Product Transparency
Chemical Disclosures
Real products, real people, real good times around real food — that’s been the whole idea since 1985. Part of earning your trust at the table is being straight with you about what goes into the gear you cook with. This page provides our cookware chemical disclosures under California’s Assembly Bill 1200, Colorado’s House Bill 22-1345, and Connecticut’s Senate Bill 292.
The short version. These are “right to know” laws. They ask cookware makers to publicly identify certain chemicals that are intentionally added to a product’s cooking surface or handle. A chemical appearing on a state list doesn’t mean a product is unsafe — it means we’re telling you it’s there so you can make an informed choice. GSI cookware is manufactured to meet applicable U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements for food-contact materials.
California — Assembly Bill 1200
California’s Safer Food Packaging and Cookware Act of 2021 (AB 1200) took effect for cookware on January 1, 2023. When a cookware product intentionally contains a chemical that appears on the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) list of Candidate Chemicals, the manufacturer must publish the names of those chemicals, the authoritative lists they come from, and links to those lists. The table below provides that disclosure for GSI Outdoors cookware. Each chemical links to its entry in California’s CalSAFER database.
| Product Type | Chemical / Material |
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| Hard-Anodized Aluminum (uncoated — e.g. Halulite) |
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| Non-Stick Coated (PTFE non-stick over hard-anodized aluminum — e.g. Pinnacle) |
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| Ceramic Coated (ceramic non-stick over aluminum — e.g. Pinnacle Ceramic, Bugaboo) |
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| Stainless Steel (e.g. Glacier Stainless) |
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| Cast Iron (nitrided — e.g. Guidecast) |
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| Enamelware (porcelain enamel on steel) |
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| Silicone Components (handles, grips, collapsible components — e.g. Escape HS) |
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| Glass Components (e.g. PercView percolator dome) |
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*Materials marked with an asterisk are not considered Candidate Chemicals by California; we include them here in the spirit of full transparency.
Colorado — House Bill 22-1345
Effective January 1, 2024, Colorado’s HB 22-1345 requires that cookware sold in Colorado containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — in the handle or in any surface that contacts food or beverages — disclose the presence of those PFAS and direct consumers to information about why they were added.
Among GSI cookware, the only intentionally added PFAS is the PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) non-stick coating used on our Non-Stick Coated line (see the table above). PTFE is applied to the cooking surface to provide reliable non-stick release and easy cleaning in the field. All other GSI cookware materials — hard-anodized aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, enamelware, ceramic-coated, glass, and silicone components — are made without intentionally added PFAS.
Connecticut — Senate Bill 292
Connecticut’s SB 292 similarly requires manufacturers to disclose intentionally added PFAS present in the handle or food-contact surface of cookware sold in Connecticut, and to make that information available online. As noted above, the only intentionally added PFAS in GSI cookware is the PTFE non-stick coating on our Non-Stick Coated line; every other material family is made without intentionally added PFAS. The California table above serves as our disclosure of those chemicals.
About the authoritative lists
California’s Candidate Chemicals List is built from chemicals that appear on one or more established scientific and regulatory “authoritative lists.” The chemicals disclosed above are drawn from the following sources:
- California Proposition 65 List — Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
- IARC Monographs — List of Classifications — International Agency for Research on Cancer (World Health Organization)
- Report on Carcinogens — U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP)
- Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Full index of DTSC authoritative lists — California Department of Toxic Substances Control
A note on PFAS and non-stick coatings
Most GSI cookware — including our hard-anodized aluminum, stainless steel, and cast iron lines — is built with no non-stick coating at all. For the products that do use a PTFE non-stick surface, that PFAS is disclosed above. In line with these laws, we don’t make blanket “free of” claims for a chemical class where a member of that class is intentionally added to a product. If avoiding coated cookware matters to you, look for our uncoated hard-anodized aluminum and stainless steel lines.
Questions?
If you want the specific disclosure for a product, or you have any question about the materials in your GSI gear, our team is happy to help. Reach us at custserv@gsioutdoors.com or through our Contact page.