Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Non-stick Metal Bakeware Square Cake Pan: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Le Creuset Non-stick Metal Bakeware Square Cake Pan 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 Square Cake Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleNon-stick coating degradation and fume release
PossibleCoating leaching into food
ReportedThermal stress and coating adhesion loss
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Le Creuset.
- We flag Non-stick coating degradation and fume release, Coating leaching into food, Thermal stress and coating adhesion loss and Dishwasher chemical interaction on the Le Creuset and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Le Creuset is Steel with 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 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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