PFAS in Parchment Paper and Silicone Baking Mats, 163 Liners Graded

We graded 163 baking liners, from parchment paper and oven liners to reusable silicone mats. The split is sharp. Plain silicone baking mats, Silpat included, grade 70 out of 100. Most parchment paper grades 25. The exception is If You Care parchment at 90, which carries a brand no-added-PFAS statement and a published lab result with no fluorine detected.

If you want the short answer, a silicone baking mat is the best-graded reusable option in our data, and among disposable parchment If You Care leads at 90.

Summary comparison table

Product	PFAS grade	Material as recorded
Silpat Non-Stick Silicone Baking Mat	Good, 70/100	Food-grade silicone
Silpat Perfect Cookie Baking Mat	Good, 70/100	Silicone with fiberglass mesh
OXO Good Grips Silicone Baking Mat	Good, 70/100	Food-grade silicone
Home Collection Silicone Baking Mats	Good, 70/100	Food-grade silicone
If You Care Baking Paper, Parchment, 70 Square Feet	Excellent, 90/100	Silicone-coated unbleached paper, brand claim and lab result
If You Care Parchment Baking Sheets	Excellent, 90/100	Unbleached paper, silicone coating, brand claim and lab result
Reynolds Kitchens Parchment Paper	Poor, 25/100	Silicone-coated paper, no PFAS statement
Kirkland Signature Parchment Paper 2-Pack	Poor, 25/100	Silicone-coated paper, no PFAS statement
Amazon Basics Parchment Paper	Poor, 25/100	Silicone-coated paper, no PFAS statement
Great Value Non-Stick Parchment Paper Roll	Bad, 20/100	Paper, non-stick coating of unstated type
Nordic Ware Oven Liner	Bad, 20/100	Coated oven liner, composition not stated

How we graded these

Every grade here is a model-based estimate built from publicly available product information and manufacturer disclosures, not a lab test performed by our team. A high score means lower concern based on reviewed sources, never PFAS-free and never safe. Across the 163 liners the spread is four at 90, 38 at 70, one at 50, 99 at 25 and 21 at 20. Spatulas, tongs and other utensils that had been filed in this category are excluded. Look up any liner in our PFAS product finder.

Why silicone mats grade well

A silicone baking mat releases food because silicone does. Silpat describes its mats as food-grade silicone over a fiberglass mesh, and none of the silicone mats we graded has an applied coating on record. They carry a credit for a material not associated with PFAS and the penalty for a maker saying nothing about PFAS, which is where 70 comes from.

Why most parchment grades 25

Parchment paper is paper made to resist grease and release food, usually with a thin silicone coating. Our model counts that grease-resistant treatment as a concern unless it is verified, because grease-resistant papers are one of the routes by which fluorinated chemistry has historically reached food contact. 95 of the 99 products at 25 come from makers that say nothing about PFAS, including Reynolds, Kirkland Signature, Amazon Basics and most store brands.

That is not a finding that these papers contain PFAS. Silicone itself is not fluorinated. It is a record of a treated paper with no statement and no verification behind it.

If You Care is the parchment that moves up. If You Care describes its baking tools as having no added PFAS, which our model credits and records as unverified, and Mamavation reported in April 2021 that an EPA-certified lab found no total fluorine at or above 10 ppm in If You Care Parchment Baking Paper. The claim and the lab result together put four If You Care parchment listings at 90.

A correction to this guide

An earlier version of this guide said several Silpat mats carried PTFE or fluoropolymer coatings, and graded them 10 and 15. That was wrong, and it was a false statement about Silpat. Silpat describes its mats as food-grade silicone and fiberglass mesh, and our grading model had turned the word non-stick into a coating. On 16 September 2026 we removed invented non-stick coatings from more than 50 silicone and plastic mats, molds and utensils across the site, including every Silpat mat, and those mats now grade 70 in this category. We also removed about 70 utensils and other kitchen tools that had been filed here.

The same day we removed MADE SAFE certifications that our records had attached to If You Care and Seventh Generation parchment. We could not find an If You Care product in MADE SAFE's directory, and we could not confirm that the parchment filed under Seventh Generation is a Seventh Generation product. If You Care now grades 90 on its own statement and a published lab result, and the parchment that had been credited to Seventh Generation grades 25.

What to avoid

• Parchment, oven liners and coated fabric mats sold as non-stick with no coating chemistry named and no PFAS statement. Those are the 21 products at 20.
• Assuming a well-known supermarket brand has addressed PFAS in its parchment. Most have not.
• Reading 25 as proof of PFAS. It reflects a grease-resistant paper with no statement or verification.

For more on paper food contact, see our grease-resistant parchment guide and food packaging guide.

Our pick

Based on available materials and data, for a reusable liner we would choose the Silpat Non-Stick Silicone Baking Mat at 70 out of 100, food-grade silicone with no coating on record. For disposable parchment, the If You Care Parchment Baking Sheets at 90 carry If You Care's no-added-PFAS statement and a 2021 lab result with no fluorine detected. These grades are estimates built from disclosed materials, not laboratory proof, and nothing here is being called PFAS-free or safe by us.

FAQ

Does parchment paper have PFAS?

Most parchment we graded is recorded as silicone-coated paper, and silicone is not fluorinated. Parchment still grades 25 in our data when the maker says nothing about PFAS, because the grease-resistant treatment is unverified. If You Care parchment carries a brand no-added-PFAS statement and a published lab result with no fluorine detected, and grades 90.

Are Silpat mats PFAS-free?

Silpat describes its mats as food-grade silicone over fiberglass mesh, with no PTFE or fluoropolymer coating described. Silpat mats grade 70 in this category. We have no Silpat or Demarle PFAS statement on record, and an earlier claim attached to one Demarle Silpat mat in our prep mat data was removed on 17 September 2026 because we could not confirm it. We have not tested them. An earlier version of this guide wrongly listed PTFE on some Silpat mats, which we corrected on 16 September 2026.

Is a silicone baking mat better than parchment for PFAS?

In our data, plain silicone mats grade 70 and most parchment grades 25, so a silicone mat is the better-graded choice unless you buy If You Care parchment, which grades 90.

Is Reynolds parchment paper PFAS-free?

Reynolds has no PFAS statement on record for the parchment we graded. It is recorded as silicone-coated paper and grades 25, which reflects an unverified grease-resistant treatment, not a finding that it contains PFAS.