PFAS score
Wellshire Farms · Deli Meat & Cold Cuts Packaging
Wellshire Farms 8oz Slow Cooked Ham, Fully Cooked and Ready to Serve – Made from Humanely Raised Pork with No Antibiotics or Hormones, a Tender and
Moderate concern: processed deli meat in packaging likely treated with PFAS for grease resistance; no brand disclosure.
Wellshire Farms does not publicly disclose PFAS use in this product's packaging or manufacturing. The carton is almost certainly coated with water/grease-resistant treatment, standard for ready-to-eat meat packaging, which commonly contains PFAS. No third-party PFAS testing results are publicly available for this brand.
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
processed pork meat in paper/paperboard carton (likely PFAS-treated)
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.
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