White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish vs Butcher Paper Roll 67294: which is safer?
Idl Packaging White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish is the clear pick. Pit Boss Butcher Paper Roll 67294 carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
IDL Packaging
White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleBleach residue and chlorine compounds
PossibleMold or microbial contamination in storage
Pit Boss
Butcher Paper Roll 67294
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePFAS in grease-resistant coating
PossibleMicroplastics or coating fragments from heat stress
PossibleMigration from coating into fatty or acidic foods
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Bleach residue and chlorine compounds and Mold or microbial contamination in storage on the IDL Packaging and not on the Pit Boss.
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating, Microplastics or coating fragments from heat stress and Migration from coating into fatty or acidic foods on the Pit Boss and not on the IDL Packaging.
- The IDL Packaging is natural kraft butcher paper, no coating specified where the Pit Boss is butcher paper with water/grease-resistant coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 70 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the IDL Packaging is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Pit Boss grade, at 45% confidence against 78%, 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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