HexClad
Laser-etched hybrid pans sold on celebrity and fear marketing.
Status: Avoid
- Website
- hexclad.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- China
- Ownership type
- Founder-owned
- Parent
- Founders + Studio Ramsay Global
- Acquired
- 2024
- Status since
- 2026-07-13
Ownership
Founder-owned with Gordon Ramsay as equity partner since 2021; Studio Ramsay Global put in $100M cash-plus-media in July 2024 at unicorn valuation.
Why Avoid
Paid $2.5M to settle a class action over non-toxic and PFAS-free claims (final approval February 20, 2026; about 209,712 claims, roughly $6 per claimant); the pans contain PTFE, which is a PFAS. Agreed to stop the claims. ATK testing found it failed egg-release tests.
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