Legacy 18 x 13 Inch PFA Free Nonstick Cookie vs Amazon.com: Nicole Home Collection Parchment Paper Roll 181 Square Feet, Non-Stick, Oven Safe: Home & Kitchen: which is safer?

Calphalon Legacy 18 x 13 Inch PFA Free Nonstick Cookie is the clear pick. Amazon.com: Nicole Home Collection Parchment Paper Roll 181 Square Feet, Non-Stick, Oven Safe: Home & Kitchen carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Calphalon

Legacy 18 x 13 Inch PFA Free Nonstick Cookie

PFAS grade

Excellent 95/100

Overall grade

Excellent 83/100

Verdict

Buy with care

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Steel with PFA-free nonstick coating

Confidence

72%

PossibleNonstick coating degradation over time

PossibleCoating fume release at high temperature

PossibleMicroplastics from coating shedding

Home Collection

Amazon.com: Nicole Home Collection Parchment Paper Roll 181 Square Feet, Non-Stick, Oven Safe: Home & Kitchen

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

cellulose paper with non-stick coating, composition unspecified

Confidence

35%

PossibleNon-stick coating thermal stability and composition risk

PossibleCoating migration under acidic or fatty food conditions

ReportedParticulate shedding from coating wear

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Nonstick coating degradation over time, Coating fume release at high temperature and Microplastics from coating shedding on the Calphalon and not on the Home Collection.
  • We flag Non-stick coating thermal stability and composition risk, Coating migration under acidic or fatty food conditions, Particulate shedding from coating wear and Microplastic or coating fragment ingestion via food contact on the Home Collection and not on the Calphalon.
  • The Calphalon is Steel with PFA-free nonstick coating where the Home Collection is cellulose paper with non-stick coating, composition unspecified, 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 Calphalon is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Home Collection grade, at 35% confidence against 72%, 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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