Butcher Paper Roll vs White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish: which is safer?
Idl Packaging White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish is the clear pick. Staples Butcher Paper Roll carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Staples
Butcher Paper Roll
PFAS grade
Poor 25/100
Overall grade
Bad 21/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
kraft paper, likely silicone-coated or wax-treated
Confidence
62%
PossibleCoating leachables (unknown composition)
Our pick
IDL Packaging
White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish
PFAS grade
Excellent 95/100
Overall grade
Excellent 91/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
unbleached natural kraft paper
Confidence
78%
PossibleMold or microbial growth
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Coating leachables (unknown composition) on the Staples and not on the IDL Packaging.
- We flag Mold or microbial growth on the IDL Packaging and not on the Staples.
- The Staples is kraft paper, likely silicone-coated or wax-treated where the IDL Packaging is unbleached natural kraft 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 IDL Packaging is the one to buy.
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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