Reasons to Choose Nontoxic Cookware (the best brands)
Joseph Joseph Cookware is one of the best choices on the market today. Just choose from the items you want (you don’t have to buy everything in the range!) and your cookware pots, pans and bakeware should give you years of tasty cooking and baking.
All items carry a 2-year guarantee, and free returns on orders (with a 30-day money-back guarantee).
Turn pan handles in when cooking, avoid floaty sleeves and tie long hair back. Despite claims from ‘green pan companies; all cooking fumes are dangerous around birds. But hopefully if you live with birds, they are in a nice aviary with other birds, rather than caged in a kitchen.
Read up on food safety for people and pets (just bin allium scraps (onion, garlic, leeks, shallots, chives) as like tomato/citrus/rhubarb scraps, acids could harm compost creatures). Pop lids inside cans for tinned ingredients (pinch tops shut), to avoid wildlife getting trapped.
This cookware is designed to take up less space, so is ideal for small kitchens, or if you don’t have lots of cupboards. Many items have nesting designs and folding handles, to take up to 50% less space in cupboards.
Not for grills or hobs, and hand-wash only, following safety instructions with each item.
The range includes:
- Roasting trays ideal for your Sunday veggie roast
- Saucepans with tempered glass lids, with their own storage tray.
- A wok with lid for veggie stir-fries
- Stock pots for homemade soup
Choose a few good pans to last for years, with coatings that won’t wear away (anodised aluminium is usually okay, it’s the coating that’s important). They cost a bit more, but you don’t need many.
EarthPan (non-stick ceramic cooking pans)
Earth Pan is a brand of ceramic pans that are non-stick, without the nasty forever chemicals, that are ending up in rivers and oceans everywhere.
Made from recycled aluminium, the pans are then coated to protect, and although a bit more expensive, no more so than other quality pans (just buy a few – everything is sold with a 5-year guarantee).
Choose a few good pans to last for years, with coatings that won’t wear away (anodised aluminium is usually okay, it’s the coating that’s important). They cost a bit more, but you don’t need many.
The pans are suitable for all stove types (from gas to induction) and have shatterproof glass lids. They are also dishwasher-safe. The range includes a 3-piece saucepan set, a fry pan, a stockpot grill pan and a wok.
The handles are made from partly post-consumer recycled plastic (which are also designed to stay cool), and the pans are sent in sustainable packaging.
ProCook (affordable eco fry pans and woks)
ProCook offers a more budget-friendly range of pans (around £20) made from recycled aluminium with non-stik ceramic coatings and wood pulp handles. Despite their affordable price, these pans carry a 10-year guarantee.
Like any pan, do not expose it to high oven temperatures, and ever heat an empty pan. Reduce heat setting with induction hobs, as soon as low-medium temperature is achieve (do not just boost setting to heat oil or fat).
