Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets vs Parchment Paper Roll 50 sq ft up&up: which is safer?
Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets is the clear pick. Parchment Paper Roll 50 sq ft up&up carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Seventh Generation
Parchment Baking Sheets | 3 x 24 sheets
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSilicone coating degradation and microparticles
PossibleHeat-induced breakdown of paper fibers
Store Brand (Target)
Parchment Paper Roll 50 sq ft up&up
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleThermal degradation of silicone or wax coating
PossibleMineral oil or wax migration at high temperatures
PossibleCoating separation or flaking into food
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Silicone coating degradation and microparticles and Heat-induced breakdown of paper fibers on the Seventh Generation and not on the Store Brand (Target).
- We flag Thermal degradation of silicone or wax coating, Mineral oil or wax migration at high temperatures and Coating separation or flaking into food on the Store Brand (Target) and not on the Seventh Generation.
- The Seventh Generation is bleached paper with silicone coating where the Store Brand (Target) is Paper with silicone or wax 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 Seventh Generation is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Store Brand (Target) 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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