Stainless Clad Fry Pan vs Ceramic Excellence Nonstick Frypan: which is safer?
Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan is the clear pick. T-Fal Ceramic Excellence Nonstick Frypan 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
T-fal
Ceramic Excellence Nonstick Frypan
PFAS grade
Bad 15/100
Overall grade
Bad 0/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
ceramic nonstick coating
Confidence
72%
PossibleAluminum leaching
ReportedCeramic coating degradation and flaking
PossibleHandle or fastener leachables
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Clad separation or delamination over time on the Made In and not on the T-fal.
- We flag Aluminum leaching, Ceramic coating degradation and flaking and Handle or fastener leachables on the T-fal and not on the Made In.
- The Made In is Stainless steel clad construction, no nonstick coating where the T-fal is ceramic nonstick 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: 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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