There are many types of non-stick pans on the market today, including quality non-stick pans, aluminum non-stick pans, stainless steel non-stick pans, and alloy non-stick pans, etc. These non-stick pans are priced differently, with the cheaper ones costing dozens of dollars, and the more expensive ones costing thousands of dollars.
Experts said, non-stick coating called Teflon, mainly PTFE material, belongs to the chemically inert materials. This coating due to good lubrication and low coefficient of friction, so it is often used in non-stick pans and other cookware. Misuse of a small amount of non-stick coating will be excreted by the body, and is not harmful to health.
But it should be noted that the denaturation temperature of the non-stick coating is usually 260 degrees, and the decomposition temperature is 350 degrees, and when it reaches the decomposition temperature, it will decompose the fluorine phosgene, which can cause strong irritation to the lungs. When cooking, be careful not to burn the nonstick pan dry.
From this we can learn that the non-stick coating itself is not carcinogenic, only when the temperature reaches 350 degrees above, the coating will decompose out of the harmful substances, affecting the health.
In the daily use of non-stick cookware, in fact, there are a lot of things to pay attention to:
-Non-stick cookware in the new use, to use a wet rag to wipe clean after cleaning again in the use.
-The use of wooden, nylon and silicone spatula to use, can not use metal spatula, easy to damage the coating of non-stick pan.
-Non-stick cookware is not recommended to be cleaned until it has cooled down to avoid cracking or peeling of the coating from heat to cold.
-When cleaning, be careful not to use steel wire balls or rough things to clean, so as not to scratch the coating.