Update your kitchen with GreenPan Cookware

With technology putting information at our fingertips, awareness about going green has everyone talking about ways to help the environment, as well as their fears about things that are harmful to humans and our environment. I’ve talked to alot of people and several friends recently who are concerned about the environment and about toxins getting into their food mainly from a chemical in plastics called PTFE polytetraflouroethylene.

 

This toxic chemical is found in plastic to include baby bottles, cookware and the everyday plastic we use. I wanted to educate myself about the this PTFE because I couldn’t stop thinking about it, I did some research about plastics and decide to share some facts about it on my blog to help educate and make others aware.

 

What is PTFE?

 

PTFE is the abbreviation for polytetraflouroethylene.  This compound is used under various co names, for instance for a non-stick finish to cookware, roastware and bakeware. A slightly wax-like surface is the distinctive feature of PTFE-coated frying pans, baking tins and cookware.

 

PTFE is cold, heat and chemical resistant, non-stick plastic. PTFE is non combustible. It decomposes when overheated. At temperatures above 360 degrees C. Fumes are released that are toxic to man.

 

Although I love the cookware that I currenlty use It has limitations that I don’t see in this one. I know just about every “Brand Chef” has his/her own line of cookware but this one really seems to have what I’m interested in its the  GreenPan with Thermolon cookware by todd english.

 

Sold on the Home Shopping Network, GreenPan products have a nonstick coating that allows you to cook tasty food at high temperatures (up to 850 degrees Fahrenheit) without the pans overheating, which leads to peeling and scratched-up surfaces.

 

Items from the GreenPan collection range in price from $19.90 for an eight-inch pan to $139.90 for a Deluxe Gourmet Set.