I don’t know the brand of this piece. As soon as I hear back from the owner on this I will update the post. It appears (from the back mark writing and numbering system – as well as the “Made in France” mark) that it may be a Le Creuset piece, however I found similar pieces on Amazon that (while not an exact match) were from a different French brand. While this piece was Lead-free and Cadmium-free on the food surface it did test positive for Lead and Cadmium on other components.

When tested with an XRF instrument the pan pictured here had the following readings:

#1.) Food Surface of Pan – black coated metal:

• Barium (Ba): 251 +/- 82 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 20,600 +/- 1,300 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 12,400 +/- 600 ppm
• Platinium (Pt): 517 +/- 148 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 250 +/- 80 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 20,000 +/- 1,000 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 1,961 +/- 304 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 14,700 +/- 1,000 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 61,400 +/- 3,000 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 19,600 +/- 1,400 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 1,722 +/- 464 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 69,500 +/- 3,500 ppm

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#2.) Handle of Pan – wood (image above):

• Cadmium (Cd): 31 +/- 5 ppm
• Silver (Ag): 16 +/- 4 ppm
• Palladium (Pd): 13 +/- 3 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 101 +/- 34 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 58 +/- 29 ppm
• Indium (In): 42 +/- 7 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 83 +/- 40 ppm

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#3.) Hanging knob at end of pan (image above):

• Lead (Pb): 199 +/- 23 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 346 +/- 85 ppm
• Antimony (Sb):  65 +/- 14 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 258 +/- 76 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 5,251 +- 212 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 4,505 +/- 188 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 271 +/- 81 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 6,293 +/- 405 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 1,841 +/- 367 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 131 +/- 39 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 145 +/- 49 ppm

#4.) Backside of pan
(black enameled – 120 second reading):

• Lead (Pb): 61 +/- 19 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 18 +/- 8 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 4,323 +/- 199 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 14,800 +/- 800 ppm
• Molybdenum (Mo): 1,573 +/- 75 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 37 +/- 18 ppm
• Gold (Au): 131 +/- 65 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 6,040 +/- 266 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 10,800 +/- 500 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 25,100 +/- 1,000 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 29,800 +/- 1,200 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 11,600 +/- 800 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 9,998 +/- 549 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 104,700 +/- 3,500 ppm

#4.a.) 120-second reading two:

• Lead (Pb): 39 +/- 17 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 20 +/- 8 ppm

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#5.) Connection point of handle – black enameled (image above):
180-second test

• Lead (Pb): 32 +/- 16 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 24 +/- 8 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 4,022 +/- 179 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 12,400 +/- 600 ppm
• Silver (Ag): 18 +/- 6 ppm
• Palladium (Pd): 15 +/- 5 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 4,794 +/- 219 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 8,840 +/- 418 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 21,400 +/- 219 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 23,900 +/- 1,000 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 10,800 +/- 700 ppm
• Indium (In): 27 +/- 11 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 7,821 +/- 392 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 85,500 +/- 2,800 ppm

#5.a.) 120-second reading two:

• Lead (Pb): 67 +/- 19 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 17 +/- 8 ppm

#6.) Connection point of handle – gray band:

• Chromium (Cr): 7,359 +/- 361 ppm
• Silver (Ag): 320 +/- 54 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 603,800 +/- 5,900 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 1,572 +/- 344 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 4,861 +/- 986 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 379,300 +/- 2,600 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 1,411 +/- 501 ppm

Some additional reading that may be of interest to you:

• More “Made In France” products I have tested.
• More “Pots & Pans” I have tested.
• More “Enamelware” products I have tested.
• To learn more about the testing I do (that I report here on this blog), click here.

As always, thank you for reading and for sharing my posts. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama