White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish vs Butcher Paper 7008: which is safer?
Idl Packaging White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish is the clear pick. Weber Butcher Paper 7008 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
Weber
Butcher Paper 7008
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in grease-resistant coating
PossibleInk and dye migration from printed surfaces
PossibleCoating degradation and leaching during heating
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Mold or microbial growth on the IDL Packaging and not on the Weber.
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating, Ink and dye migration from printed surfaces and Coating degradation and leaching during heating on the Weber and not on the IDL Packaging.
- The IDL Packaging is unbleached natural kraft paper where the Weber is Kraft paper with grease-resistant coating, 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 Weber grade, at 45% 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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