Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Textured Loaf Pan: which is safer?

Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Oneida Textured Loaf Pan 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

Oneida Textured Loaf Pan

Oneida

Textured Loaf Pan

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Carbon steel with a non-stick coating, type not stated

Confidence

78%

PossibleTeflon-type coating fume risk (if coating is Teflon-type coating-based)

ReportedCoating degradation and ingestion of particles

PossibleVOC or off-gassing from non-stick coating

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Oneida.
  • We flag PTFE fume risk (if coating is PTFE-based), Coating degradation and ingestion of particles and VOC or off-gassing from non-stick coating on the Oneida and not on the Caraway.
  • The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Oneida is Carbon steel with a non-stick coating, type not stated, 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.

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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