Gordon Paper Butcher Paper vs Handy Wacks Bleached Butcher Paper: which is safer?
Gordon Paper Butcher Paper is the clear pick. Handy Wacks Bleached Butcher Paper carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
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
Hardin Simmons
Handy Wacks Bleached Butcher Paper
PFAS grade
Poor 25/100
Overall grade
Bad 17/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
bleached kraft paper with grease-resistant coating
Confidence
42%
PossiblePFAS in grease-resistant coating
PossibleMigration of coating components into fatty foods
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Fiber shedding and ingestion on the Hardin Simmons and not on the Hardin Simmons.
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating and Migration of coating components into fatty foods on the Hardin Simmons and not on the Hardin Simmons.
- The Hardin Simmons is kraft paper, bleached sulfate pulp where the Hardin Simmons is bleached kraft paper with grease-resistant coating, 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.
- We are less certain about the Hardin Simmons grade, at 42% confidence against 72%, 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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