Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Reserve Bakeware Half Sheet Pan with Cooling Rack: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Caraway
Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet
PFAS grade
Excellent 100/100
Overall grade
Excellent 96/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
ceramic nonstick coating
Confidence
92%
PossibleCeramic coating degradation over time
GreenPan
Reserve Bakeware Half Sheet Pan with Cooling Rack
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Poor 38/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Steel bakeware with unspecified nonstick coating
Confidence
45%
PossibleNonstick coating degradation and fume risk
ReportedCoating adhesion and peeling
LikelyDisclosure gap on coating chemistry
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the GreenPan.
- We flag Nonstick coating degradation and fume risk, Coating adhesion and peeling and Disclosure gap on coating chemistry on the GreenPan and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the GreenPan is Steel bakeware with unspecified nonstick coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 30 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Caraway is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the GreenPan grade, at 45% confidence against 92%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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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