Compostable Food Storage Container 5ct vs 9"x 9" 3-Compartment Carryout Containers: which is safer?
Matter Compostable Food Storage Container 5ct is the clear pick. Earth's Natural Alternative 9"x 9" 3-Compartment Carryout Containers carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Matter
Compostable Food Storage Container 5ct
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleMicrobe/mold growth if stored damp
PossibleCellulose degradation under repeated hot/wet stress
Earth's Natural Alternative
9"x 9" 3-Compartment Carryout Containers
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
ReportedPFAS in grease-resistant coating
PossibleCoating degradation and leaching
PossibleMicroplastics from coating breakdown
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Microbe/mold growth if stored damp and Cellulose degradation under repeated hot/wet stress on the Matter and not on the Earth's Natural Alternative.
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating, Coating degradation and leaching, Microplastics from coating breakdown and Absence of food-contact compliance transparency on the Earth's Natural Alternative and not on the Matter.
- The Matter is Plant-based fiber pulp (compostable) where the Earth's Natural Alternative is Molded fiber/paperboard with suspected grease-resistant coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 75 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Matter is the one to buy.
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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