there are quite a few companies using new ceramic surfaces that are much more non-stick then Teflon and harder and more durable. These surfaces don’t use chemicals to achieve the non-stickedness but rather specific molecular surface profiles. They have zero offgass and are completly safe as they are 100% ceramic.
scanpan uses a titanium/ceramic/teflon (yes teflon but not name-brand dupont teflon, their own formulation of teflon made in denmark) combination “matrix” that they bake on the surface of the pan. they claim that the titanium ceramic “matrix” grid protects the teflon and keeps it from scraping off, but it doesn’t prevent the release of PTFE when heated. They claim the teflon is “embedded” into the material and it isn’t a coating, except i’ve had the coating peel numerous times it is most certainly a coating.
very sketchy how they claim to be teflon free to sell to unwary customers when their pans are essentially the same thing. SCAMpans.
