These types of plastic spatulas tend to be recycled plastic. Which…you’d usually be all like “Oh, that’s great!”
WRONG! Unfortunately it means you’re getting an unknown exposure level of forever chemicals and there’s rarely any oversight on what types of plastics are put into these. So it’s worse than just cooking with plastics. It’s cooking with an amalgam of unknown plastics that may be putting a huge amount of chemicals into your food.
fireweed@lemmy.world 7 months ago
At least upgrade to silicone. I’m baffled that cooking utensils even come in nylon. Options should only be metal, wood, silicone if intended to use near heat.
PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
As far as I have seen, nylon is considered food safe and dishwasher friendly. weeklypellet.com/…/the-tricky-business-of-choosin…
DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
The Weekly Pellet is a website for people in the plastics industry.
Here’s a site focused on people in the food industry:
www.chefsresource.com/is-nylon-food-safe/
Nylon is considered food safe while it is in good condition, but not if it has been damaged or used at temperatures higher than what it is rated for. If you cook at max on your stove top, you can exceed the safe temperature of Nylon very easily.
chefreader.com/how-hot-does-a-frying-pan-get/
notapantsday@feddit.de 7 months ago
Nylon can be washed in the dishwasher, but in my experience it does degrade a bit over time. Silicone on the other hand tends to absorb any smell or taste, including dish washing detergent.