Parchment Sheets Set of 6 vs Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet: which is safer?
If You Care Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet is the clear pick. Regency Parchment Sheets Set of 6 carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Regency
Parchment Sheets Set of 6
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyFluorinated coating leaching (PFAS family)
PossibleSilicone coating degradation and microparticle release
ReportedThermal breakdown of coating at high temperatures
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 Fluorinated coating leaching (PFAS family), Silicone coating degradation and microparticle release, Thermal breakdown of coating at high temperatures and Chlorine residues from bleaching process on the Regency and not on the If You Care.
- We flag Paper degradation and particulate shedding on the If You Care and not on the Regency.
- The Regency is parchment paper (cellulose with silicone coating) 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.
- We are less certain about the Regency grade, at 45% confidence against 82%, 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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