In most parts of the world, cookware must carry a stamp of safety. In Australia and New Zealand, no such certification exists. There are no official symbols. No formal testing requirements. Which means the responsibility falls on the maker.

At Ironclad, we choose to meet the highest global standards. Lebensmittel- und Futtermittelgesetzbuch, thankfully shortened to LFGB, is the German Food and Commodities Act. It is widely recognised as the gold standard for food safety. It tests materials to ensure they release nothing harmful into food, even under high heat and long-term use.

Every Ironclad product meets LFGB standards.

We also comply with California’s Proposition 65. Introduced in 1986, it protects people from exposure to more than 900 harmful chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects, or reproductive harm. It changed how products are made, labelled, and sold in California. Over time, it has helped reshape the global conversation around safety. We follow it not for show, but because we believe in it.

Every pour of iron is checked by hand before we begin. Every batch is independently tested. Not because anyone requires it. Because we believe cookware should never compromise the food it carries or the families it serves.

This is not policy. It is personal. We cook with the same pans we make. We cast our names into every one of them as a quiet promise. Safety is not a feature. It is the foundation.

And now, we are working with a small group of like-minded makers to help change the rules. Our goal is to create a national standard that protects every household, no matter who made their cookware or where they live.

Until that happens, the standard is us. And you.

Together, we can help rewrite the rules. And make safer cookware the rule, not the exception.