Gordon Paper Butcher Paper vs Jack Richeson Butcher Paper Foot Roll: which is safer?

Gordon Paper Butcher Paper is the clear pick. Jack Richeson Butcher Paper Foot Roll carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Gordon Paper Butcher Paper

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

Jack Richeson Butcher Paper Foot Roll

Hardin Simmons

Jack Richeson Butcher Paper Foot Roll

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 13/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Paper with grease-resistant coating

Confidence

45%

PossibleFluorochemical (PFAS) coating migration

PossibleCoating degradation and particle release

PossibleMineral oil or silicone transfer (if silicone-coated)

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Fiber shedding and ingestion on the Hardin Simmons and not on the Hardin Simmons.
  • We flag Fluorochemical (PFAS) coating migration, Coating degradation and particle release and Mineral oil or silicone transfer (if silicone-coated) on the Hardin Simmons and not on the Hardin Simmons.
  • The Hardin Simmons is kraft paper, bleached sulfate pulp where the Hardin Simmons is 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 45% 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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