365 by Whole Foods Market 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 carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

365 by Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods 365

365 by Whole Foods Market

PFAS grade

Good 60/100

Overall grade

Poor 44/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

varies by product line; typically paperboard, cardboard, or plastic film

Confidence

35%

PossibleBPA and BPS in plastic films and laminates

PossiblePhthalates in flexible plastic pouches and film wraps

PossibleMigration from cardboard and paperboard coatings

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 BPA and BPS in plastic films and laminates, Phthalates in flexible plastic pouches and film wraps, Migration from cardboard and paperboard coatings and Formaldehyde resins in paperboard adhesives and finishes 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 varies by product line; typically paperboard, cardboard, or plastic film where the If You Care is silicone-coated parchment paper, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 30 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 35% 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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