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I purchased this cookware when I made plans to have a new induction cooktop installed because my Swiss Diamond pan for conventional cooktops was my very favorite pan I've ever owned. I am not disappointed! It heats evenly and cleans up like a dream!
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I can cook scrambled eggs with cheese in this non-stick pan and wipe the pan clean wiht a paper towel. I am buying a sauce pan to go with it.Best Deals for Swiss Diamond Induction Nonstick Saute Pan with Lid - 4.3 qt (11")
I wrote the Swiss Diamond company and asked for an explanation of what the nano-composite material was made of.After a week or so, I received a polite reply from Allan Wolk, an employee in the U.S. His email informed me that, "Our patented nonstick surface uses a nano-composite of real diamond crystals and PTFE; it is applied using a computer controlled plasma gun at very high temperatures."
Naturally, my attention was immediately drawn to the PTFE. The acronym sounded familiar. What was PTFE?
A quick search of Wikipedia provided the answer: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTFE)
As Wikipedia explains:
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a fluoropolymer discovered by Roy J. Plunkett (1910-1994) of DuPont in 1938. It was introduced as a commercial product in 1946 and is generally known to the public by DuPont's brand name Teflon®.
Huh? Teflon? Wait a minute. Didn't the Swiss Diamond website just claim that the product contained no Teflon?
If you look back at the Swiss Diamond website screen capture, the careful wording of their answer now becomes clear. It states, "The Swiss Diamond coating does not contain any Teflon taking into consideration that "Teflon" is a trade mark, made and owned by DUPONT."
So the pans don't contain Teflon, they just contain the chemical called Teflon. It's like saying a nuclear warhead doesn't contain any plutonium, it only contains nuclear fissionable material.
For the manufacturer to insist the Swiss Diamond pans contain no Teflon whatsoever when it is made primarily from polytetrafluoroethylene, the chemical widely known as Teflon, is extremely deceptive. In fact, the intent of the Swiss Diamond company seems to be to deceive consumers by omission of the facts. The FAQ document on the Swiss Diamond website, for example, does not bother to say something like, "But our pans do contain PTFE, the chemical known as Teflon." It simply insists they contain no Teflon and moves on to the next question.
It seems that Swiss Diamond goes out of its way to give the impression that this product is free of Teflon chemicals and is surfaced primarily with diamonds. That's the impression I got, anyway, and I read the promotional materials several times before purchasing the pan.
Consumers have been hoodwinked yet again by corporations who care nothing for human health, and whose only focusing is raking in millions for themselves.
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When you look at the price you may think they must use real diamonds. Not so! It is cast aluminum. This is an excellent non stick induction pan. It takes a high quality pan to function properly on an induction stove top. Quality induction cooking produces incredible flavor. The non stick property does last for a few years but not forever. Aluminum cookware always makes me somewhat leery. If aluminum ever leeches into your food in can be a toxin.
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