Company Rolling Mat vs Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet: which is safer?
If You Care Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
King Arthur Baking
Company Rolling Mat
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Good 58/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Silicone mat
Confidence
75%
PossibleSilicone leaching (oligomers)
PossibleThermal degradation / off-gassing
PossibleMicroorganism growth
Our pick
If You Care
Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet
PFAS grade
Excellent 90/100
Overall grade
Excellent 86/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
silicone-coated parchment paper
Confidence
82%
PossiblePaper degradation and particulate shedding
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Silicone leaching (oligomers), Thermal degradation / off-gassing and Microorganism growth on the King Arthur Baking and not on the If You Care.
- We flag Paper degradation and particulate shedding on the If You Care and not on the King Arthur Baking.
- The King Arthur Baking is Silicone mat where the If You Care is silicone-coated parchment paper, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
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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