Question from Lisa Ausley
What is your opinion of Saladmaster cookware? It is supposed to be surgical grade stainless steel and titanium. Also, is it true lead is used in making glass products?
Debra’s Answer
According to the Saladmaster website, the interior of the pots and pans are lined with a combination of 316 stainless steel and titanium. They are the only cooking system to use 316Ti made from stell mills in the US and Switzerland.
316 “surgical stainless steel” is better than the 304 stainless steel used to make most stainless steel objects. In addition to chromium and nickel, surgical stainless steel also contains molybdenum to prevent specific forms of corrosion and help maintain the cutting edge. Three hundred sixteen surgical steel is used in the manufacture and handling of food and pharmaceutical products where it is often required in order to minimize metallic contamination.
If you want to use stainless steel cookware, this one would be less likely to leach than most.
Lead is not typically an ingredient in glass cookware. When lead is used, such as to make sparkling lead crystal glasses, it’s generally in the name.
