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

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

Parchment Paper Roll 50 sq ft up&up

Store Brand (Target)

Parchment Paper Roll 50 sq ft up&up

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 13/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Paper with silicone or wax coating

Confidence

45%

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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