Silicone Baking Pan 12" x 8.5" vs Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Calphalon Silicone Baking Pan 12" x 8.5" carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Calphalon
Silicone Baking Pan 12" x 8.5"
PFAS grade
Good 65/100
Overall grade
Good 57/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Silicone baking pan
Confidence
45%
PossibleSilicone degradation and particulate shedding
PossibleMold or bacterial growth in crevices
Our pick
Caraway
Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet
PFAS grade
Excellent 100/100
Overall grade
Excellent 96/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
ceramic nonstick coating
Confidence
92%
PossibleCeramic coating degradation over time
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Silicone degradation and particulate shedding and Mold or bacterial growth in crevices on the Calphalon and not on the Caraway.
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Calphalon.
- The Calphalon is Silicone baking pan where the Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 35 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Caraway is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Calphalon grade, at 45% confidence against 92%, 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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