Square Savarin Silicone Baking Mold vs Delicia Silicone Chocolate Praline 2 Brushes: which is safer?

Square Savarin Silicone Baking Mold is the clear pick. Tescoma Delicia Silicone Chocolate Praline 2 Brushes carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Square Savarin Silicone Baking Mold

Calphalon

Square Savarin Silicone Baking Mold

PFAS grade

Excellent 80/100

Overall grade

Good 68/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Food-grade silicone

Confidence

82%

PossibleDegradation and brittleness over time

PossibleMold and bacterial colonization

PossibleOdor and flavor absorption

Tescoma Delicia Silicone Chocolate Praline 2 Brushes

Tescoma

Delicia Silicone Chocolate Praline 2 Brushes

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 3/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Silicone (food-grade mold/brush)

Confidence

72%

PossibleSilicone degradation or leaching under thermal stress

PossibleMold or bacterial growth in mold cavities

PossibleBrush synthetic bristle degradation or shedding

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Degradation and brittleness over time, Mold and bacterial colonization and Odor and flavor absorption on the Calphalon and not on the Tescoma.
  • We flag Silicone degradation or leaching under thermal stress, Mold or bacterial growth in mold cavities and Brush synthetic bristle degradation or shedding on the Tescoma and not on the Calphalon.
  • The Calphalon is Food-grade silicone where the Tescoma is Silicone (food-grade mold/brush), 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.

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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