Legacy 18 x 13 Inch PFA Free Nonstick Cookie vs King Arthur Flour Precut Baking Parchment Paper Sheets: which is safer?

Calphalon Legacy 18 x 13 Inch PFA Free Nonstick Cookie is the clear pick. King Arthur Flour Precut Baking Parchment Paper Sheets 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

King Arthur Flour Precut Baking Parchment Paper Sheets

King Arthur Baking

King Arthur Flour Precut Baking Parchment Paper Sheets

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 3/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Cellulose with waterproof coating (type unspecified)

Confidence

42%

PossibleFluorocarbon/silicone coating migration at heat

ReportedThermal degradation and volatile emissions

PossibleCoating adhesion loss and particulate shedding

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 King Arthur Baking.
  • We flag Fluorocarbon/silicone coating migration at heat, Thermal degradation and volatile emissions, Coating adhesion loss and particulate shedding and Unlabeled food-contact compliance on the King Arthur Baking and not on the Calphalon.
  • The Calphalon is Steel with PFA-free nonstick coating where the King Arthur Baking is Cellulose with waterproof coating (type unspecified), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 70 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Calphalon is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the King Arthur Baking grade, at 42% 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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