Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut vs Crinkle Fries 32 oz: which is safer?
Cascadian Farm Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut is the clear pick. McCain Crinkle Fries 32 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
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
Crinkle Fries 32 oz
PFAS grade
Poor 25/100
Overall grade
Bad 0/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 4
Material
paperboard bag with grease-resistant coating
Confidence
45%
LikelyPFAS in grease-resistant coating
ReportedAcrylamide from frying
PossibleBag integrity and freezer burn
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, Acrylamide from frying, Bag integrity and freezer burn and Pesticide residues in potatoes 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 bag 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 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 →
More frozen french fries & frozen food bags: see the full ranking