Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set vs Good Grips 3-Piece Silicone Utensil Set: which is safer?
Our Place Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set is the clear pick. OXO Good Grips 3-Piece Silicone Utensil Set carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Our Place
Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleMicroplastic generation
PossibleBacterial colonization
OXO
Good Grips 3-Piece Silicone Utensil Set
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSilicone degradation and microparticle shedding
PossibleTemperature limits and heat fume risk
PossibleBacterial colonization if not maintained
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Microplastic generation and Bacterial colonization on the Our Place and not on the OXO.
- We flag Silicone degradation and microparticle shedding, Temperature limits and heat fume risk and Bacterial colonization if not maintained on the OXO and not on the Our Place.
- The Our Place is Silicone utensils, no coating where the OXO is Food-grade silicone utensil heads, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Our Place 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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