Dominos Chicken Burger Pizza Boxes vs 8" Kraft Paper Open Pizza Box: which is safer?

8" Kraft Paper Open Pizza Box is the clear pick. Dominos Chicken Burger Pizza Boxes carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Dominos Chicken Burger Pizza Boxes

Domino's

Dominos Chicken Burger Pizza Boxes

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 3/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

cardboard with grease-resistant coating (composition unspecified)

Confidence

35%

PossibleGrease-resistant coating leaching (non-PFAS components)

LikelyThermal breakdown of coating during reheating

Our pick

8" Kraft Paper Open Pizza Box

8" Kraft Paper Open Pizza Box

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Poor 40/100

Verdict

Buy with care

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Kraft paper (uncoated)

Confidence

78%

PossibleChlorine residues from kraft pulp bleaching

PossibleHeavy metals in inks and adhesives

LikelyGrease saturation and structural failure

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Grease-resistant coating leaching (non-PFAS components) and Thermal breakdown of coating during reheating on the Domino's and not on the .
  • We flag Chlorine residues from kraft pulp bleaching, Heavy metals in inks and adhesives, Grease saturation and structural failure and Microcontaminants from recycled fiber content on the and not on the Domino's.
  • The Domino's is cardboard with grease-resistant coating (composition unspecified) where the is Kraft paper (uncoated), 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 is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Domino's grade, at 35% 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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