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

Calphalon Legacy 18 x 13 Inch PFA Free Nonstick Cookie is the clear pick. Nicole Home Collection Parchment Paper Roll 181 Square Feet, Non-Stick, Oven 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

Nicole Home Collection Parchment Paper Roll 181 Square Feet, Non-Stick, Oven

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

cellulose paper with non-stick coating (type undisclosed)

Confidence

35%

LikelyPFAS in non-stick coating

PossibleCoating degradation and thermal offgassing

PossibleMicroplastics 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 PFAS in non-stick coating, Coating degradation and thermal offgassing and Microplastics from coating wear 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 (type undisclosed), 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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