New Roots Kraft PLA-Lined Compostable #4 Take-Out Container 7 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" - 160/Case vs Compostable Fiber Compost-A-Pak Containers: which is safer?

World Centric Compostable Fiber Compost-A-Pak Containers is the clear pick. New Roots Kraft PLA-Lined Compostable #4 Take-Out Container 7 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" - 160/Case carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

New Roots Kraft PLA-Lined Compostable #4 Take-Out Container 7 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" - 160/Case

Footprint

New Roots Kraft PLA-Lined Compostable #4 Take-Out Container 7 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" - 160/Case

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

PLA bioplastic with kraft paper lining

Confidence

72%

PossibleFluorochemical coatings (non-PFAS synthesis)

ReportedPLA oligomer leaching

LikelyThermal degradation and structural failure

Our pick

World Centric Compostable Fiber Compost-A-Pak Containers

World Centric

Compostable Fiber Compost-A-Pak Containers

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Good 74/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

Fiber-based (wood pulp/molded fiber), compostable coating

Confidence

78%

PossibleProprietary coating chemical migration

PossibleMoisture and microbial growth in fiber matrix

ReportedCoating degradation under heat or fatty foods

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Fluorochemical coatings (non-PFAS synthesis), PLA oligomer leaching, Thermal degradation and structural failure and Microplastic shedding from kraft fiber breakdown on the Footprint and not on the World Centric.
  • We flag Proprietary coating chemical migration, Moisture and microbial growth in fiber matrix, Coating degradation under heat or fatty foods and Recycling contamination if misdisposed on the World Centric and not on the Footprint.
  • The Footprint is PLA bioplastic with kraft paper lining where the World Centric is Fiber-based (wood pulp/molded fiber), compostable 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 World Centric is the one to buy.

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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