Deli Turkey Oven Roasted Double Pack vs Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit: which is safer?

Oscar Mayer Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit is the clear pick. Hormel Deli Turkey Oven Roasted Double Pack carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Hormel Deli Turkey Oven Roasted Double Pack

Hormel

Deli Turkey Oven Roasted Double Pack

PFAS grade

Good 60/100

Overall grade

Poor 38/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Plastic film and/or laminated paperboard packaging

Confidence

45%

PossibleBPA/BPS and phthalates in plastic laminate

ReportedBacterial growth if packaging integrity fails

PossibleFormaldehyde or adhesive off-gassing

Our pick

Oscar Mayer Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit

Oscar Mayer

Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Good 56/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

plastic film wrapper; likely PE or PP film

Confidence

72%

PossiblePlastic film leaching under heating

ReportedPathogenic bacterial growth if seal compromised

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag BPA/BPS and phthalates in plastic laminate, Bacterial growth if packaging integrity fails, Formaldehyde or adhesive off-gassing and Heavy metals in laminate pigments or inks on the Hormel and not on the Oscar Mayer.
  • We flag Plastic film leaching under heating and Pathogenic bacterial growth if seal compromised on the Oscar Mayer and not on the Hormel.
  • The Hormel is Plastic film and/or laminated paperboard packaging where the Oscar Mayer is plastic film wrapper; likely PE or PP film, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • We are less certain about the Hormel 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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