Eco Products Sugarcane Plates vs Earth Essentials Compostable Dinner Plate: which is safer?
These two grade almost identically. Pick on price and preference; neither has a PFAS edge.
Eco-Products
Eco Products Sugarcane Plates
PFAS grade
Excellent 100/100
Overall grade
Excellent 92/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
molded sugarcane fiber (bagasse), uncoated
Confidence
78%
PossibleMicroplastic or fiber fragmentation during heating
PossibleMold or bacterial growth on porous surface
Total Home
Earth Essentials Compostable Dinner Plate
PFAS grade
Excellent 100/100
Overall grade
Excellent 92/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
compostable fiber/plant-based coating
Confidence
72%
PossibleCoating degradation and leaching under use conditions
PossibleMicrobe growth and storage mold (if stored damp)
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Microplastic or fiber fragmentation during heating and Mold or bacterial growth on porous surface on the Eco-Products and not on the Total Home.
- We flag Coating degradation and leaching under use conditions and Microbe growth and storage mold (if stored damp) on the Total Home and not on the Eco-Products.
- The Eco-Products is molded sugarcane fiber (bagasse), uncoated where the Total Home is compostable fiber/plant-based coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.
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