Parchment Paper Roll vs Platinum Silicone Tongs: which is safer?
GreenPan Platinum Silicone Tongs is the clear pick. Good Cook Parchment Paper Roll carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Good Cook
Parchment Paper Roll
PFAS grade
Poor 25/100
Overall grade
analysis pending
Verdict
pending
Hazard flags
none flagged
Material
Silicone-treated paper; silicone or wax base coating
Confidence
45%
Our pick
GreenPan
Platinum Silicone Tongs
PFAS grade
Excellent 90/100
Overall grade
Excellent 78/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
silicone, stainless steel handle
Confidence
78%
PossibleSilicone degradation and leaching
PossibleColor dyes or pigments in silicone
PossibleBacterial growth in grip seams or joints
Where these two actually differ
- 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 Silicone-treated paper; silicone or wax base coating where the GreenPan is silicone, stainless steel handle, 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 GreenPan is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Good Cook grade, at 45% 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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