Bright Essentials 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. Bright Essentials Parchment Paper carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Bright Essentials Parchment Paper

Bright Essentials Parchment Paper

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 7/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Cellulose paper with silicone coating

Confidence

62%

PossibleSilicone coating thermal stability

PossibleCoating transfer at high temperature

ReportedUnknown additives in silicone formulation

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 thermal stability, Coating transfer at high temperature and Unknown additives in silicone formulation on the and not on the If You Care.
  • We flag Paper degradation and particulate shedding on the If You Care and not on the .
  • The is Cellulose paper with silicone coating 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.

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