Signature Culinary Parchment Paper Non Stick 205+205 Sq Ft 2 vs Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets: which is safer?

Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets is the clear pick. Kirkland Signature Culinary Parchment Paper Non Stick 205+205 Sq Ft 2 carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Kirkland Signature Culinary Parchment Paper Non Stick 205+205 Sq Ft 2

Kirkland

Signature Culinary Parchment Paper Non Stick 205+205 Sq Ft 2

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 2/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

cellulose paper with unspecified non-stick coating

Confidence

35%

PossibleNon-stick coating identity (fluorocarbon risk)

ReportedCoating degradation and micro-particle shedding

PossibleMigration of coating binders into fatty or oily foods

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 Non-stick coating identity (fluorocarbon risk), Coating degradation and micro-particle shedding and Migration of coating binders into fatty or oily foods on the Kirkland 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 Kirkland.
  • The Kirkland is cellulose paper with unspecified non-stick coating where the Seventh Generation is bleached paper with silicone coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 50 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 Kirkland grade, at 35% 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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