Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Wear-Ever 1/4 Size Non-Stick Aluminum Sheet Pan: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Vollrath Wear-Ever 1/4 Size Non-Stick Aluminum 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
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleCeramic coating degradation over time
Vollrath
Wear-Ever 1/4 Size Non-Stick Aluminum Sheet Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleNon-stick coating degradation and fume risk
PossibleAluminum leaching under acidic or alkaline conditions
ReportedCoating adhesion failure and delamination
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Vollrath.
- We flag Non-stick coating degradation and fume risk, Aluminum leaching under acidic or alkaline conditions, Coating adhesion failure and delamination and Scratch and abrasion leading to bare metal exposure on the Vollrath and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Vollrath is Aluminum with non-stick coating (composition not disclosed), 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 Vollrath grade, at 45% 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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