplete product labeling and safety disclosure

Our pick

Le Creuset Anniversary Pastry Set

Le Creuset

Anniversary Pastry Set

PFAS grade

Excellent 90/100

Overall grade

Excellent 78/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Enameled cast iron

Confidence

82%

PossibleEnamel coating degradation and iron exposure

PossibleThermal stress and cracking from high or uneven heat

PossibleBacterial retention if enamel is compromised

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag PTFE fume risk (if coating is traditional Teflon-type), Coating degradation and leaching over time and Incomplete product labeling and safety disclosure on the Wilton and not on the Le Creuset.
  • We flag Enamel coating degradation and iron exposure, Thermal stress and cracking from high or uneven heat and Bacterial retention if enamel is compromised on the Le Creuset and not on the Wilton.
  • The Wilton is steel with non-stick coating (type unspecified) where the Le Creuset is Enameled cast iron, 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 Le Creuset is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Wilton grade, at 35% confidence against 82%, 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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