PFAS score
Perdue · Deli Meat & Cold Cuts Packaging
Perdue Farms No Antibiotics Ever Hickory Smoked Turkey Ham
Skip or contact Perdue directly, grease-resistant food packaging commonly contains PFAS, but brand makes no disclosure.
This deli meat's packaging uses a grease-resistant coating typical of food contact materials, which frequently contain PFAS to repel oils and moisture. Perdue makes no public statement about PFAS in their packaging materials.
The safe swap
Oscar Mayer
Oscar Mayer Smoked Ham & Turkey Sub Kit
70/100 safety
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Material
Plastic/paper composite packaging with grease-resistant coating
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 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
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⚠Risky category by default
Boar's Head
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Lower concern for PFAS, food itself is not a typical PFAS vector, though tray origin unknown.
⚠Risky category by default
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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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