Gordon Paper Butcher Paper vs Traeger BBQ Butcher Paper Roll: which is safer?
Gordon Paper Butcher Paper is the clear pick. Traeger BBQ Butcher Paper Roll carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Hardin Simmons
Gordon Paper Butcher Paper
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFiber shedding and ingestion
Hardin Simmons
Traeger BBQ Butcher Paper Roll
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePFAS in grease-resistant coating
PossibleNon-fluorinated coating leachables (unknown identity)
ReportedThermal decomposition of coating under prolonged high heat
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, Non-fluorinated coating leachables (unknown identity), Thermal decomposition of coating under prolonged high heat and Microplastic or coating particle shedding into food on the Hardin Simmons and not on the Hardin Simmons.
- The Hardin Simmons is kraft paper, bleached sulfate pulp where the Hardin Simmons is kraft paper with unspecified water/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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