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
Have you tested any cookware from the Brand called Made In (which is from France) as well? I am looking for a quality wok and they have one made in carbon steel. Thanks