Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Full Size Aluminum Bun / Sheet Pan XABP-18X26X1: which is safer?

Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. LloydPans Full Size Aluminum Bun / Sheet Pan XABP-18X26X1 carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet

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

LloydPans Full Size Aluminum Bun / Sheet Pan XABP-18X26X1

LloydPans

Full Size Aluminum Bun / Sheet Pan XABP-18X26X1

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 57/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Aluminum sheet pan, uncoated

Confidence

85%

PossibleAluminum leaching into acidic foods

PossibleSurface oxidation and corrosion

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the LloydPans.
  • We flag Aluminum leaching into acidic foods and Surface oxidation and corrosion on the LloydPans and not on the Caraway.
  • The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the LloydPans is Aluminum sheet pan, uncoated, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 35 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Caraway is the one to buy.

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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