Household items

Baking Paper (Parchment Paper)

Paper whose package explicitly permits food baking; the Hong Kong term 牛油紙 can also mean non-food paper.

A partly unrolled beige paper roll without a box or readable label; confirm baking suitability on the actual original package. — Identification illustration; actual appearance may vary.

3 identity clues

Package states food-grade baking use
Opaque or slightly translucent paper, not metal foil
Package gives heat and use limits

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Names in other languages

繁體中文: 烘焙紙（牛油紙）
English: Baking Paper (Parchment Paper)
Bahasa Indonesia: Kertas Panggang (牛油紙)
Tagalog: Baking Paper / Parchment Paper (牛油紙)

Name in Cantonese (Jyutping): hung3 bui6 zi2 (ngau4 jau4 zi2)

What is it?

This page covers only food-grade baking or parchment paper. It may line a baking tray, but maximum temperature, duration and appliance limits vary by product.

How to identify it

The original package must state baking paper or parchment paper, food contact and oven use. Beige or translucent paper appearance alone is insufficient.

Common confusion

This item

Baking Paper (Parchment Paper)

Package states food-grade baking use
Opaque or slightly translucent paper, not metal foil
Package gives heat and use limits

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Cling Film

Clear flexible film
Normally supplied on a roll with a cutter
Food and heating uses are defined by the package

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Aluminium Foil

Opaque metal foil
Silver and easily creased
Package states aluminium or aluminum foil

How to identify it

Baking paper is food-grade paper; aluminium foil is metal; cling film is clear plastic film. Follow each package.

Common Hong Kong household uses

Lining a tray or wrapping food only at temperatures and in appliances permitted by the package and recipe.

Use & cleaning

Check oven mode, maximum temperature and duration. Cut to fit and prevent the paper moving into a prohibited area.

Storage & care

Keep dry in the original box, away from flame and moisture.

Helper tip

In Hong Kong, 牛油紙 may also refer to tracing or other non-food paper. Never bake with it without food-grade and oven-use labelling.

What Ma’am or Sir may say

用牛油紙墊焗盤，但要確認係烘焙用。

The employer wants food-grade baking paper, not any paper that may share the HK nickname.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-13

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