Ceramic Nonstick Always Pan 10.5" vs Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set: which is safer?
Our Place Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our Place
Ceramic Nonstick Always Pan 10.5"
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Poor 44/100
Verdict
Buy with care
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Ceramic nonstick coating (unspecified formula)
Confidence
45%
LikelyCoating degradation and substrate exposure
PossibleAluminum leaching from base metal
PossibleCeramic particulate shedding into food
Our pick
Our Place
Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set
PFAS grade
Excellent 90/100
Overall grade
Excellent 82/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Silicone utensils, no coating
Confidence
85%
PossibleMicroplastic generation
PossibleBacterial colonization
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Coating degradation and substrate exposure, Aluminum leaching from base metal and Ceramic particulate shedding into food on the Our Place and not on the Our Place.
- We flag Microplastic generation and Bacterial colonization on the Our Place and not on the Our Place.
- The Our Place is Ceramic nonstick coating (unspecified formula) where the Our Place is Silicone utensils, no coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- We are less certain about the Our Place grade, at 45% confidence against 85%, 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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