Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs WearGuard Half-Size Non-Stick Sheet Pan S5303: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Vollrath WearGuard Half-Size Non-Stick Sheet Pan S5303 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
WearGuard Half-Size Non-Stick Sheet Pan S5303
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating thermal degradation (fume risk)
LikelyCoating degradation and particle ingestion
ReportedCoating material identity (undisclosed)
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Vollrath.
- We flag PTFE thermal degradation (fume risk), Coating degradation and particle ingestion and Coating material identity (undisclosed) on the Vollrath and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Vollrath is Aluminum sheet with unspecified non-stick 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 Vollrath 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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