Ceramic Baking Sheet vs Brilliant Bakeware Nonstick Aluminum Quarter Sheet Pan: which is safer?
Caraway Ceramic Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Nordic Ware Brilliant Bakeware Nonstick Aluminum Quarter Sheet Pan carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Caraway
Ceramic Baking Sheet
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleCoating degradation and metal substrate exposure
PossibleAluminum substrate leaching (if aluminum core)
PossibleThermal shock and coating fracturing
Nordic Ware
Brilliant Bakeware Nonstick Aluminum Quarter Sheet Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating or proprietary Teflon-family coating degradation
PossibleThermal fume release from nonstick coating
PossibleAluminum leaching
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Coating degradation and metal substrate exposure, Aluminum substrate leaching (if aluminum core) and Thermal shock and coating fracturing on the Caraway and not on the Nordic Ware.
- We flag PTFE or proprietary fluoropolymer coating degradation, Thermal fume release from nonstick coating, Aluminum leaching and Coating-to-food particle transfer on the Nordic Ware and not on the Caraway.
- The gap is 85 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Caraway is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Nordic Ware grade, at 55% confidence against 80%, 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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