The silverware set pictured here was purchased at Target.
Full XRF Test results are below.
“Pretty” doesn’t have to mean “Toxic”!
These are a terrific choice! This is the silverware set I bought my my son for his college apartment. He LOVES them and his roomies love them too apparently! [I recently asked him if he was using them on a regular basis and he told me that he uses them whenever they are clean – lol… indicating that they are often in the dirty dishes pile because his roomies are always using them too!]
They are colorful and fun – yet solid stainless steel. He has been using them since September of this year and the colorful finish has not worn at all. #Bonus: they are LOW NICKEL stainless steel (for those who have Nickel concerns when using stainless steel cookware. Some additional reading.. my post “What is Stainless Steel.”)
Food surface of the knife:
Stainless Steel: 410/16
60-second test, handle of knife tested similarly
- Chromium (Cr): 133,600 +/- 2,000 ppm
- Molybdenum (Mo): 1,675 +/- 93 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 113 +/- 33 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 590 +/- 162 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 1,651 +/- 304 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 843,600 +/- 2,600 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 3,438 +/- 891 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 13,300 +/- 1,300 ppm
Bowl of spoon:
Stainless Steel: 410/16
60-second test, handle of spoon tested similarly
- Chromium (Cr): 135,200 +/- 2,100 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 85 +/- 30 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 869 +/- 167 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 1,339 +/- 281 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 848,700 +/- 2,600 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 3,023 +/- 833 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 1,293 +/- 622 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 7,704 +/- 1,086 ppm
As always, thank you for reading and for sharing my posts. I will likely update this post soon with more information, however in the meantime please check out the following links if you have questions:
- The testing methodology for all tests reported on on this blog.
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- My documentary feature film on childhood Lead poisoning.
Please let me know if you have any questions. With 1.165 Million unique readers in 2020 alone I am not always able to answer each and every question personally, but I do try.
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama 
Wow! I’m surprised these are non-toxic. Beautiful silverware!
Me too! I was hopeful, but still surprised!
T
hi! does an item have to be stamped stainless to actually be stainless? I have purchased quite a few things that advertise as stainless but there is no actual stamp on it. Also – how do you feel about stainless with a black handle- the kind that they add for comfort? I also see stainless that adds zinc alloy which doesn’t look good. quite overwhelming and confusing but thank you every single day for helping all of us navigate through this!