Parchment Baking Paper vs 365 by Whole Foods Market Unbleached Parchment Paper: which is safer?
If You Care Parchment Baking Paper is the clear pick. 365 by Whole Foods Market Unbleached Parchment Paper carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
If You Care
Parchment Baking Paper
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSilicone coating degradation at extreme heat
PossibleMicroplastics from silicone coating shedding
Unbleached Parchment
365 by Whole Foods Market Unbleached Parchment Paper
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSilicone coating leaching under heat
PossibleCoating degradation and paper fragmentation
ReportedIncomplete disclosure of additives
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Silicone coating degradation at extreme heat and Microplastics from silicone coating shedding on the If You Care and not on the Unbleached Parchment.
- We flag Silicone coating leaching under heat, Coating degradation and paper fragmentation, Incomplete disclosure of additives and PFAS precursors in silicone or processing aids on the Unbleached Parchment and not on the If You Care.
- The If You Care is silicone-coated parchment paper where the Unbleached Parchment is Unbleached paper with silicone 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, which covers 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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