DEBRA'S ANSWER:

OK. Here's the deal on Scanpan.

First, there seem to be several types of cookware made by this company. The one I think you are asking about--the one with the ceramic-titanium finish--is their Classic New Tek.

At www.scanpancookware.com/pages/scanpan-background-pv-c0-6.html it says the following:

"Both ceramic and titanium are incredibly hard materials. After having pressure-cast the raw pan body, the ceramic-titanium compound is super-heated to 36,000º F (thirty six thousand degrees!) at which point it liquefies. The ceramic-titanium enters a "plasma state". That liquid plasma is then fired into the pan surface at twice the speed of sound. Lots of heat and impact. The ceramic-titanium literally anchors itself in the aluminum surface and becomes one with the pan." So far, so good.

"When looking at SCANPAN CLASSIC NEW TEK under a microscope, we see something like a lunar landscape. A myriad of mini-craters, all similar in size and shape. These craters were created when firing the ceramic-titanium compound into the cooking surface, and are then filled with our specially formulated NEW TEK non-stick compound. The compound is in the craters, not on them. The ceramic-titanium protects it from being scraped away. Even if you use a metal spatula." This is the part I am concerned about. They say their nonstick coating is PFOA-free, but that's all we know about it.

The selling feature of the Scanpan is that you can't scrape away the nonstick finish, but the nonstick finish is still there.

I'm skeptical about this. Not enough information for me to recommend it. But I also don't have enough information to say it's not safe.

Debra :-)