Member's Mark Heavy Duty Food Service Foil vs PaperChef Culinary Pink Butcher Paper: which is safer?
Member's Mark Heavy Duty Food Service Foil is the clear pick. PaperChef Culinary Pink Butcher 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
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Good 66/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
Aluminum foil
Confidence
82%
PossibleAluminum leaching from acidic foods
US Foods
PaperChef Culinary Pink Butcher Paper
PFAS grade
Poor 25/100
Overall grade
Bad 17/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Butcher paper with wax or silicone coating; grease-resistant treatment likely present
Confidence
45%
PossibleCoating composition uncertainty (non-PFAS)
PossibleThermal degradation of coating
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Aluminum leaching from acidic foods on the Sam's Club and not on the US Foods.
- We flag Coating composition uncertainty (non-PFAS) and Thermal degradation of coating on the US Foods and not on the Sam's Club.
- The Sam's Club is Aluminum foil where the US Foods is Butcher paper with wax or silicone coating; grease-resistant treatment likely present, 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 US Foods 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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