Reynolds Metals

Aluminium Foil, which side do I use for the food? Shiny or not so shiny?

Why are the two sides different anyway?

Public Comments

1. Shiny,Dull side out,Heat gets in easier.
2. Shiny side into the food is supposed to reflect the most heat that way. I think that in recent years though it has been proven not to make enough difference to worry about!
3. Shinyyyyyyyyyyy
4. Does not matter. I tend to put the shiny side out; have no idea why. One side is shiny and the other is dull because of the way the aluminium foil is made. The side that touches the roller creates a shiny finish. The side that has the second layer of foil (2 become 1) results in the dull side.
5. Ahh! thats a cute question for a man shinny to the food
6. If you're just keeping food fresh, it doesn't matter. If you're cooking, shiny side in cooks the food at a (slightly) higher temperature, shiny side out cooks it at whatever temperature you set the oven to.
7. Shiny side out for oven temp.Dull out for a little quicker.So they say on tv.I use shiny out and have found no difference.
8. according to Food network ( and I did see this on a program about how foil is made) it makes no difference. The folks at Reynolds say that the difference is only the way that the roll of aluminum foil comes out. It makes no difference to the way it cooks. I had always been told that it needed to be shiny side out. But, it turns out, that it makes no difference
9. no difference..
10. Dah-ling.....annoying isn't it when you're forced to give the hired help a night off during the week! My advice.....ask the maid she might know things like this? P.S. As Zsa Zsa always says...."Shiny is always better"