Non-stick bakeware swap to Glass bakeware

Why make the swap

• Why switch to glass bakeware

  Glass has no coating at all, so knives, scrubbing and the dishwasher can’t wear anything off, and you can see the bottom brown as it bakes. Our picks are two 9 × 13 dishes and a loaf pan.

• What's the concern with non-stick bakeware

  Non-stick bakeware is often coated with PTFE, a PFAS. FDA says negligible amounts move into food from an intact coating. The open question is wear: a 2022 lab study estimated that a scratched coating may shed thousands to millions of tiny particles.

• General information, not medical advice. Ask your doctor, especially if you’re pregnant, nursing or have a health condition.

• Good to know before you buy

  Glass doesn’t like sudden changes in temperature: Pyrex calls its dish ‘incredibly durable as long as sudden changes in temperature are avoided’, so let a hot dish cool before it meets cold water. The two OXO picks come with BPA-free plastic lids for storing leftovers; the glass is what touches the food in the oven.

  Pyrex Basics 3-qt glass baking dish, 8.9 × 13.2": All glass, with no lid.

  OXO Good Grips glass baking dish with lid, 3 qt, 9 × 13": Borosilicate glass dish. The lid is BPA-free plastic, for storing leftovers.

  OXO Good Grips glass loaf pan with lid, 1.6 qt, 6 × 10": Borosilicate glass loaf pan. The lid is BPA- and PVC-free plastic, for storing leftovers.

• Sources (2)

  1. Luo et al. 2022: scratched PTFE-coated (non-stick) cookware may release thousands to millions of micro- and nanoplastic particles (opens in a new tab)
  2. FDA: PFAS are authorized as non-stick coatings on pots and pans; FDA says negligible amounts migrate from intact coatings (opens in a new tab)

  Health and safety facts on this page come from these sources. What a pick is made of comes from its maker's listing or website, as stated on the date we checked.