Stainless Clad Fry Pan vs Ceramic Cookware Set: which is safer?
Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan is the clear pick. Pyrex Ceramic Cookware Set carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
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
Pyrex
Ceramic Cookware Set
PFAS grade
Bad 15/100
Overall grade
Bad 0/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 4
Material
Ceramic non-stick coating
Confidence
78%
PossibleCoating degradation over time
ReportedUndisclosed coating chemistry
PossibleThermal decomposition of coating binders
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Clad separation or delamination over time on the Made In and not on the Pyrex.
- We flag Coating degradation over time, Undisclosed coating chemistry, Thermal decomposition of coating binders and Microplastic or coating particle ingestion on the Pyrex and not on the Made In.
- The Made In is Stainless steel clad construction, no nonstick coating where the Pyrex is Ceramic non-stick coating, 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.
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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