Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Bakeware Cookie Sheets: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Reynolds Bakeware Cookie Sheets 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
Bakeware Cookie Sheets
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleNonstick coating degradation and fume release
PossibleCoating flaking and microparticle ingestion
ReportedFluorinated compound (PFAS) exposure
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Reynolds.
- We flag Nonstick coating degradation and fume release, Coating flaking and microparticle ingestion and Fluorinated compound (PFAS) exposure on the Reynolds and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Reynolds is Steel with unspecified nonstick 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 45% 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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