Lamson Turner vs Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet: which is safer?

If You Care Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet is the clear pick. Lamson Turner carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Lamson Turner

Lamson Sharp

Lamson Turner

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

Nonstick coating, type unspecified

Confidence

35%

PossibleTeflon-type coating thermal decomposition and fume release

LikelyCoating degradation and metal leaching

PossibleAluminum leaching from substrate

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 PTFE thermal decomposition and fume release, Coating degradation and metal leaching, Aluminum leaching from substrate and Off-gassing from unspecified coating or adhesive on the Lamson Sharp and not on the If You Care.
  • We flag Paper degradation and particulate shedding on the If You Care and not on the Lamson Sharp.
  • The Lamson Sharp is Nonstick coating, type 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 Lamson Sharp 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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