Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set vs Silicone Flex Turner: which is safer?
Our Place Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set is the clear pick. OXO Silicone Flex Turner 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
Excellent 90/100
Overall grade
Excellent 82/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Silicone utensils, no coating
Confidence
85%
PossibleMicroplastic generation
PossibleBacterial colonization
OXO
Silicone Flex Turner
PFAS grade
Good 65/100
Overall grade
Good 57/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
silicone
Confidence
82%
PossibleSilicone degradation at high temperature
PossibleVolatile off-gassing
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 at high temperature and Volatile off-gassing on the OXO and not on the Our Place.
- The Our Place is Silicone utensils, no coating where the OXO is silicone, 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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