Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Full Size Sheet Pan: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Vollrath Full Size Sheet Pan carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
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
Vollrath
Full Size Sheet Pan
PFAS grade
Good 65/100
Overall grade
Good 53/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Aluminum sheet pan, bare or anodized
Confidence
78%
PossibleAluminum leaching
PossibleCoating degradation and bare metal exposure
PossibleBacterial biofilm or residue entrapment
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Vollrath.
- We flag Aluminum leaching, Coating degradation and bare metal exposure and Bacterial biofilm or residue entrapment on the Vollrath and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Vollrath is Aluminum sheet pan, bare or anodized, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 35 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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