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.

Dixie Heavyweight Dry Wax Deli Paper

Deli King

Dixie Heavyweight Dry Wax Deli Paper

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Paper with wax coating, grease-resistant treatment

Confidence

45%

LikelyPFAS in grease-resistant coating

PossibleWax degradation and migration with heat

PossibleMineral oil or paraffin in coating

Our pick

Gordon Paper Butcher Paper

Hardin Simmons

Gordon Paper Butcher Paper

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Good 66/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

kraft paper, bleached sulfate pulp

Confidence

72%

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 →

More grease-resistant butcher paper: see the full ranking