Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Baking Tray Easy Grip 29.5 x 41 cm Baking: which is safer?

Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. TEFAL Baking Tray Easy Grip 29.5 x 41 cm Baking 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

TEFAL Baking Tray Easy Grip 29.5 x 41 cm Baking

Tefal

Baking Tray Easy Grip 29.5 x 41 cm Baking

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Steel with nonstick coating, type unspecified

Confidence

35%

PossibleTeflon-type coating thermal decomposition (fume risk)

LikelyCoating degradation and particle shedding

ReportedUndisclosed coating chemistry and PFAS presence

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Tefal.
  • We flag PTFE thermal decomposition (fume risk), Coating degradation and particle shedding, Undisclosed coating chemistry and PFAS presence and Improper disposal and environmental persistence on the Tefal and not on the Caraway.
  • The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Tefal is Steel with nonstick coating, type unspecified, 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 Tefal grade, at 35% confidence against 92%, because it discloses less.

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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