Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs 2-Piece Nonstick Cookie Sheet Set: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Circulon 2-Piece Nonstick Cookie Sheet Set 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
Circulon
2-Piece Nonstick Cookie Sheet Set
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyNonstick coating degradation and particle release
PossibleTeflon-type coating fume risk (if Teflon-type coating-based coating)
ReportedCoating adhesion failure and substrate corrosion
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Circulon.
- We flag Nonstick coating degradation and particle release, PTFE fume risk (if PTFE-based coating) and Coating adhesion failure and substrate corrosion on the Circulon and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Circulon is Nonstick coating (type unspecified); steel substrate, 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 Circulon 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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