White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish vs Deli Paper - 500 sheets: which is safer?
Idl Packaging White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish is the clear pick. Deli Paper - 500 sheets 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
Deli Paper - 500 sheets
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyFluorinated compounds (PFAS) in grease-resistant coating
PossibleCoating degradation and particulate shedding
PossibleMigration of coating components into fatty 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 .
- We flag Fluorinated compounds (PFAS) in grease-resistant coating, Coating degradation and particulate shedding, Migration of coating components into fatty foods and Undisclosed additives or processing aids in coating on the and not on the IDL Packaging.
- The IDL Packaging is natural kraft butcher paper, no coating specified where the is Paper with 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 grade, at 45% confidence against 78%, 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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