Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut vs Classic Fries: which is safer?
Cascadian Farm Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut is the clear pick. McCain Classic Fries 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
Classic Fries
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in grease-resistant coating
PossiblePackaging coating degradation and leaching
ReportedAcrylamide from cooking (product, not packaging)
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Acrylamide formation during cooking on the Cascadian Farm and not on the McCain.
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating, Packaging coating degradation and leaching, Acrylamide from cooking (product, not packaging) and Plastic layer or inner film components 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 with grease-resistant 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 35% 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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