ProSeries Silicone Baking Mat vs 9 Inch Round Silicone Baking Mold Kitchen: which is safer?

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

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

KitchenAid 9 Inch Round Silicone Baking Mold Kitchen

Kitchenaid

9 Inch Round Silicone Baking Mold Kitchen

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 53/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Silicone (elastomer)

Confidence

82%

PossibleSilicone leaching (oligomers, cyclic dimethylsiloxanes)

PossibleThermal degradation and off-gassing

PossibleBacterial or mold growth if trapped moisture

Where these two actually differ

  • 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 Kitchenaid.
  • We flag Silicone leaching (oligomers, cyclic dimethylsiloxanes), Thermal degradation and off-gassing and Bacterial or mold growth if trapped moisture on the Kitchenaid and not on the Fat Daddio's.
  • The Fat Daddio's is silicone (elastomer) where the Kitchenaid 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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