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Scanpan: what it’s actually made from

Every Scanpan product we have scored, with the maker’s own words about materials and what those words leave out. Average across the range: 47.7 out of 100.

We have scored 3 Scanpan products. They average 47.7 out of 100 on materials, and the spread between the best and worst is 17 points.

Of those 3: 1 name the surface that touches food at least to a material family; 2 disclose a fluoropolymer coating outright; 3 state a country of manufacture; 2 have a materials claim backed by anything other than the maker’s own word.

Every Scanpan product we have scored

ProductCategoryScore /100What it is made of
Scanpan Black Iron Carbon Steel Fry Pan 22cm (David Jones) · AUCookware59Carbon steel, 2.5–3.0mm · pre-seasoned with vegetable oil, species not named · stainless h
SCANPAN CLASSIC 10.25" Fry Pan · USCookware42Recycled cast aluminium · “STRATANIUM” coating, which the maker’s own FAQ states “contain[
Scanpan Classic Induction Frypan 20cm (Myer / David Jones) · AUCookware42“Stratanium” coating, which Scanpan states contains PTFE · squeeze-cast aluminium · bakeli

Click a product to read the full record — the exact wording the maker uses, what is missing, and every source. Scores are out of 100 and measure materials, not safety: 59/100 means “coated, or plastic in contact”. The rubric is here.

Where these sit on the site

Scanpan appears in Cookware. The Australian and American editions are scored the same way, so a product marked AU and one marked US are directly comparable.

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