Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set vs Ingenio Expertise 14 Piece Nonstick Cookware Set: which is safer?
Our Place Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set is the clear pick. T-Fal Ingenio Expertise 14 Piece Nonstick Cookware 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
T-fal
Ingenio Expertise 14 Piece Nonstick Cookware Set
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating thermal degradation and fume emission
PossibleAluminum leaching from substrate
ReportedCoating degradation and delamination over time
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Microplastic generation and Bacterial colonization on the Our Place and not on the T-fal.
- We flag PTFE thermal degradation and fume emission, Aluminum leaching from substrate and Coating degradation and delamination over time on the T-fal and not on the Our Place.
- The Our Place is Silicone utensils, no coating where the T-fal is PTFE nonstick coating (likely C8 or C6 fluoropolymer), 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 Our Place is the one to buy.
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