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Cookware

Most nonstick coatings shed particles into your food as they wear, and those chemicals don't break down, building up in the body over time. Watch the labels: "PFOA-free" and "PFAS-free" pans are often coated with a different forever chemical instead, one that's simply less studied.

Source: Luo et al. (2022), Science of the Total Environment.

Below are the verified cookware swaps

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Stainless Steel

$Budget Pick All-Clad Designed and made in USA 3-ply 18/10 stainless, aluminum core. Uncoated. 360 Cookware Designed and made in USA 3-ply T-316 surgical stainless, aluminum core. Uncoated. Use code ROOTSNFRUITS Hestan Designed in USA and made in Italy 3-ply 18/10 stainless, aluminum core. Uncoated.

Cast Iron

$Budget Pick Lodge Designed and made in USA Bare cast iron, pre-seasoned with vegetable oil. Field Company Designed and made in USA Smooth, thin-walled cast iron, grapeseed-seasoned. Smithey Designed and made in USA Polished heavy-gauge cast iron, grapeseed-seasoned.

Ceramic

$Budget Pick La Chamba Designed and made in Colombia Hand-formed black clay. No glaze or coatings. Emile Henry Designed and made in France High-fired Burgundy ceramic. Lead- and cadmium-free. Xtrema Designed in USA and manufactured in China Pure ceramic, no metal or coatings. Prop 65 compliant. Use code ROOTSNFRUITS

Carbon Steel

$Budget Pick Lodge Designed and made in USA Bare carbon steel, pre-seasoned with vegetable oil. de Buyer Designed and made in France 99% iron, 1% carbon. Beeswax-finished. Smithey Designed and made in USA Bare carbon steel, oil-seasoned. Light, fast-heating.