Member's Mark Heavy Duty Food Service Foil vs Grease-resistant Food Grade Waxed Kraft Deli Tissue Paper: which is safer?
Member's Mark Heavy Duty Food Service Foil is the clear pick. Grease-resistant Food Grade Waxed Kraft Deli Tissue Paper 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
Sappi Fine Papers
Grease-resistant Food Grade Waxed Kraft Deli Tissue Paper
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in grease-resistant coating
PossibleCoating degradation and leaching over time
PossibleUnidentified chemical residues from coating application
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Aluminum leaching from acidic foods on the Sam's Club and not on the Sappi Fine Papers.
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating, Coating degradation and leaching over time, Unidentified chemical residues from coating application and Microplastic or coating particle shedding on the Sappi Fine Papers and not on the Sam's Club.
- The Sam's Club is Aluminum foil where the Sappi Fine Papers is Kraft paper, wax and grease-resistant coating (unspecified), 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.
- We are less certain about the Sappi Fine Papers grade, at 45% confidence against 82%, because it discloses less.
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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