PFAS score
Hormel · Deli Meat & Cold Cuts Packaging
Hormel Natural Choice Oven Roasted Deli Turkey
Skip, deli meat packaging commonly uses grease-resistant coatings; no transparency from Hormel on PFAS status.
Hormel Natural Choice deli turkey is wrapped in typical vacuum-sealed plastic/paperboard packaging. Meat packaging often contains grease-resistant coatings that may include fluorinated compounds to prevent oils from bleeding through, but Hormel provides no public disclosure of packaging chemistry.
The safe swap
Oscar Mayer
Oscar Mayer Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit
70/100 safety
Still want this one anyway? Check the price on Amazon. We’d swap it.
Material
Plastic/paperboard meat packaging with unknown barrier coating
Brand disclosure
Brand is silent on PFAS
Lab data
No public lab test
Why this grade
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 45% 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 Deli Meat & Cold Cuts Packaging
Oscar Mayer
Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit
plastic film wrapper; likely PE or PP film
Lower-concern food item; packaging PFAS risk modest but not ruled out, no brand transparency.
⚠Risky category by default
Boar's Head
Charcuterie & Cheese Tray
food (charcuterie, cheese); cardboard/plastic tray substrate
Lower concern for PFAS, food itself is not a typical PFAS vector, though tray origin unknown.
⚠Risky category by default
Boar's Head
Charcuterie & Cheese
plastic film (vacuum-sealed package)
Lower concern for direct product, but packaging PFAS content unknown, verify compostability claims elsewhere.
⚠Risky category by default
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How we score: every product runs through the same public 0–100 rubric based on materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls. See the full methodology → Spotted a mistake? Report an error.