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Pyrex: what it’s actually made from

Every Pyrex product we have scored, with the maker’s own words about materials and what those words leave out. Average across the range: 61.5 out of 100.

We have scored 6 Pyrex products. They average 61.5 out of 100 on materials, and the spread between the best and worst is 24 points.

Of those 6: 6 name the surface that touches food at least to a material family; 3 state a country of manufacture; 0 have a materials claim backed by anything other than the maker’s own word.

Every Pyrex product we have scored

ProductCategoryScore /100What it is made of
Pyrex Zero Plastic Rectangular Container 0.8L (David Jones) · AUFood storage77Borosilicate glass base AND borosilicate glass lid · seal material not published
PYREX Cook & Freeze Rectangle Storage 4L · AUFood storage68Borosilicate glass, made in France · BPA-free lid, resin not published
Pyrex Simply Store Rectangular 2.6L (David Jones) · AUFood storage61Glass base, type not stated · “BPA-free plastic” lid, resin never named
Pyrex Simply Store · USFood storage55Glass type NOT declared by the maker · “BPA-free plastic lids”, resin not stated
Pyrex Simply Store (Australian stock) · AUFood storage55Glass type NOT resolved · the ANZ distributor lists three origins and two different glass
Pyrex Originals 4.5L Oblong Baking Dish · AUFood storage53“Durable high-quality tempered glass” · made in USA, which by the distributor’s rule means

Click a product to read the full record — the exact wording the maker uses, what is missing, and every source. Scores are out of 100 and measure materials, not safety: 77/100 means “mostly inert”. The rubric is here.

Where these sit on the site

Pyrex appears in Food storage. The Australian and American editions are scored the same way, so a product marked AU and one marked US are directly comparable.

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