Kitchen
Fewer chemicalsPlastic wrap swap to Beeswax wraps
Cling film gets used once and binned. A beeswax wrap covers bowls, cheese and half an onion, again and again, for about a year.
Our pick
Akeeko 9-pk
Why make the swap
Why switch to beeswax wraps
Cotton coated in beeswax, resin and jojoba. Reusable for about a year, then compostable in a home compost bin.
What's the concern with plastic wrap
Some deli and store film is PVC softened with a plasticiser (DEHA) that can move into cheese and other fatty foods: in a 1997 Danish test, 77% of the PVC films used for fatty foods went over the limit for DEHA. Many home rolls are polyethylene, which needs no softener; one big brand’s ingredient page lists low-density polyethylene, with polybutylene to make it cling. Either way, the wrap is used once and thrown away.
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
Not for raw meat, hot food or the microwave. Not vegan.
Akeeko 9-pk: Never in the oven or on hot food.
Bee's Wrap 3-pk: Never in the oven or on hot food.
Sources (2)
- Petersen 1997, Food Addit Contam: 77% of PVC films used for fatty foods exceeded the DEHA migration limit (opens in a new tab)
- SC Johnson ingredient page: Saran Premium Wrap is low-density polyethylene, with polybutylene as a cling agent (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.
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