GLAD Parchment Paper Baking Sheet vs Parchment Paper: which is safer?

Parchment Paper is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

GLAD Parchment Paper Baking Sheet

Parchment Paper by Glad

GLAD Parchment Paper Baking Sheet

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

bleached paper with silicone and grease-resistant coating

Confidence

45%

LikelyPFAS in grease-resistant coating

PossibleSilicone migration

PossibleThermal degradation of coating

Our pick

Parchment Paper

Parchment Paper by Glad

Parchment Paper

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 7/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

cellulose paper with non-stick, grease-resistant coating

Confidence

45%

PossibleCoating migration at high temperature

ReportedThermal degradation and smoke generation

PossibleAllergen cross-contamination from reuse

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating, Silicone migration, Thermal degradation of coating and Microplastics from shedding on the Parchment Paper by Glad and not on the Parchment Paper by Glad.
  • We flag Coating migration at high temperature, Thermal degradation and smoke generation and Allergen cross-contamination from reuse on the Parchment Paper by Glad and not on the Parchment Paper by Glad.
  • The Parchment Paper by Glad is bleached paper with silicone and grease-resistant coating where the Parchment Paper by Glad is cellulose paper with non-stick, grease-resistant coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.

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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