SteelShield C Series Tri Ply Clad Nonstick Saucepan with Lid vs Rio Ceramic Nonstick Frypan: which is safer?

GreenPan Rio Ceramic Nonstick Frypan is the clear pick. Circulon SteelShield C Series Tri Ply Clad Nonstick Saucepan with Lid carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Circulon SteelShield C Series Tri Ply Clad Nonstick Saucepan with Lid

Circulon

SteelShield C Series Tri Ply Clad Nonstick Saucepan with Lid

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 3/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Nonstick coating (unspecified type); stainless steel tri-ply clad base

Confidence

35%

PossibleNonstick coating degradation and flaking

PossibleThermal fume release from nonstick coating

PossibleCoating adhesion and delamination

Our pick

GreenPan Rio Ceramic Nonstick Frypan

GreenPan

Rio Ceramic Nonstick Frypan

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Good 58/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

ceramic nonstick coating

Confidence

82%

PossibleCoating degradation and particulate release

PossibleAluminum leaching from base metal

PossibleThermal polymer decomposition fumes

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Nonstick coating degradation and flaking, Thermal fume release from nonstick coating and Coating adhesion and delamination on the Circulon and not on the GreenPan.
  • We flag Coating degradation and particulate release, Aluminum leaching from base metal and Thermal polymer decomposition fumes on the GreenPan and not on the Circulon.
  • The Circulon is Nonstick coating (unspecified type); stainless steel tri-ply clad base where the GreenPan is ceramic nonstick coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 55 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the GreenPan is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Circulon grade, at 35% confidence against 82%, 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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