Stainless Clad Fry Pan vs Omega Select Plus Residue Free Non-Stick Fry Pan Black 18Cm: which is safer?

Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan is the clear pick. Prestige Omega Select Plus Residue Free Non-Stick Fry Pan Black 18Cm carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan

Made In

Stainless Clad Fry Pan

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Excellent 96/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

Stainless steel clad construction, no nonstick coating

Confidence

90%

PossibleClad separation or delamination over time

Prestige Omega Select Plus Residue Free Non-Stick Fry Pan Black 18Cm

Prestige

Omega Select Plus Residue Free Non-Stick Fry Pan Black 18Cm

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Non-stick coating, composition unspecified

Confidence

35%

PossibleTeflon-type coating/Teflon-family coating fume risk (coating composition unknown)

ReportedCoating degradation and leaching over time

PossibleAluminum leaching from exposed base metal

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Clad separation or delamination over time on the Made In and not on the Prestige.
  • We flag PTFE/fluoropolymer fume risk (coating composition unknown), Coating degradation and leaching over time, Aluminum leaching from exposed base metal and Lack of heat-limit labeling and consumer guidance on the Prestige and not on the Made In.
  • The Made In is Stainless steel clad construction, no nonstick coating where the Prestige is Non-stick coating, composition unspecified, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 85 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Made In is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Prestige grade, at 35% confidence against 90%, 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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