PaperChef Parchment Paper vs Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets: which is safer?

Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets is the clear pick. PaperChef Parchment Paper carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

PaperChef Parchment Paper

Schwartz Bros

PaperChef Parchment Paper

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 3/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

bleached paper with silicone coating

Confidence

72%

PossibleSilicone coating degradation at high temperature

PossibleMicroparticle migration from coating separation

PossibleUndisclosed processing chemicals in manufacturing

Our pick

Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets

Seventh Generation

Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Good 62/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

bleached paper with silicone coating

Confidence

82%

PossibleSilicone coating degradation and microparticles

PossibleHeat-induced breakdown of paper fibers

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Silicone coating degradation at high temperature, Microparticle migration from coating separation, Undisclosed processing chemicals in manufacturing and PFAS in the silicone formulation on the Schwartz Bros and not on the Seventh Generation.
  • We flag Silicone coating degradation and microparticles and Heat-induced breakdown of paper fibers on the Seventh Generation and not on the Schwartz Bros.
  • The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Seventh Generation 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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