When we decided to introduce a range of ceramic coated frying pans we scoured the world to find what we believe to be the best on the market put through their paces in the scotts test kitchen we are delighted with the results and we think you will be too this frying pan is made of die cast aluminium far superior to cheaper pressed out pans die casting allows cookware to have a thicker base preventing hot spots and gives this pan optimum heat conductivity up to an amazing 230c446f s