Baking Sheets W/ Holes Tray Pan Crisper Nonstick 17.75" X vs Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet: which is safer?

Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Calphalon Baking Sheets W/ Holes Tray Pan Crisper Nonstick 17.75" X carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Calphalon Baking Sheets W/ Holes Tray Pan Crisper Nonstick 17.75" X

Calphalon

Baking Sheets W/ Holes Tray Pan Crisper Nonstick 17.75" X

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Nonstick coating (type unspecified)

Confidence

35%

PossibleTeflon-type coating degradation and thermal fume risk

PossibleAluminum leaching from substrate

PossibleNonstick coating flaking and ingestion

Our pick

Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet

Caraway

Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Excellent 96/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

ceramic nonstick coating

Confidence

92%

PossibleCeramic coating degradation over time

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag PTFE coating degradation and thermal fume risk, Aluminum leaching from substrate, Nonstick coating flaking and ingestion and Lack of safety certification or third-party testing on the Calphalon and not on the Caraway.
  • We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Calphalon.
  • The Calphalon is Nonstick coating (type unspecified) where the Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 85 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Caraway is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Calphalon grade, at 35% confidence against 92%, 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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