Good Grips 9" Nylon Tongs vs Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet: which is safer?

If You Care Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

OXO Good Grips 9" Nylon Tongs

OXO

Good Grips 9" Nylon Tongs

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Good 59/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Nylon with stainless steel core/handle

Confidence

78%

PossibleNylon degradation at high temperature

PossibleMechanical degradation and microplastic shedding

Our pick

If You Care Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet

If You Care

Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet

PFAS grade

Excellent 90/100

Overall grade

Excellent 86/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

silicone-coated parchment paper

Confidence

82%

PossiblePaper degradation and particulate shedding

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Nylon degradation at high temperature and Mechanical degradation and microplastic shedding on the OXO and not on the If You Care.
  • We flag Paper degradation and particulate shedding on the If You Care and not on the OXO.
  • The OXO is Nylon with stainless steel core/handle where the If You Care is silicone-coated parchment paper, which is most of the difference in these two grades.

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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