4.4oz Cube Silicone Baking Mold vs ProSeries Silicone Baking Mat: which is safer?

Fat Daddio's ProSeries Silicone Baking Mat is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Fat Daddio's 4.4oz Cube Silicone Baking Mold

Fat Daddio's

4.4oz Cube Silicone Baking Mold

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 53/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

silicone (food-grade)

Confidence

78%

PossibleSilicone degradation or leaching at high temperature

PossibleBacterial or mold growth in crevices

PossibleResidual solvents or unreacted monomers

Our pick

Fat Daddio's ProSeries Silicone Baking Mat

Fat Daddio's

ProSeries Silicone Baking Mat

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 57/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

silicone (elastomer)

Confidence

78%

PossibleSilicone elastomer degradation under prolonged high heat

PossibleMold or bacterial growth if stored wet

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Silicone degradation or leaching at high temperature, Bacterial or mold growth in crevices and Residual solvents or unreacted monomers on the Fat Daddio's and not on the Fat Daddio's.
  • We flag Silicone elastomer degradation under prolonged high heat and Mold or bacterial growth if stored wet on the Fat Daddio's and not on the Fat Daddio's.
  • The Fat Daddio's is silicone (food-grade) where the Fat Daddio's is silicone (elastomer), 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.

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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