Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid vs Simply Cook Nonstick Sauce Pan with Lid: which is safer?

GreenPan Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid is the clear pick. T-Fal Simply Cook Nonstick Sauce Pan with Lid carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

GreenPan Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid

GreenPan

Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Poor 48/100

Verdict

Buy with care

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Ceramic nonstick coating

Confidence

78%

PossibleAluminum leaching

LikelyCoating degradation and loss of nonstick function

T-Fal Simply Cook Nonstick Sauce Pan with Lid

T-fal

Simply Cook Nonstick Sauce Pan with Lid

PFAS grade

Bad 5/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Teflon-type coating non-stick coating, as disclosed by T-fal for this range

Confidence

35%

PossibleTeflon-type coating degradation and fume emission

PossibleAluminum leaching from substrate

LikelyCoating degradation over time

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Aluminum leaching and Coating degradation and loss of nonstick function on the GreenPan and not on the T-fal.
  • We flag PTFE degradation and fume emission, Aluminum leaching from substrate, Coating degradation over time and Manufacturing PFAS exposure (occupational, not consumer) on the T-fal and not on the GreenPan.
  • The GreenPan is Ceramic nonstick coating where the T-fal is PTFE non-stick coating, as disclosed by T-fal for this range, 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 T-fal grade, at 35% confidence against 78%, 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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