Kitchens Unbleached Parchment Paper Roll vs Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets: which is safer?

Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets is the clear pick. Reynolds Kitchens Unbleached Parchment Paper Roll carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Reynolds Kitchens Unbleached Parchment Paper Roll

Reynolds

Kitchens Unbleached Parchment Paper Roll

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 17/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

unbleached paper with silicone coating

Confidence

45%

PossibleSilicone coating stability and thermal degradation

PossibleUnknown PFAS or fluorine-based additives in silicone coating

Our pick

Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets

Seventh Generation

Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Good 62/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

bleached paper with silicone coating

Confidence

82%

PossibleSilicone coating degradation and microparticles

PossibleHeat-induced breakdown of paper fibers

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Silicone coating stability and thermal degradation and Unknown PFAS or fluorine-based additives in silicone coating on the Reynolds and not on the Seventh Generation.
  • We flag Silicone coating degradation and microparticles and Heat-induced breakdown of paper fibers on the Seventh Generation and not on the Reynolds.
  • The Reynolds is unbleached paper with silicone coating where the Seventh Generation is bleached paper with silicone 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 Seventh Generation is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Reynolds grade, at 45% confidence against 82%, 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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