This is what’s inside the ceramic non-stick coating of Cook & Pan!

We're opening the kitchen cabinets. No boring marketing talk, just the facts about the PFAS-free layer in our pans.

The ceramic layer: what exactly is it?

The non-stick layer on our ceramic pans is a ceramic sol-gel coating. It's applied to the pan and cured in the oven into a smooth, hard finish. It contains no PFAS, PFOA or PTFE (Teflon). So our ceramic pans are not made of earthenware or stone: they're aluminium or stainless steel pans with a ceramic layer on top.

One coating line, just for ceramic 🔍

"PFAS-free" also depends on where your pan is coated. In factories where PFAS-containing and ceramic coatings run on the same line, residue from one can end up on the other. That's why we set up a separate coating line with our factory, just for ceramic coatings. No PFAS-containing coating is processed on that line.

Is this non-stick coating really safe? 🛡️

We don't just leave that to ourselves. Our ceramic pans are tested independently:

• No PFAS detected: the lab Light Labs looked for 30 different PFAS substances, including PFOA and PFOS, and found none. All 30 show "not detected". You can see the results under "View lab results" on our product pages.
• Safe for food contact: our ceramic frying pans have been tested by SGS under the European rules for materials in contact with food and the stricter German LFGB, covering things like migration of substances into your food, heavy metals and colour release.
• Honest about the limits: a lab measures a sample at a certain moment. That's why we also look at how the coating line is set up.

You can read everything about our materials and way of working in our blog What's actually in our pans?. Want to know more about the difference between PFAS and Teflon? That's in there too.

Choose a pan you can trust ✨

Whether you go for the beautiful Signature collection or the unique Honey pans: you always choose a non-stick coating that is honest and safe. A pan that looks good and cooks good.

Ready to cook worry-free from now on? 🥘

Browse our full collection and find your perfect match at Cook & Pan!