X Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Big New Yorker Pizza Box 16” vs 8" Kraft Paper Open Pizza Box: which is safer?

8" Kraft Paper Open Pizza Box is the clear pick. Pizza Hut X Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Big New Yorker Pizza Box 16” carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Pizza Hut X Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Big New Yorker Pizza Box 16”

Pizza Hut

X Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Big New Yorker Pizza Box 16”

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Coated paperboard (grease-resistant coating composition unspecified)

Confidence

45%

LikelyFluorinated grease-resistant coating (PFAS proxy)

PossibleCoating migration into food (short-term contact)

ReportedThermal breakdown of coating if reused for heating

Our pick

8" Kraft Paper Open Pizza Box

8" Kraft Paper Open Pizza Box

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Poor 40/100

Verdict

Buy with care

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Kraft paper (uncoated)

Confidence

78%

PossibleChlorine residues from kraft pulp bleaching

PossibleHeavy metals in inks and adhesives

LikelyGrease saturation and structural failure

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Fluorinated grease-resistant coating (PFAS proxy), Coating migration into food (short-term contact), Thermal breakdown of coating if reused for heating and Recycling contamination (fluorinated residue) on the Pizza Hut and not on the .
  • We flag Chlorine residues from kraft pulp bleaching, Heavy metals in inks and adhesives, Grease saturation and structural failure and Microcontaminants from recycled fiber content on the and not on the Pizza Hut.
  • The Pizza Hut is Coated paperboard (grease-resistant coating composition unspecified) where the is Kraft paper (uncoated), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Pizza Hut grade, at 45% confidence against 78%, because it discloses less.

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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