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

Member's Mark Heavy Duty Food Service Foil

Sam's Club

Member's Mark Heavy Duty Food Service Foil

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Good 66/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

Aluminum foil

Confidence

82%

PossibleAluminum leaching from acidic foods

Grease-resistant Food Grade Waxed Kraft Deli Tissue Paper

Sappi Fine Papers

Grease-resistant Food Grade Waxed Kraft Deli Tissue Paper

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Kraft paper, wax and grease-resistant coating (unspecified)

Confidence

45%

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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