Hard-Anodized Nonstick 3.5-Qt. Sauce Pan with Lid vs Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid: which is safer?

GreenPan Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid is the clear pick. Calphalon Hard-Anodized Nonstick 3.5-Qt. Sauce Pan with Lid carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Calphalon Hard-Anodized Nonstick 3.5-Qt. Sauce Pan with Lid

Calphalon

Hard-Anodized Nonstick 3.5-Qt. Sauce Pan with Lid

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Hard-anodized aluminum with proprietary nonstick coating (unspecified)

Confidence

35%

PossibleNonstick coating degradation and particulate release

PossibleTeflon-type coating fume inhalation (if coating contains Teflon-type coating)

ReportedUnknown PFAS in proprietary nonstick formulation

Our pick

GreenPan Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid

GreenPan

Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Poor 48/100

Verdict

Buy with care

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Ceramic nonstick coating

Confidence

78%

PossibleAluminum leaching

LikelyCoating degradation and loss of nonstick function

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Nonstick coating degradation and particulate release, PTFE fume inhalation (if coating contains PTFE) and Unknown PFAS in proprietary nonstick formulation on the Calphalon and not on the GreenPan.
  • We flag Aluminum leaching and Coating degradation and loss of nonstick function on the GreenPan and not on the Calphalon.
  • The Calphalon is Hard-anodized aluminum with proprietary nonstick coating (unspecified) where the GreenPan is Ceramic nonstick coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 55 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the GreenPan is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Calphalon 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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