Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs 4 pack Reynolds Kitchens Non-Stick Disposable Aluminum Baking Pans with Lids, Blue, 13 x 9 in.: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. 4 pack Reynolds Kitchens Non-Stick Disposable Aluminum Baking Pans with Lids, Blue, 13 x 9 in. 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
Reynolds
4 pack Reynolds Kitchens Non-Stick Disposable Aluminum Baking Pans with Lids, Blue, 13 x 9 in.
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating (Teflon) fume risk if coating is traditional Teflon-family coating
PossibleCoating degradation and particle shedding over time
PossibleThermal stability of undisclosed non-stick formulation
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Reynolds.
- We flag PTFE (Teflon) fume risk if coating is traditional fluoropolymer, Coating degradation and particle shedding over time and Thermal stability of undisclosed non-stick formulation on the Reynolds and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Reynolds is aluminum with unspecified non-stick coating, 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 Reynolds grade, at 35% confidence against 92%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric: 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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