Parchment Paper Non-Stick 20 Square Feet vs Platinum Silicone Tongs: which is safer?
GreenPan Platinum Silicone Tongs is the clear pick. Good Cook Parchment Paper Non-Stick 20 Square Feet carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Good Cook
Parchment Paper Non-Stick 20 Square Feet
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleNon-stick coating degradation and fume release
PossibleCoating leaching into food (migration)
PossibleProprietary additives (undisclosed)
Our pick
GreenPan
Platinum Silicone Tongs
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSilicone degradation and leaching
PossibleColor dyes or pigments in silicone
PossibleBacterial growth in grip seams or joints
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Non-stick coating degradation and fume release, Coating leaching into food (migration) and Proprietary additives (undisclosed) on the Good Cook and not on the GreenPan.
- We flag Silicone degradation and leaching, Color dyes or pigments in silicone and Bacterial growth in grip seams or joints on the GreenPan and not on the Good Cook.
- The Good Cook is Paper with non-stick coating (unspecified) where the GreenPan is silicone, stainless steel handle, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 70 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the GreenPan is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Good Cook grade, at 35% confidence against 78%, because it discloses less.
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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