Good Grips 9" Tongs with Silicone Heads 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" Tongs with Silicone Heads
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Good 58/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Stainless steel handles, silicone heads
Confidence
78%
PossibleSilicone degradation and particulate shedding
PossibleBacterial colonization of silicone surface
PossibleCoating or adhesive failure over time
Our pick
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 Silicone degradation and particulate shedding, Bacterial colonization of silicone surface and Coating or adhesive failure over time 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 Stainless steel handles, silicone heads 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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