What are the ingredients to avoid in non-stick pan?

Detox My Life has researched 6 ingredients that turn up in non-stick pan: perfluorooctanoic acid (Swap in food and drink); nickel (Swap in food and drink); aluminum (Swap in food and drink); tin (Swap in food and drink); hfpo-da (genx) (Watch in indoor air); polytetrafluoroethylene (Watch in heated food packaging). Each level comes from sourced claims under the app's default Cautious lens; open the ingredient page for the claims, their evidence tiers and the sources.

What does the app suggest instead of non-stick pan?

The swap catalog lists alternative types, never brands: cast iron, stainless, carbon steel, ceramic. When you tell the app a new product replaced your non-stick pan, it credits the swap and your Detox Score moves by the exact impact.

Non-stick pan: ingredients to look for, and what to swap to

Cookware & storage6 researched ingredients

Non-stick pan is one of the 43 product kinds in Detox My Life's swap catalog: the things people most often replace when they start reading labels. Below is what the app's engine has researched in this kind of product, with the level each ingredient gets for the way it reaches you, and the alternative types the catalog suggests.

Researched ingredients in non-stick pan

Ingredient	Use researched	Level (Cautious)	Concerns · favour	Where it turns up
perfluorooctanoic acid	Eaten or drunk	Swap	6 · 0	pfas from non-stick cookware, packaging
nickel	Eaten or drunk	Swap	4 · 0	heavy metal from cookware, food
aluminum	Eaten or drunk	Swap	5 · 0	metal migration from cookware, foil
tin	Eaten or drunk	Swap	3 · 0	metal migration from cans, cookware
hfpo-da (genx)	In indoor air	Watch	3 · 0	pfoa replacement, non-stick coatings
polytetrafluoroethylene	Heated with food in it	Watch	1 · 0	non-stick coating for cookware

Levels come from the app's deterministic engine under its default Cautious lens (consensus plus emerging evidence). Open an ingredient for every claim, its tier, confidence and sources, and the level in the other lenses.

What the catalog suggests instead

Alternatives are types, never brands, and there are no affiliate links anywhere in the app or on this site.

Cast Iron
Stainless
Carbon Steel
Ceramic

In the app's swap catalog, replacing non-stick pan counts as a medium step for a home. That weighting is the catalog's own first-pass judgement used to rank your plan, not a sourced claim; the evidence lives on the ingredient pages.

How a swap is credited

When you scan the product that replaced your non-stick pan and tap This replaces…, the app logs the swap, counts the old product as a clean slot in its room and moves your Detox Score by exactly the promised impact. Fifty is a typical home in your region, so the number is yours to beat, not an absolute nobody reaches.

This is research, not medical advice. Detox My Life shows sourced claims sorted by evidence tier. It does not diagnose, treat, or tell you to start or stop anything. Talk to a qualified professional about your health.

Scan your own. The app reads any product label with your camera, works out how you are about to use it, and researches every ingredient for that use with live sources. Every scan adds to a Detox Score for your home, where 50 is a typical home in your region, and a plan of next swaps.

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