Kitchens Unbleached Parchment Paper vs Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet: which is safer?
If You Care Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet is the clear pick. Reynolds Kitchens Unbleached Parchment Paper carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Reynolds
Kitchens Unbleached Parchment Paper
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSilicone coating degradation at high heat
PossibleBacterial or mold growth (cellulose base)
Our pick
If You Care
Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePaper degradation and particulate shedding
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Silicone coating degradation at high heat and Bacterial or mold growth (cellulose base) on the Reynolds and not on the If You Care.
- We flag Paper degradation and particulate shedding on the If You Care and not on the Reynolds.
- The Reynolds is silicone-coated cellulose/paper base where the If You Care is silicone-coated parchment paper, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 65 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the If You Care 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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