Having decided that our regular stainless steel frying pan is not practical for quickly frying a single egg in the mornings, we went looking for a small non-stick pan.

Among the collection of pans in the department store’s home goods section, we saw the Cuisinart Green Gourmet range. Unlike all the others, these were packaged in simple brown card and claimed to be “Eco-Friendly Nonstick Cookware.”

Eco-Friendly Cookware?
Was this just another attempt at greenwashing? Well, perhaps since the core of the pan is made from aluminium, hardly the greenest of metals when it comes to production, but there are some other features of the overall product which at least put it ahead of other similar pans:

• PTFE/PFOA-free and petroleum-free non-stick coating;
• 70% recycled steel handle;
• Improved heat conduction (allowing less energy use);
• 100% recycled packaging, printed with soy ink.

It feels well made too, so unlikely to end up in a landfill in a few years because it breaks. Given the choices we had for buying an individual 8″ frying pan, we thought we’d give the green one a try.

Ceramic Non-Stick
The one unknown for me with this pan is the quality of the non-stick coating. Unlike the more common coating, this one is a ceramic-based coating. In addition to the green aspect of not being based on PTFE/PFOA or other oil derived materials, Cuisinart are also claiming that it will make for healthier cooking.

We will post an update on here with our experiences with this new non-stick coating once we’ve been using the pan for a while.

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