I saw nowhere in the description that this was another coated scoop, and purchased it when another scoop of this brand we had began to lose bits of it's non-stick coating. I felt this was surely unsafe and wanted a plain metal scoop, one that was shaped like all the ones so sturdy and good at cutting into hard ice cream. It says dishwasher safe... however, after only three washes I could see the coating getting little white pits on the inside of the scoop that would not wash off by hand. Right away it became obvious this was coated too as the surface quickly got little bubbles at those spots which broke/peeled off. So sad to throw out another and keep searching.