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Does anyone know what greaseproof carryout food packaging includes?
by exhilaration 5y ago
Does anyone know what greaseproof carryout food packaging includes?
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- layoutIfNeeded 5y agoAny kind of food wrapping paper or food box.
- londons_explore 5y agoThe same kind of peel off paper backing that stickers come on. Some people would call it "wax paper", although I don't think any wax is involved anymore...
- DoingIsLearning 5y agoSo you mean those paper food boxes with a 'fat' resistant coating? That's pretty much all takeaway food boxes, no?
- londons_explore 5y agoYes.
- fy20 5y agoIt depends on where you get it from, but in general it seems like it's the same stuff. https://www.consumerreports.org/toxic-chemicals-substances/potentially-hazardous-pfas-found-in-fast-food-packaging-report-finds/ https://www.consumerreports.org/toxic-chemicals-substances/p... Cups are typically coated with polyethylene to make them waterproof, but I think I read somewhere that they are then coated with PTFE to make them slide apart easier when stacked.
- boringg 5y agoThe level of PFAs during the pandemic must have just skyrocketed if this packaging is indeed a culprit.
- ip26 5y agoThink of the formed paper bowls at Qdoba or similar fast casual. The ones that don’t seem coated yet magically don’t disintegrate when they are covered in oil. I believe it’s specifically those, not so much things like butcher paper or soda cups.
- sizzle 5y agoAre these the faux-cardboard impregnated with plastic lining take out boxes?
- jerkstate 5y agoProbably the same as “parchment paper” you get for baking - ptfe