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Cast iron will react to acids in foods. Normally this won't be a problem if the cookware is properly seasoned and oiled. That applies to when you are actually cooking. But never store food -- especially with any acid content at all long-term in cast iron as the food will absorb the seasoned layer, and if highly acidic with then taste metallic.

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The "nonreactive cookware" is cookware that does not react with acidic foods.

Acidic foods such as tomatoes or wine can react with uncoated cookware made of copper, aluminum, or cast iron.

For example, if you put a tomato sauce in an aluminum pot the color of the sauce can change and the sauce will have a slightly metallic taste. When you are cooking with acidic foods you should use pans that are stainless steel, hard anodized aluminum, glass, or that have a coating of tin or enamel.

The sale of unlined copper cookware is illegal in many countries, because -- although trace amounts of copper are necessary for good health -- highly acidic foods can dissolve toxic amounts of copper.

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All-clad or really any stainless steel cookware is non-reactive. Aluminum, copper, and cast iron are the only common reactive cookware metals. And it's rare to find aluminum or copper cookware that isn't clad with other metals or anodized (in the case of aluminum cookware) to make it non reactive.

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Yes. Anodized aluminum (like Calphalon), stainless or stainless-lined, non-stick coatings, enamel linings, glass, ceramic and pottery (glazed or unglazed) are all non-reactive. Reactive pans are cast iron, unlined copper (used for candymaking), bare (unanodized) aluminum, and bare steel (like woks).

However, depending on how you clean it, the anodized layer on Calphalon will wear off in ten to twenty years. So, a non-reactive pan can eventually become reactive. (Although, I have some 20-year-old Calphalon commercial cookware that shows no sign of losing its anodized surface). The main rule is never to use oxidizing cleansers and that includes most automatic dishwasher detergents--you have to wash it by hand.

Calphalon stopped making the commercial hard-anodized stuff several years ago, although there's still a lot of it out there. The new "Calphalon One" stuff is all non-stick coated, now.

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i'm not sure.... infact i wanna know if it can be used on direct flame and if it is dishwasher safe?

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Yes, Calphalon is considered non-reactive because it is made of anodized aluminum, which is a process that treats the aluminum and makes it non-reactive to acids, etc.

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Only if it's the enamelized kind. If the pot or skillet is colored on the outside and white on the inside it is-If it is all black it is not.

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