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

Parchment Paper Sheets 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 Sheets

Parchment Paper by Glad

Parchment Paper Sheets

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 13/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Bleached paper with silicone or wax coating

Confidence

50%

PossibleSilicone or wax coating integrity and heat degradation

PossibleMicroplastics or coating particle migration

PossibleMold or bacterial growth if stored improperly

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 Silicone or wax coating integrity and heat degradation, Microplastics or coating particle migration and Mold or bacterial growth if stored improperly 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 Bleached paper with silicone or wax 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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