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
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSilicone elastomer degradation under prolonged high heat
PossibleMold or bacterial growth if stored wet
Kitchenaid
9 Inch Round Silicone Baking Mold Kitchen
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
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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