White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish vs Butcher Paper: which is safer?
Idl Packaging White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish is the clear pick. Big Green Egg Butcher Paper 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
Big Green Egg
Butcher Paper
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in food-contact coating
PossibleCoating migration under heat stress
ReportedLack of transparency on chemical identity
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Mold or microbial growth on the IDL Packaging and not on the Big Green Egg.
- We flag PFAS in food-contact coating, Coating migration under heat stress and Lack of transparency on chemical identity on the Big Green Egg and not on the IDL Packaging.
- The IDL Packaging is unbleached natural kraft paper where the Big Green Egg is 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 Big Green Egg 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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