Crinkle Cut French Fries vs Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut: which is safer?
Cascadian Farm Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut is the clear pick. Cascadian Farm Crinkle Cut French Fries carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Cascadian Farm
Crinkle Cut French Fries
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
ReportedGrease-resistant coating (PFAS-class compounds)
PossibleAcrylamide formation (processing hazard)
Our pick
Cascadian Farm
Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAcrylamide formation during cooking
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Grease-resistant coating (PFAS-class compounds) and Acrylamide formation (processing hazard) on the Cascadian Farm and not on the Cascadian Farm.
- We flag Acrylamide formation during cooking on the Cascadian Farm and not on the Cascadian Farm.
- The Cascadian Farm is Paper/cardboard packaging with potential grease-resistant coating where the Cascadian Farm is paper/cardboard box and plastic film inner bag, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Cascadian Farm is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Cascadian Farm grade, at 42% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric: 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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