White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish vs Butcher Paper Roll 24"x 300': which is safer?
Idl Packaging White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish is the clear pick. Recteq Butcher Paper Roll 24"x 300' 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
Recteq
Butcher Paper Roll 24"x 300'
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in grease-resistant coating (reported class hazard, not tested on this batch)
PossibleMicroplastic/particulate from coating degradation
PossibleInk or printing residues (if printed side faces food)
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Mold or microbial growth on the IDL Packaging and not on the Recteq.
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating (reported class hazard, not tested on this batch), Microplastic/particulate from coating degradation and Ink or printing residues (if printed side faces food) on the Recteq and not on the IDL Packaging.
- The IDL Packaging is unbleached natural kraft paper where the Recteq is Kraft paper with grease-resistant 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 Recteq 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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