White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish vs Grease Resistant Paper Sheet - 12 x 12 Red: which is safer?
Idl Packaging White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish is the clear pick. Norpak Grease Resistant Paper Sheet - 12 x 12 Red carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
IDL Packaging
White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleMold or microbial growth
Norpak
Grease Resistant Paper Sheet - 12 x 12 Red
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in grease-resistant coating (reported separately)
PossibleCoating migration into high-fat foods
PossibleThermal degradation and volatile release
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Mold or microbial growth on the IDL Packaging and not on the Norpak.
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating (reported separately), Coating migration into high-fat foods, Thermal degradation and volatile release and Coating degradation and particulate shedding on the Norpak and not on the IDL Packaging.
- The IDL Packaging is unbleached natural kraft paper where the Norpak is grease-resistant coated paper, coating unspecified, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 70 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the IDL Packaging is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Norpak grade, at 35% confidence against 78%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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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