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

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 Wear-Ever 1/4 Size Non-Stick Aluminum Sheet Pan

Vollrath

Wear-Ever 1/4 Size Non-Stick Aluminum Sheet Pan

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Aluminum with non-stick coating (composition not disclosed)

Confidence

45%

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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