Expert Grill Butcher Paper vs Gordon Paper Butcher Paper: which is safer?
Gordon Paper Butcher Paper is the clear pick. Expert Grill Butcher Paper carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Hardin Simmons
Expert Grill Butcher Paper
PFAS grade
Poor 25/100
Overall grade
Bad 17/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
kraft paper with water-resistant coating
Confidence
62%
PossibleCoating migration (non-PFAS)
PossibleBacterial contamination if paper degraded
Our pick
Hardin Simmons
Gordon Paper Butcher Paper
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Good 66/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
kraft paper, bleached sulfate pulp
Confidence
72%
PossibleFiber shedding and ingestion
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Coating migration (non-PFAS) and Bacterial contamination if paper degraded on the Hardin Simmons and not on the Hardin Simmons.
- We flag Fiber shedding and ingestion on the Hardin Simmons and not on the Hardin Simmons.
- The Hardin Simmons is kraft paper with water-resistant coating where the Hardin Simmons is kraft paper, bleached sulfate pulp, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Hardin Simmons 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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