Reynolds Metals

How safe is it to use aluminium foil in baking?

Public Comments

1. very
2. Foil is safe in a conventional oven or a toaster oven. It is NOT safe in the microwave or the toaster.
3. If you're refering to the toxicity of the aluminum then I'd recommend not eating the pan. Truly if the pan is intact; no cracks, chips or bits flaking off, then you're fine. I'd be more worried about all the non-stick pans that have the "non-stick" coming off.
4. very safe. Just dont' want to use it when it would touch dishes w/ tomatoes. (like a brisket) Not unsafe, but it will make the dish taste metallic.
5. Aluminium is mostly a very safe metal. Aluminum toxicity is usually found in patients with impaired renal function. Acute intoxication is extremely rare; however, in persons in whom aluminum clearance is impaired, it can be a significant source of pathology. Aluminum toxicity was originally described in the mid-to-late 1970s in a series of patients in Newcastle, England, through an associated osteomalacic dialysis osteodystrophy that appeared to reverse itself upon changing of the dialysate water to deionized water (ie, aluminum-depleted water). Previously, the only known dialysis-associated bone disease was osteitis fibrosa cystica, which was the result of abnormalities in vitamin D production that resulted in a secondary hyperparathyroidism, increased bone turnover, and subsequent peritrabecular fibrosis. In aluminum-related bone disease, the predominant features are defective mineralization and osteomalacia that result from excessive deposits at the site of osteoid mineralization, where calcium would normally be placed.
6. It's debated, but not enough for me to stop using it. There are suggestions that using aluminium in baking and cooking can be linked to Alzheimers, but nothing concrete.
7. There are some studies that suggest that Alzheimer is caused by aluminum cook ware
8. I think it's safe. I had a bad situation once when I covered ham with tin foil. When I took it out if the fridge, the tin foil had a spotted appearance and it had melted onto the ham. I think it was a reaction to the salt in the ham. From now on, I put a layer of waxed paper between food and the tin foil.
9. its safe.. but when baking id use parchment paper its better for cookies....