Hi there! I just purchased two cookie sheets labeled as non-stick 100% carbon steel. I've never heard of carbon steel before, and I'm trying to be careful about not using certain products that are harmful to health such as aluminum and Teflon. Is this a safe metal choice for baking?
100 carbon steel baking sheet safe
This Site Might Help You. RE: Is 100% carbon steel baking sheet safe? Hi there! I just purchased two cookie sheets labeled as non-stick 100% carbon steel. I've never heard of carbon steel before, and I'm trying to be careful about not using certain products that are harmful to health such as aluminum and Teflon. Is this a safe metal choice for...
Yes. Carbon steel is one of the most common metals used by human beings. When the Bronze Age ended and the Iron Age started, most of the iron humans could make was carbon steel. A Cast Iron frying pan is carbon steel (well... technically, there are differences between cast irons and steels but... anyway). Our cast iron frying pans (almost the only fry pans we have used for 30+ years) are mostly non-stick because we keep them well seasoned. Humans need iron in our diet anyway. You might want to check to verify what (if anything) it is coated with to make it Non-stick because, in general, steel cookware is stick. If it is coated with ceramic (enameled), then there won't be any rust because the iron is coated and protected from water. The non-stick ceramic coatings are very good. Ceramics are chemically inert to almost everything on earth (all but some of the most exotic chemicals you will ever find in a Chem Lab). As a side note... a large number of studies of industrial exposure to aluminum and aluminum compounds (people who work in Al production plants and are exposed to large quantities for years and years and years) has shown that there is NO correlation with Alzheimers or any other diseases. The major health risk for these populations was lung problems due to inhalation of fine dust (which, turned out, was not even as bad as breathing, for example, dust containing cotton fibers in garment workers).
