Signature Culinary Parchment Paper Non Stick 205+205 Sq Ft 2 vs Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet: which is safer?

If You Care Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet 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

If You Care Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet

If You Care

Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet

PFAS grade

Excellent 90/100

Overall grade

Excellent 86/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

silicone-coated parchment paper

Confidence

82%

PossiblePaper degradation and particulate shedding

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 If You Care.
  • We flag Paper degradation and particulate shedding on the If You Care and not on the Kirkland.
  • The Kirkland is cellulose paper with unspecified non-stick coating where the If You Care is silicone-coated parchment paper, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 70 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 Kirkland grade, at 35% 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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