PFAS score
365 by Whole Foods · Frozen French Fries & Frozen Food Bags
365 Everyday Value Crinkle Cut Sweet Potato Fries, 20 oz.
Lower concern for the food itself, but packaging grease-resistance likely involves PFAS, no disclosure from brand.
Frozen sweet potato fries carry standard food safety oversight. The packaging (cardboard/paper box) almost certainly includes grease-resistant treatment to contain oil from the fries; such coatings commonly use PFAS. Whole Foods/365 provides no public disclosure of PFAS mitigation or testing.
The safe swap
Cascadian Farm
Cascadian Farm Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut
70/100 safety
Still want this one anyway? Check the price on Amazon. We’d swap it.
Material
paper/cardboard box with grease-resistant coating; frozen potato product
Brand disclosure
Brand is silent on PFAS
Lab data
No public lab test
Why this grade
Waterproof / stain-resistant treatment
water-repellent coating treatments have historically used PFAS.
Category baseline
food packaging is a category where PFAS exposure is more common.
No PFAS disclosure
No public statement about PFAS in this product.
What we don’t know
This grade is a model-based estimate from public materials, coatings, and brand disclosure at 35% confidence. It is not a lab result.
No independent PFAS lab test is on record for this exact product. A lab test could move the score in either direction.
The brand has not made a specific, verifiable PFAS-free statement, so part of this score reflects that missing disclosure rather than a confirmed material.
Formulations and coatings change between production runs. Always check the current label before buying.
Safer alternatives in Frozen French Fries & Frozen Food Bags
Cascadian Farm
Organic Oven Fries Wedge Cut
paper/cardboard box and plastic film inner bag
Lower PFAS concern for frozen food in standard packaging; no red flags, but brand offers no transparency.
⚠Risky category by default
Simplot
Traditional Homestead French Fry
Paper/cardboard box packaging with typical potato product contents (fried potatoes, vegetable oil, salt, seasonings)
Lower concern, standard frozen fry packaging with no known PFAS-prone materials, though no explicit brand assurance given.
⚠Risky category by default
Alexia
House Cut Fries
Frozen potato product in cardboard box with polyethylene bag lining
Lower concern for PFAS, standard frozen food packaging without known PFAS-prone coatings.
⚠Risky category by default
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