White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish vs Deli Honey Ham: which is safer?
Idl Packaging White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish is the clear pick. Hormel Deli Honey Ham 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
Hormel
Deli Honey Ham
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in grease-resistant coating
PossiblePlastic film degradation and migration
ReportedSodium nitrite/nitrate as curing agent
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 Hormel.
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating, Plastic film degradation and migration, Sodium nitrite/nitrate as curing agent and Bacterial contamination risk from packaging breaches on the Hormel and not on the IDL Packaging.
- The IDL Packaging is natural kraft butcher paper, no coating specified where the Hormel is plastic film packaging 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 Hormel 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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