If You Care Parchment Baking Sheets vs Parchment Paper: which is safer?

If You Care Parchment Baking Sheets is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Parchment Paper by Kroger

If You Care Parchment Baking Sheets

PFAS grade

F 50/100

Overall grade

F 28/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

bleached paper with silicone coating

Confidence

72%

PossibleSilicone migration into food

PossiblePaper degradation and fiber shedding

PossibleOff-gassing at high temperature

Why this grade

Parchment Paper by Market Pantry

Parchment Paper

PFAS grade

F 25/100

Overall grade

F 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Cellulose paper with unspecified silicone or polymer coating

Confidence

45%

PossiblePolymer/silicone coating leaching (unspecified composition)

LikelyThermal degradation of coating

PossibleResidual processing chemicals in cellulose or coating

Why this grade

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 →

More grease-resistant parchment paper: see the full ranking