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
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
Tescoma
Delicia Silicone Chocolate Praline 2 Brushes
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
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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