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.
- 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)
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.
- Package states food-grade baking use
- Opaque or slightly translucent paper, not metal foil
- Package gives heat and use limits
Common confusion
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.
Preparation or handling
Check oven mode, maximum temperature and duration. Cut to fit and prevent the paper moving into a prohibited area.
Storage
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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Sources
- Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety — Microwave Cooking and Food Safety
- Hong Kong Environment and Ecology Bureau — Recipe using 牛油紙 in a food context
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong Humanum Research Centre — Cantonese Pronunciation Dictionary
- The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong — Jyutping Romanization Scheme