Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs 6-Piece Nonstick Bakeware Set: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Circulon 6-Piece Nonstick Bakeware 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
6-Piece Nonstick Bakeware Set
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAluminum leaching from coating degradation
ReportedNonstick coating integrity over time
PossibleThermal fume release from unknown coating
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Circulon.
- We flag Aluminum leaching from coating degradation, Nonstick coating integrity over time, Thermal fume release from unknown coating and Microplastic or coating particle shedding into food on the Circulon and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Circulon is Hard-anodized aluminum with proprietary nonstick coating (unspecified), 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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