Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut vs Golden Fry McCain Golden Fry 3/8" Straight Cut French Fries, 5 lbs, 6 ct: which is safer?
Cascadian Farm Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut is the clear pick. Golden Fry McCain Golden Fry 3/8" Straight Cut French Fries, 5 lbs, 6 ct carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Cascadian Farm
Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Good 66/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
paper/cardboard box and plastic film inner bag
Confidence
72%
PossibleAcrylamide formation during cooking
McCain
Golden Fry McCain Golden Fry 3/8" Straight Cut French Fries, 5 lbs, 6 ct
PFAS grade
Poor 25/100
Overall grade
Bad 7/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
paper/cardboard packaging with grease-resistant coating (likely Teflon-family coating-based)
Confidence
45%
LikelyAcrylamide (cooking byproduct)
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Acrylamide formation during cooking on the Cascadian Farm and not on the McCain.
- We flag Acrylamide (cooking byproduct) on the McCain and not on the Cascadian Farm.
- The Cascadian Farm is paper/cardboard box and plastic film inner bag where the McCain is paper/cardboard packaging with grease-resistant coating (likely fluoropolymer-based), 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 McCain grade, at 45% 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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