15" 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. Berkley Jensen 15" Parchment Paper carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Berkley Jensen
15" Parchment Paper
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSilicone coating degradation and particle transfer
ReportedFluorinated compounds in water-resistant finish (non-PFAS evaluated separately)
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 Silicone coating degradation and particle transfer and Fluorinated compounds in water-resistant finish (non-PFAS evaluated separately) on the Berkley Jensen and not on the If You Care.
- We flag Paper degradation and particulate shedding on the If You Care and not on the Berkley Jensen.
- The Berkley Jensen is Silicone-coated parchment paper where the If You Care is silicone-coated parchment paper, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 65 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the If You Care is the one to buy.
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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