Nonstick Bakeware 10-Piece Set vs Square Savarin Silicone Baking Mold: which is safer?
Square Savarin Silicone Baking Mold is the clear pick. Calphalon Nonstick Bakeware 10-Piece Set carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Calphalon
Nonstick Bakeware 10-Piece Set
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating thermal decomposition (fume risk)
ReportedCoating degradation and substrate exposure
PossibleAluminum leaching (if aluminum substrate)
Our pick
Calphalon
Square Savarin Silicone Baking Mold
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleDegradation and brittleness over time
PossibleMold and bacterial colonization
PossibleOdor and flavor absorption
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PTFE thermal decomposition (fume risk), Coating degradation and substrate exposure, Aluminum leaching (if aluminum substrate) and Lack of material transparency on the Calphalon and not on the Calphalon.
- We flag Degradation and brittleness over time, Mold and bacterial colonization and Odor and flavor absorption on the Calphalon and not on the Calphalon.
- The Calphalon is Nonstick coating, composition unspecified where the Calphalon is Food-grade silicone, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 65 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Calphalon is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Calphalon grade, at 35% confidence against 82%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric: 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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