365 by Whole Foods Market Unbleached Parchment Paper vs Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet: which is safer?

If You Care Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet is the clear pick. 365 by Whole Foods Market Unbleached Parchment Paper carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

365 by Whole Foods Market Unbleached Parchment Paper

Whole Foods 365

365 by Whole Foods Market Unbleached Parchment Paper

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 7/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Unbleached paper, likely silicone-treated for non-stick release

Confidence

45%

PossibleSilicone coating degradation at high heat

PossibleCoating adhesion and leaching into fatty foods

ReportedLack of independent certification for PFAS or chemical content

Our pick

If You Care Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet

If You Care

Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet

PFAS grade

Excellent 90/100

Overall grade

Excellent 86/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

silicone-coated parchment paper

Confidence

82%

PossiblePaper degradation and particulate shedding

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Silicone coating degradation at high heat, Coating adhesion and leaching into fatty foods and Lack of independent certification for PFAS or chemical content on the Whole Foods 365 and not on the If You Care.
  • We flag Paper degradation and particulate shedding on the If You Care and not on the Whole Foods 365.
  • The Whole Foods 365 is Unbleached paper, likely silicone-treated for non-stick release where the If You Care is silicone-coated parchment paper, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 65 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the If You Care is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Whole Foods 365 grade, at 45% confidence against 82%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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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