Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut vs 5 Minute Fries Shoestring Cut Potatoes 20 oz: which is safer?
Cascadian Farm Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut is the clear pick. McCain 5 Minute Fries Shoestring Cut Potatoes 20 oz carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Cascadian Farm
Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAcrylamide formation during cooking
McCain
5 Minute Fries Shoestring Cut Potatoes 20 oz
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
ReportedPFAS migration from grease-resistant box lining
PossibleAcrylamide formation from high-heat frying
PossibleOxidative degradation of cooking oil during storage
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Acrylamide formation during cooking on the Cascadian Farm and not on the McCain.
- We flag PFAS migration from grease-resistant box lining, Acrylamide formation from high-heat frying and Oxidative degradation of cooking oil during storage 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 Paperboard box with grease-resistant interior coating, 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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