Is Our Place third-party tested?

Last reviewed July 2026.

Yes — and the results are published. Our Place’s headline safety claims are backed by published third-party testing (Consumer Reports (independent)). That puts it in the verified tier of our table — the bar most "non-toxic" cookware marketing never clears.

Every claim, and where the proof stands

Always Pan (ceramic)

Our Place says its own third-party results are proprietary and does not release them. The verification here comes from outside the brand: Consumer Reports (2022-10-26) tested the Always Pan for 96 PFAS compounds and detected none. Independent press testing, not brand transparency, is what earns this row its verdict.

Published testing: Consumer Reports (independent) — read it yourself (published 2022-10-26).

How to read this

“PFOA-free” is true of virtually every pan sold today and is not the same claim as “PFAS-free” — PTFE itself is a PFAS. If a coating’s chemistry matters to you, the questions that cut through are: what is the coating, and who published the test? Our PFOA vs PFAS guide covers the first; the main table tracks the second for every brand here.

See where Our Place sits against every brand we track →

We do not test cookware — we index published third-party lab results and public legal records, with attribution, and make no health claims. A verdict describes the state of the published evidence for specific marketing claims, not whether a pan is safe or dangerous. An allegation is not a finding; a settlement is not an admission; a lab report speaks only for the samples tested. If a brand publishes new evidence, the page changes — the source always wins.