# What filament should I use for food contact?

Do not pick a filament for food contact from the material name alone. Prusa says a PETG or PLA print still has layer grooves that hold bacteria, pigments that may not be reviewed, and a brass nozzle that is not food-safe, and this catalog lists no food-contact certification on the spools below.

The table is deliberately not a shopping list of safe spools. It shows the products people mean when they say PETG or PLA, and it shows the empty certification and price cells.

Updated 2026-10-14. Sources accessed 2026-10-14. Use case: Food contact.

## Ranked filaments

| Rank | Filament | Nozzle | Bed | Price per kg |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Prusament PETG | 240–260 °C | 70–90 °C | — |
| 2 | Polymaker Polylite PETG | 220–250 °C | 70–90 °C | — |
| 3 | Prusament PLA | 205–225 °C | 40–60 °C | — |

## What the community says

People often arrive believing ‘PETG is food safe’ because soda bottles are PET. Prusa’s article is the correction: the polymer family is not the printed object, color additives are a separate question, and they do not recommend 3D prints as food containers. The blog post says even a filament with food-grade resin still needs a coating before direct contact.

## Sources

- [Food safe FDM printing, Prusa Knowledge Base](https://help.prusa3d.com/article/food-safe-fdm-printing_112313) (manufacturer)
- [How to make food-grade 3D printed models, Prusa](https://blog.prusa3d.com/how-to-make-food-grade-3d-printed-models_40666/) (manufacturer)
- [PETG, Prusa Knowledge Base](https://help.prusa3d.com/article/petg_2059) (manufacturer)
- [Prusament PETG technical data sheet](https://www.prusa3d.com/file/3464616/prusament-petg-technical-data-sheet.pdf) (datasheet)
- [How big is the jump between PLA, PETG, and TPU?, r/3Dprinting](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1vawdav/how_big_of_a_difference_is_the_jump_between_pla/) (reddit)

HTML: https://filamentfacts.com/answers/food-contact