Member's Mark Heavy Duty Food Service Foil vs Kitchens Butcher Paper with Slide Cutter: which is safer?
Member's Mark Heavy Duty Food Service Foil is the clear pick. Reynolds Kitchens Butcher Paper with Slide Cutter carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Sam's Club
Member's Mark Heavy Duty Food Service Foil
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAluminum leaching from acidic foods
Reynolds
Kitchens Butcher Paper with Slide Cutter
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleGrease-resistant coating composition (unclear source)
PossibleMicroplastic shedding from coating
ReportedHeat stability of coating at cooking temperatures
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Aluminum leaching from acidic foods on the Sam's Club and not on the Reynolds.
- We flag Grease-resistant coating composition (unclear source), Microplastic shedding from coating and Heat stability of coating at cooking temperatures on the Reynolds and not on the Sam's Club.
- The Sam's Club is Aluminum foil where the Reynolds is kraft paper with standard grease-resistant treatment, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Sam's Club is the one to buy.
Both products run through the same public rubric: 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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