Heavy Weight 50# Colored Butcher paper rolls 36" x 1000ft White vs White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish: which is safer?
Idl Packaging White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Pacon
Heavy Weight 50# Colored Butcher paper rolls 36" x 1000ft White
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Good 66/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
Kraft paper, uncoated or minimal sizing
Confidence
78%
PossibleMicrobial growth on stored roll
Our pick
IDL Packaging
White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish
PFAS grade
Excellent 95/100
Overall grade
Excellent 91/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
unbleached natural kraft paper
Confidence
78%
PossibleMold or microbial growth
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Microbial growth on stored roll on the Pacon and not on the IDL Packaging.
- We flag Mold or microbial growth on the IDL Packaging and not on the Pacon.
- The Pacon is Kraft paper, uncoated or minimal sizing where the IDL Packaging is unbleached natural kraft paper, 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 IDL Packaging 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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