Deli Fresh Smoked Turkey Breast vs Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit: which is safer?

Oscar Mayer Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit is the clear pick. Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Smoked Turkey Breast carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Smoked Turkey Breast

Oscar Mayer

Deli Fresh Smoked Turkey Breast

PFAS grade

Good 60/100

Overall grade

Good 52/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

plastic film/multilayer packaging

Confidence

35%

PossiblePhthalates in plasticizers

PossibleVolatile organic compounds (VOCs) off-gassing

Our pick

Oscar Mayer Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit

Oscar Mayer

Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Good 56/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

plastic film wrapper; likely PE or PP film

Confidence

72%

PossiblePlastic film leaching under heating

ReportedPathogenic bacterial growth if seal compromised

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Phthalates in plasticizers and Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) off-gassing on the Oscar Mayer and not on the Oscar Mayer.
  • We flag Plastic film leaching under heating and Pathogenic bacterial growth if seal compromised on the Oscar Mayer and not on the Oscar Mayer.
  • The Oscar Mayer is plastic film/multilayer packaging where the Oscar Mayer is plastic film wrapper; likely PE or PP film, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • We are less certain about the Oscar Mayer grade, at 35% confidence against 72%, 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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