Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Non-stick Metal Bakeware Cookie Sheet: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Le Creuset Non-stick Metal Bakeware Cookie 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
Le Creuset
Non-stick Metal Bakeware Cookie Sheet
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating (Teflon) thermal decomposition fumes
ReportedCoating degradation and fragment ingestion
PossibleCoating-to-substrate adhesion failure
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Le Creuset.
- We flag PTFE (Teflon) thermal decomposition fumes, Coating degradation and fragment ingestion and Coating-to-substrate adhesion failure on the Le Creuset and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Le Creuset is Metal bakeware with proprietary non-stick coating (type 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 Le Creuset grade, at 35% 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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