Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Stainless Steel Baking Tray with Mirror Finish: 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
Mirro
Stainless Steel Baking Tray with Mirror Finish
PFAS grade
Excellent 75/100
Overall grade
Good 59/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
stainless steel
Confidence
78%
PossibleSurface finish contamination (chromium VI)
PossibleNickel sensitivity reactions
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Mirro.
- We flag Surface finish contamination (chromium VI) and Nickel sensitivity reactions on the Mirro and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Mirro is stainless steel, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 25 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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