Anniversary Pastry Set vs ProCast 12 Cup Nonstick Cast Aluminum Bundt Cake Pan: which is safer?

Le Creuset Anniversary Pastry Set is the clear pick. Nordic Ware ProCast 12 Cup Nonstick Cast Aluminum Bundt Cake Pan carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Le Creuset Anniversary Pastry Set

Le Creuset

Anniversary Pastry Set

PFAS grade

Excellent 90/100

Overall grade

Excellent 78/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Enameled cast iron

Confidence

82%

PossibleEnamel coating degradation and iron exposure

PossibleThermal stress and cracking from high or uneven heat

PossibleBacterial retention if enamel is compromised

Nordic Ware ProCast 12 Cup Nonstick Cast Aluminum Bundt Cake Pan

Nordic Ware

ProCast 12 Cup Nonstick Cast Aluminum Bundt Cake Pan

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Cast aluminum with proprietary nonstick coating (unspecified Teflon-family coating or Teflon-type coating status)

Confidence

35%

PossibleNonstick coating degradation and flaking

PossibleThermal decomposition of coating at high heat

LikelyPFAS in nonstick coating (graded separately)

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Enamel coating degradation and iron exposure, Thermal stress and cracking from high or uneven heat and Bacterial retention if enamel is compromised on the Le Creuset and not on the Nordic Ware.
  • We flag Nonstick coating degradation and flaking, Thermal decomposition of coating at high heat and PFAS in nonstick coating (graded separately) on the Nordic Ware and not on the Le Creuset.
  • The Le Creuset is Enameled cast iron where the Nordic Ware is Cast aluminum with proprietary nonstick coating (unspecified fluoropolymer or PTFE status), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 75 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Le Creuset is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Nordic Ware 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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