Waxed Kraft 1470' by Paper Mart vs White Butcher Paper 18" x Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish: which is safer?
Idl Packaging White Butcher Paper 18" x Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish is the clear pick. Waxed Kraft 1470' by Paper Mart carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Paper Mart
Waxed Kraft 1470' by Paper Mart
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleWax coating composition (unknown type)
PossiblePFAS in wax coating
PossibleCoating degradation and fragment shedding
Our pick
IDL Packaging
White Butcher Paper 18" x Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleMold or microbial growth during storage
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Wax coating composition (unknown type), PFAS in wax coating and Coating degradation and fragment shedding on the Paper Mart and not on the IDL Packaging.
- We flag Mold or microbial growth during storage on the IDL Packaging and not on the Paper Mart.
- The Paper Mart is kraft paper with wax coating where the IDL Packaging is bleached paper, uncoated, 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 IDL Packaging is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Paper Mart grade, at 45% 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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