The lab doesn't test "a kettle." It takes the machine apart and tests every material
on the path your water travels. Their words on the left —
our red pen on the right.
1SPEC.
The clear tank you fill
"Transparent SAN water tank"
Held boiling water for 30 minutes; the lab measured what leached out. Answer: nothing above 10 ppm — and its styrene & acrylonitrile building blocks were tested separately, five simulants deep.
Specimen 1 · Sample A
SAN Tank
2SPEC.
The seals and gaskets
"Transparent silicone · PSU gasket of heat tube"
The rubbery bits that sit against hot water all day. Passed FDA extraction testing and screened for all five bisphenols down to 1 µg/kg. Found: none.
Specimens 2, 4, 5 · Sample A
Silicone + Gasket
3SPEC.
The handles and lids
"White PP / Black PP"
Polypropylene, verified against the FDA's own fingerprint for food-grade PP — melting point 169–172°C, density 0.899–0.912 g/cm³ — squarely inside spec, with nothing extractable by hexane.
Specimens 1–3 · Samples A, B
Polypropylene
4SPEC.
The steel
"Silver SUS304 / stainless steel 304"
Food-grade stainless is defined by chromium: NSF requires at least 16%. The lab dissolved ours in acid and measured 16.91% and 19.06%. It's the real thing.
Specimens 4, 6 · Samples A, B
304 Steel
5SPEC.
The glass carafe
"Transparent glass"
Six separate specimens, tested for leachable lead and cadmium under FDA and California rules. All twelve readings — six lead, six cadmium — came back ND.
Specimen 7 · Sample A
Glass Carafe
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Test Result
Pages 3–5 · The three reports
The actual documents, condensed. Anything circled is the good part.
Report No. EFW525075118-CG-01Date 15-Aug-2025Page 1 of 14
Coffee makers — the full physical
Model no. BV1500 · BV1901 · BVC2201
Test requested
Regulation
Result
BPA + four other bisphenolsBPS, BPF, BPB, BPAF — the common substitutes
(EU) 10/2011 + 2024/3190
ND
Leachable lead & cadmium, carafe6 specimens each, brewed-coffee side
FDA CPG 545.400/450 + CA HSC
ND
Extractives into boiling waterSAN tank, 30 min at 212°F
21 CFR 177.1210
ND
Residual styrene & acrylonitrilemonomers left over from making the plastic
21 CFR 177.1640 / 181.32
PASS
Chromium in stainless steel
NSF/ANSI 51-2023
19.06%
↑ 12 tests requested, 12 passes. the strictest panel we could order.
12 tests requested, 12 passes — this is the strictest panel we could order
Eurofins MTS · Shanghai***TO BE CONTINUED***
Report No. EFW525074617-CG-01Date 15-Aug-2025Page 1 of 5
Kettles — the bisphenol hunt
Model no. BVK2024 · BV382510V
Substance
Detection limit
Result ×3 parts
Bisphenol A (BPA)
1 µg/kg
ND · ND · ND
Bisphenol S (BPS)
1 µg/kg
ND · ND · ND
Bisphenol F (BPF)
1 µg/kg
ND · ND · ND
Bisphenol B (BPB)
1 µg/kg
ND · ND · ND
Bisphenol AF (BPAF)
1 µg/kg
ND · ND · ND
↑ "BPA-free" is easy to say. testing for the five look-alikes at one part per billion is the hard version.
"BPA-free" is easy to say. testing five look-alikes at 1 part per billion is the hard version.
Eurofins MTS · Shanghai***TO BE CONTINUED***
Report No. EFW525041896-CG-02Date 12-May-2025Page 1 of 9
Kettles — the FDA materials panel
Model no. BVK2024GT · BVK2024PB · BV382510V
Test requested
Limit
Result
Extractives into boiling water7 h + 2 h at reflux — far past any real use
20 / 1 mg/in²
ND
Polypropylene identitymelting point · density · solubility
21 CFR 177.1520
IN SPEC
Hexane / xylene extractables
6.4% / 9.8%
ND
Chromium in stainless steelwhat makes 304 steel food-grade
≥ 16%
16.91%
↑ nine hours at a rolling boil. your kettle will never work this hard.
nine hours at a rolling boil — your kettle will never work this hard
Eurofins MTS · Shanghai***END OF THE REPORT***
*** TO BE CONTINUED ***
Remark
Page 6 · The two letters that matter
ND
this is the result you want, everywhere, and it's the one we got.
ND — "Not Detected" — means the laboratory looked for a substance with instruments sensitive to parts per billion and found nothing at all. Not "within limits." Not "acceptable levels." Nothing. Across three reports, it's the most common word in ours.
MDL method detection limit — how faint a trace the instrument can see µg/kg one part per billion — a drop in an olympic pool 212°F the temperature they tested at — a full boil, like real brewing
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