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
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
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
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
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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