Orbit 16.5 X 11 Inch Heat Resistant Kitchen Prep And Baking vs Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet: which is safer?
If You Care Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet is the clear pick. Calphalon Orbit 16.5 X 11 Inch Heat Resistant Kitchen Prep And Baking carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Calphalon
Orbit 16.5 X 11 Inch Heat Resistant Kitchen Prep And Baking
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating fume risk (thermal decomposition)
PossibleNonstick coating degradation and ingestion
PossibleMetal substrate corrosion and rust
Our pick
If You Care
Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePaper degradation and particulate shedding
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PTFE fume risk (thermal decomposition), Nonstick coating degradation and ingestion, Metal substrate corrosion and rust and Undisclosed PFAS in coating on the Calphalon and not on the If You Care.
- We flag Paper degradation and particulate shedding on the If You Care and not on the Calphalon.
- The Calphalon is Nonstick coating, composition unspecified where the If You Care is silicone-coated parchment paper, 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 If You Care 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, 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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