Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut vs Flavorlast Thick Potato Fry: which is safer?
Cascadian Farm Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut is the clear pick. Mccain Flavorlast Thick Potato Fry 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
Flavorlast Thick Potato Fry
PFAS grade
Poor 25/100
Overall grade
Bad 7/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
paperboard with grease-resistant coating
Confidence
45%
LikelyPFAS in grease-resistant coating
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 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 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, which covers 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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