Dixie Heavyweight Dry Wax Deli Paper vs Gordon Paper Butcher Paper: which is safer?
Gordon Paper Butcher Paper is the clear pick. Dixie Heavyweight Dry Wax Deli Paper carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Deli King
Dixie Heavyweight Dry Wax Deli Paper
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in grease-resistant coating
PossibleWax degradation and migration with heat
PossibleMineral oil or paraffin in coating
Our pick
Hardin Simmons
Gordon Paper Butcher Paper
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFiber shedding and ingestion
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating, Wax degradation and migration with heat, Mineral oil or paraffin in coating and Lack of brand transparency and third-party testing on the Deli King and not on the Hardin Simmons.
- We flag Fiber shedding and ingestion on the Hardin Simmons and not on the Deli King.
- The Deli King is Paper with wax coating, grease-resistant treatment where the Hardin Simmons is kraft paper, bleached sulfate pulp, 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 Hardin Simmons is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Deli King grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, 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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