Every product page has a material profile. It covers the same things every time:
- Food-contact surfaces, and what each one is made of
- Coating: present, none reported, or unknown
- Other parts, like gaskets, lids, and handles, and what they are made of
- Glaze or enamel test status, where it applies
- Country of manufacture
- The documentation we hold
- Evidence level
- Anything still open with the maker
- Care and warranty, from the maker
- The date we last reviewed it
Each product gets one overall evidence level. It's set by the least certain fact about the parts that touch your food: the food-contact materials and any coating. Other details, like a rivet or a gasket, can be less certain. When they are, the profile says so plainly, and we ask the maker.
- Lab tested. An independent laboratory report is on file for this product, and the page says what it tested.
- Manufacturer documented. We hold a written specification or declaration.
- Manufacturer stated. The maker states it publicly, on its product page or in its catalog.
- Reported. It appears only in secondary sources.
- Unknown. We've asked the maker and are waiting on an answer.
A profile is a record of what the manufacturer discloses, not a certification.
Materials behave differently under heat, acid, abrasion, and time, and no material is right for every use.
And when a profile says "no coating reported," that's the maker's own statement about its cooking surface.