Member's Mark Heavy Duty Food Service Foil vs Traeger BBQ Butcher Paper Roll: which is safer?

Member's Mark Heavy Duty Food Service Foil is the clear pick. Traeger BBQ Butcher Paper Roll 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

Traeger BBQ Butcher Paper Roll

Traeger BBQ Butcher Paper Roll

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

paper with grease-resistant coating

Confidence

45%

LikelyGrease-resistant coating composition (PFAS class)

PossibleThermal degradation of coating at extreme temperatures

PossibleMigration of coating residue into food

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Aluminum leaching from acidic foods on the Sam's Club and not on the .
  • We flag Grease-resistant coating composition (PFAS class), Thermal degradation of coating at extreme temperatures and Migration of coating residue into food on the and not on the Sam's Club.
  • The Sam's Club is Aluminum foil where the is paper with grease-resistant coating, 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 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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