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vmaldia asked in Food & DrinkCooking & Recipes · 1 decade ago

Why does Tefal cookware not give the kind of coating on their nonstick cookware?

DuPont markets several kinds of Teflon coatings for cookware. Arranged in order of decreasing price and durability (more or less) they are: DuPont™ Autograph®, DuPont™ Teflon® Platinum Pro, DuPont™ Teflon® Platinum, DuPont™ Teflon® Select, DuPont™ Teflon® Xtra, DuPont™ Teflon® Classic and DuPont™ Teflon® with Radiance Technology

http://www2.dupont.com/Teflon/en_US/products/cookw...

I noticed that most of the teflon coated cookware in my local department store has those labels which clearly identify what kind of teflon coating they have. Tefal is one of the exceptions. Why? Do they have their own special formulation? Or do they just use one of those listed above and just say that their coating is tough?

Of course I have to assume that the different models may have different coatings but AFAIK tefal exclusively uses teflon too. It isnt one of the brands that uses alternatives like fancy ceramics.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I suppose you could ask the company? It is very possible customer service would/could tell you, or could get someone who could.

    That's really the only option I can think of short of breaking out the chemistry lab and finding out through trial and error... hehe!

  • They prefer to keep it a secret.

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