Unbleached Parchment Paper Sheets vs Parchment Baking Paper: which is safer?
If You Care Parchment Baking Paper is the clear pick. Katbite Unbleached Parchment Paper Sheets carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Katbite
Unbleached Parchment Paper Sheets
PFAS grade
Poor 25/100
Overall grade
Bad 17/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
unbleached wood pulp with silicone coating
Confidence
62%
PossibleSilicone coating thermal degradation
PossiblePFAS in silicone or sizing agents
Our pick
If You Care
Parchment Baking Paper
PFAS grade
Excellent 90/100
Overall grade
Excellent 86/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
bleached paper with undisclosed grease-resistant coating
Confidence
45%
PossibleCoating degradation and leaching
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Silicone coating thermal degradation and PFAS in silicone or sizing agents on the Katbite and not on the If You Care.
- We flag Coating degradation and leaching on the If You Care and not on the Katbite.
- The Katbite is unbleached wood pulp with silicone coating where the If You Care is bleached paper with undisclosed grease-resistant coating, 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 If You Care 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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