Parchment Baking Paper vs Member's Mark Unbleached Parchment Paper 205 sq. ft. 2 pk.: which is safer?
If You Care Parchment Baking Paper is the clear pick. Member's Mark Unbleached Parchment Paper 205 sq. ft. 2 pk. 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
Member's Mark Unbleached Parchment Paper 205 sq. ft. 2 pk.
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyCoating leaching (undisclosed fluorinated or silicone compounds)
PossibleThermal degradation of coating
PossibleMicroplastics from coating wear
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 Coating leaching (undisclosed fluorinated or silicone compounds), Thermal degradation of coating, Microplastics from coating wear and Mold or bacterial growth if stored damp 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 Cellulose paper with undisclosed water/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.
- We are less certain about the Unbleached Parchment grade, at 45% confidence against 82%, because it discloses less.
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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