Bamboo
Not a fluorochemicalBase materials. Also written bamboo, bamboo fibre, bamboo viscose.
Bamboo, either as the solid plant in boards and utensils or regenerated into a fibre for textiles and moulded tableware.
The plant is not a fluorochemical. Moulded bamboo tableware is held together by a resin, and bamboo tableware is one of the applications state restrictions address, so the binder is the part worth asking about.
What the makers actually said
Of the 22 graded products whose materials record bamboo alongside a coating or finish, 100% name no coating chemistry anywhere in their published materials. This is a count of what companies published. It is not a statement about what any product contains.
- Named a fluoropolymer
- 0
- Named a coating that is not a fluorochemical
- 0
- Named no chemistry at all
- 22
A further 20 products record bamboo with no coating or finish at all, so there is nothing for a maker to have disclosed. They are outside the split above.
Free to quote with a link. Of the 22 graded consumer products that record bamboo together with a coating or finish, not one of them names a coating chemistry anywhere in their published materials, according to PFAS Authority's October 2026 spec sheet decoder edition.
How those 42 products graded on our rubric
These are model-based estimates, not laboratory tests, scored on one public rubric. Read the spread against the categories underneath it rather than as a verdict on bamboo in the abstract, because the rubric gives every category a baseline and a term concentrated in one category will carry that category’s spread with it.
Median grade 30 out of 100, across 8 categories.
| Grade | Products | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Excellent | 6 | 14.3% |
| Good | 14 | 33.3% |
| Poor | 22 | 52.4% |
| Bad | 0 | 0% |
Where bamboo turns up
The 6 categories holding the most of it, out of 8. Each one links to the live ranking for that category, best graded first.
Best graded with bamboo
One per category, best first, so the list is not five of the same thing.
- Aisle Period Underwear HipsterPeriod Underwear100 · Excellent
- Klean Kanteen Rise Reflect with Bamboo CapPortable Water Bottles95 · Excellent
- Humble Brush Floss Picks Charcoal 50 PiecesDental Floss75 · Excellent
- 5pcs Bamboo Charcoal Washable Incontinence PadsIncontinence Pads & Protection70 · Good
- Coco Wooden Rectangular Takeout Bento BoxFood Packaging70 · Good
Worst graded with bamboo
One per category, worst first. A low grade here is usually something else on the product, not the term.
- U by Kotex Bamboo Ultra Thin Pads with WingsPeriod Pads25 · Poor
- Sustain Bamboo Paper Sandwich / Wrap Take Out ContainerFood Packaging25 · Poor
- Rearz Bamboo Night Booster Pads 1 Booster PadIncontinence Pads & Protection25 · Poor
- Bambody Absorbent Period Panties Bamboo Rayon Leakproof Period Underwear for Women and TeensPeriod Underwear25 · Poor
- Waterproof Mattress Protector Bamboo Viscose Ultra Soft Leak-Proof Mattress CoverMattress Protectors30 · Poor
Decode a whole listing instead
A product usually names several of these at once, and the one that matters is rarely the one in the title. Paste the full materials line into the decoder and it will pick out every term it recognises, the most open-ended first.
Other base materials
- Stainless steel
- Silicone
- Cast iron
- Enamel or porcelain
- Glass
- Anodized aluminium
- Titanium
- Copper
- Cotton
- Wool
- Polyester
- Nylon
- Polyurethane and TPU
- Acrylic
- Rubber or latex
- Polyethylene or polypropylene
- Moulded fibre or bioplastic
Edition 2026-10-08, read from 11,337 graded products carrying a material string, and frozen at that date. A term is matched against the material and construction string recorded for each product, written from its published materials, specification and ingredient list rather than from a laboratory test. Products count under every term they match, so the totals across terms overlap. Found something wrong? Tell us.