Signature Kirkland Non-Stick Parchment Paper 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 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

Kirkland

Signature Kirkland Non-Stick Parchment Paper

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 8/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

paper with non-stick coating, composition unspecified

Confidence

35%

PossibleCoating thermal degradation and fume release

PossibleMicroplastic or coating particle shedding into food

PossibleMigration of coating additives into fatty 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 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 If You Care.
  • We flag Paper degradation and particulate shedding on the If You Care and not on the Kirkland.
  • The Kirkland is paper with non-stick coating, composition unspecified 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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