White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish vs Pink BBQ Butcher Paper Roll: which is safer?
Idl Packaging White Butcher Paper 18" x 12000" Natural Butcher Paper Roll for Meat and Fish is the clear pick. Traeger Pink BBQ Butcher Paper Roll 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
Traeger
Pink BBQ Butcher Paper Roll
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleUnknown grease-resistant coating composition (potential PFAS or alternatives)
PossibleCoating degradation and microparticle release
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Mold or microbial growth on the IDL Packaging and not on the Traeger.
- We flag Unknown grease-resistant coating composition (potential PFAS or alternatives) and Coating degradation and microparticle release on the Traeger and not on the IDL Packaging.
- The IDL Packaging is unbleached natural kraft paper where the Traeger is kraft paper with waterproof/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 Traeger 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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