Compostable Food Storage Container 5ct vs Genera Disposable To Go Food Container GSP-MCS-9X6: which is safer?

Matter Compostable Food Storage Container 5ct is the clear pick. Genera Disposable To Go Food Container GSP-MCS-9X6 carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Matter Compostable Food Storage Container 5ct

Matter

Compostable Food Storage Container 5ct

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Excellent 92/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Plant-based fiber pulp (compostable)

Confidence

82%

PossibleMicrobe/mold growth if stored damp

PossibleCellulose degradation under repeated hot/wet stress

Genera Disposable To Go Food Container GSP-MCS-9X6

Genera Disposable To Go Food Container GSP-MCS-9X6

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Paperboard container with unspecified grease-resistant coating

Confidence

35%

LikelyUnknown grease-resistant coating composition (likely fluorochemical)

ReportedChemical migration from coating into fatty or hot foods

PossibleCoating degradation from acidic or oily foods

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 .
  • We flag Unknown grease-resistant coating composition (likely fluorochemical), Chemical migration from coating into fatty or hot foods, Coating degradation from acidic or oily foods and Microplastic or coating particle shedding on the and not on the Matter.
  • The Matter is Plant-based fiber pulp (compostable) where the is Paperboard container with unspecified 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.
  • We are less certain about the grade, at 35% confidence against 82%, because it discloses less.

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