On July 21, 2026, Defend Our Health, a US-based civil society organization, launched a searchable directory of chemical disclosure information from more than 200 cookware, bakeware, and small kitchen appliance brands. The resource summarizes whether companies report intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in product disclosures required by law in the US state of California.
Companies included in the directory manufacture products including pots and pans, baking equipment, coffee makers, and other small kitchen appliances. Users can search by manufacturer to access the disclosure pages directly. Brands are grouped according to whether their disclosures indicate no PFAS, PFAS in one or more products, or if PFAS use is unclear. Defend Our Health stated that the information is based on company disclosures rather than independent chemical testing and reflects publicly available information reviewed through the end of June 2026. Defend Our Health contacted the brands included in the review to confirm or clarify the information.
The project uses disclosure requirements established under California’s Safer Food Packaging & Cookware Act (Assembly Bill 1200). Since January 1, 2023, manufacturers selling cookware in California that contains intentionally added chemicals included on the state’s Candidate Chemicals list must publish information about those chemicals online. California’s Attorney General warned companies in 2023 about penalties for failing to comply with the cookware disclosure provisions (FPF reported).
In 2024, the Food Packaging Forum published an overview of the scientific evidence on PFAS detected in food packaging and other food contact articles, finding that many detected PFAS were absent from regulatory and industry inventories (FPF reported).
According to Defend Our Health, the project is intended to make information contained across individual manufacturer websites easier for consumers and regulators to access. Several US states have moved beyond disclosure toward restrictions on intentionally added PFAS in cookware and other consumer products (FPF reported).
References
Defend Our Health (July 21, 2026). “Find top cookware brands’ materials disclosures.”
California Legislature. “AB-1200 Plant-based food packaging: cookware: hazardous chemicals.“
Department of Toxic Substances Control. “Chemical disclosures for cookware.“
