Signature Kirkland Non-Stick Parchment Paper vs Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets: which is safer?
Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets is the clear pick. Kirkland Signature Kirkland Non-Stick Parchment Paper carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Kirkland
Signature Kirkland Non-Stick Parchment Paper
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleCoating thermal degradation and fume release
PossibleMicroplastic or coating particle shedding into food
PossibleMigration of coating additives into fatty foods
Our pick
Seventh Generation
Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSilicone coating degradation and microparticles
PossibleHeat-induced breakdown of paper fibers
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Coating thermal degradation and fume release, Microplastic or coating particle shedding into food and Migration of coating additives into fatty 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 paper with non-stick coating, composition unspecified 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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