Kitchen Products
Eco-friendly Cookware
Cuisinart http://www.cuisinart.com
Cuisinart markets a "Green Gourmet" hard anodized eco-friendly nonstick cookware. The skillets have a ceramic-based surface and are free of PFOA and PTFE. The skillets come in various sizes. Available online.
EarthPan http://www.earthpan.au.com
EarthPan, an Australian manufacturer of kitchenware, now offers a wide range of PTFE and PFOA free cookware, including frying pans and sauce pans. The cookware is covered with environmentally friendly coating derived from sand, the use of which also results in a diswasher safe product. Available online.
Ecolution http://www.ecolutionhome.com
Ecolution makes aluminum pans coated with hydrolon, a water based nonstick coating made without PFOA. The pans come in a variety of sizes, from small fryingpans to large saucepans. Available online and at various retailers nationwide, generally at reasonable, mass market prices.
Green Earth Pan http://www.ozeri.com
This green pan, literally and figuratively, is made without PFOA and PTFE but with a textured ceramic coating to provide for a safe and eco-friendly cooking experience. The pan comes in three different sizes.
Kaiser Bakeware http://www.kaiserbakeware.com
Kaiser Bakeware makes a huge array of baking supplies ranging from springform pans to baking pans, from cookie sheets to bundt forms and much, much more. The company is converting to non-toxic nonstick coating that is free of PTFE and PFOA - which is clearly identified on the label/packaging. They also have a discount site for overstocked items - you can find the link on the company's web site. All bakeware is still made in Germany.
Marcus Samuelsson Cookware http://www.marcuscookware.com
Chef Marcus Samuelsson offers professional quality cookware for the home, designed and made in the U.S. His line includes a 10-piece set and an 8-piece set with stock pots, sauce pans, sauté pans and frying pans. He also introduced his Eco-Satin Non-PFOA nonstick frying pans in 3 sizes (12, 10 and 8 inch pans) as well as a new Eco-Satin Non-PFOA 10-piece cookware set with sauce pans, stock pots, sauté pans and frying pans. Available online and at various retailers nationwide.
Pedrini http://www.pedrini.com
Pedrini, an Italian bake and cookware company, recently started offering non-PFOA coated bake ware, including cookie sheets and muffin tins, as well as non-PFOA coated pots and pans in a wide range of shapes. The pans are available nationwide, generally at reasonable, mass market prices (i.e., a cookie sheet for $5.99 at the A&P).
Scanpan Cookware http://www.scanpancookware.com
Scanpan Cookware uses a PFOA-free, ceramic-titanium nonstick surface in its new "Green Tek" line of cookware. Available online on the company's web site and at www.surlatable.com
Eco-friendly plastic products
Preserve http://www.preserveproducts.com
Preserve food storage and kitchen products are made in the USA of recycled and 100% recyclable #5 (polypropylene) plastic that is BPA, phthalate, and lead-free. Most of the products are green in color as well. The company offers food storage containers in various sizes and shapes, cutting boards, colanders, measuring cups, and mixing bowls, perfect for salad lunches, soups, or small yogurt cups. Available nationwide.
Rubbermaid http://www.rubbermaid.com
Rubbermaid carries a whole line of BPA-free plastic products, including food storage containers ("flex and seal," "easy find lids" and many others), water bottles (sip bottles, squirt top bottles and others), pitchers and coolers. The company provides a complete list of BPA-free products on its website. Available nationwide.
Sistema http://www.sistemaplastics.com/
Sistema Plastics is a New Zealand plastic product manufacturer that still makes all of its products in its home country and makes all those products BPA-free. The product list is varied and includes the Sistema "to Go" collection that includes a container for everything you could possibly eat or drink on the go, such as breakfast containers, lunch cubes, salad containers, cutlery to go, a soup container and so on. The company also makes kids lunch boxes and juice/water containers, as well as a line of stainless steel water bottles. Then there are the regular kitchen containers and a new, vibrant line of microwave safe food storage containers.
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