Parchment Paper Baking Sheets 12 x 16, Set of 2, 16pc vs Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet: which is safer?
If You Care Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet is the clear pick. Good Cook Parchment Paper Baking Sheets 12 x 16, Set of 2, 16pc carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Good Cook
Parchment Paper Baking Sheets 12 x 16, Set of 2, 16pc
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSilicone coating degradation at high heat
PossibleMicroplastics or silicone particle shedding
ReportedPFAS in silicone formulation (non-disclosed)
Our pick
If You Care
Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePaper degradation and particulate shedding
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Silicone coating degradation at high heat, Microplastics or silicone particle shedding and PFAS in silicone formulation (non-disclosed) on the Good Cook and not on the If You Care.
- We flag Paper degradation and particulate shedding on the If You Care and not on the Good Cook.
- The Good Cook is silicone-coated paper where the If You Care is silicone-coated parchment paper, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 65 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the If You Care is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Good Cook grade, at 55% confidence against 82%, because it discloses less.
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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