Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Small Baking Sheet: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Caraway Small Baking Sheet carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Caraway
Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleCeramic coating degradation over time
Caraway
Small Baking Sheet
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleNonstick coating integrity and degradation
PossibleTeflon-type coating fume risk (if coating is Teflon-type coating)
PossibleCoating adhesion and peeling
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Caraway.
- We flag Nonstick coating integrity and degradation, PTFE fume risk (if coating is PTFE) and Coating adhesion and peeling on the Caraway and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Caraway is carbon steel with unspecified nonstick coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- 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 Caraway grade, at 35% confidence against 92%, 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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