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

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

4 pack Reynolds Kitchens Non-Stick Disposable Aluminum Baking Pans with Lids, Blue, 13 x 9 in.

Reynolds

4 pack Reynolds Kitchens Non-Stick Disposable Aluminum Baking Pans with Lids, Blue, 13 x 9 in.

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 3/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

aluminum with unspecified non-stick coating

Confidence

35%

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.

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