Non-toxic Cookware

[KateDownUnder]

Does anyone have any recommendations for the least toxic cooking appliance that operates as a slow cooker as well?

I’ve been using a cheap slow cooker for easy postpartum meals from Kmart here in Australia and the surface is already rusting and degrading after only a few months of use!

I love the look of the Vitaclay cooker, unfortunately there are no stockists in Australia and they don’t make them for our power points either....

We are also looking at potentially getting an all in one style cooker like a Thermomix to save bench space. I contacted them and it seems it’s made with 18/10 (chromium to nickel) stainless steel. There’s another brand called the Froothie Thermocook that is 18/8. Ideally I’d love to have something that is 18/0 (no nickel) like my fry pan but they seem non existent. My husband suggested we just buy two bowls so that when one eventually scratches and degrades (which is the main issue with nickel potentially getting leached into food), we have another fresh bowl ready that fits the model of machine we bought (as they seem to upgrade models every year!)

Anyone’s thoughts?

 

[freyasam]

Does anyone have any recommendations for the least toxic cooking appliance that operates as a slow cooker as well?

I’ve been using a cheap slow cooker for easy postpartum meals from Kmart here in Australia and the surface is already rusting and degrading after only a few months of use!

I love the look of the Vitaclay cooker, unfortunately there are no stockists in Australia and they don’t make them for our power points either....

We are also looking at potentially getting an all in one style cooker like a Thermomix to save bench space. I contacted them and it seems it’s made with 18/10 (chromium to nickel) stainless steel. There’s another brand called the Froothie Thermocook that is 18/8. Ideally I’d love to have something that is 18/0 (no nickel) like my fry pan but they seem non existent. My husband suggested we just buy two bowls so that when one eventually scratches and degrades (which is the main issue with nickel potentially getting leached into food), we have another fresh bowl ready that fits the model of machine we bought (as they seem to upgrade models every year!)

Anyone’s thoughts?

I would love to find one as well. Did you source anything that's 18/0?

 

[marcar72]

Perhaps this 5 piece Pyrex set.

5-piece Dutch Oven Cookware Set with 5-liter Stewpot

Visibly Pure. Healthy Cooking. Roast, bake, broil, sauté, serve and even freeze in three see-through Dutch-oven dishes with two lids.

www.pyrexhome.com

 

[ScottyVP]

Le Creuset is safe I think. It's cast iron but even what appears raw iron is actually enamelled.

 

[rei]

Nickel also enhances the corrosion resistance of stainless steel. Therefore, the higher the nickel content, the more resistant the stainless steel is to corrosion.

So why would you want 18/0 that leeches chromium and nickel into your food?

I’ve been using a cheap slow cooker for easy postpartum meals from Kmart here in Australia and the surface is already rusting and degrading after only a few months of use!

Then it is not proper stainless steel, or faulty manufacturing. I have once in my life encountered stainless that rusts, and it was kitchen utensils from ikea. I don't know the grade, and maybe it was some of the lowest ones that indeed can rust. But 304 306 or 316 never rust.

 

[ddjd]

i use this carbon steel frying pan from De Buyer for most cooking

Amazon product ASIN B00462QP1GView: https://www.amazon.com/Buyer-MINERAL-Round-Carbon-12-5-Inch/dp/B00462QP1G/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=carbon+steel&qid=1622720756&sr=8-5


actually for regular saucepans, i checked all the pans in IKEA with a magnet and they are all very good - the fact that they are magnetic means theres much less nickel in them...

and of course the carbon steel pans are all very magnetic

 

[ddjd]

Good article on stainless Steel issues

Is Stainless Steel Cookware Safe?

Learn why I don’t use an Instant Pot, even as a slow cooker, due to the nickel content in the stainless steel.

nourishingourchildren.org