GE XWFE Refrigerator Water Filter

Certification answer: no live certifier listing was located for the genuine XWFE; its NSF/ANSI 42, NSF/ANSI 53, NSF/ANSI 401 claims rest on the documents labeled below, not a certifier listing. Rated 170 gallons over 6 months. Checked 2026-11-06 against the sources linked on this page.

Codes on the box and cartridge	XWFE, XWF (predecessor it replaces)
Fits — how to tell	Select GE French-door and side-by-side refrigerators that use XWF or XWFE; GE Profile, Café and Monogram refrigerators that use XWF or XWFE
Capacity	170 gallons (source)
Rated life	6 months (source)
Price	Price not listed — check retailer. We only show a price when we can date it and name where it came from.

Don't know your code? It is printed on the old cartridge and usually on a label inside the filter compartment. Match that code to the codes above — this page covers only the cartridge named in its title.

Remind me in 6 months — a calendar file for the replacement date; no email address is collected.

Is XWFE NSF/ANSI 42 certified?

Certification answer: no live certifier listing was located for the genuine XWFE; its NSF/ANSI 42, NSF/ANSI 53, NSF/ANSI 401 claims rest on the documents labeled below, not a certifier listing. The full certification record, with each claim labeled by the strength of its evidence, follows.

Certifications — documents and listings

NSF/ANSI 42 — certified by IAPMO R&T, per the manufacturer's own document (not a live certifier listing). Reproduction of the certification document
NSF/ANSI 53 — certified by IAPMO R&T, per the manufacturer's own document (not a live certifier listing). Reproduction of the certification document
Reproduction: GE Appliances' performance data sheet as reproduced on manualshelf.com (the sheet itself points to the certifier's listing at iapmort.org) — this link is not the certifier's own live listing page. The same GE sheet cited this cartridge's PFOA/PFOS claim under NSF Protocol P473. NSF withdrew P473 and folded PFOA/PFOS claims into NSF/ANSI 53 (2022 revision), so that claim is shown here, under NSF/ANSI 53, in its current form. The PFOA/PFOS claim itself is GE's manufacturer claim, carried here in its current standards home; this page does not treat it as a certified claim.
NSF/ANSI 401 — certified by IAPMO R&T, per the manufacturer's own document (not a live certifier listing). Reproduction of the certification document

About these links: Reproduction: GE Appliances' performance data sheet as reproduced on manualshelf.com (the sheet itself points to the certifier's listing at iapmort.org) — this link is not the certifier's own live listing page.

A certification counts as listed here only when a certifier's listing names this cartridge or its system. Anything else is labeled above as what it is — a manufacturer's statement or a reproduction. See how to check a cartridge in the NSF listing.

What does XWFE fit?

Select GE French-door and side-by-side refrigerators that use XWF or XWFE; GE Profile, Café and Monogram refrigerators that use XWF or XWFE. Match the code on your old cartridge or the label inside the filter compartment — this page covers only the cartridge named in its title.

Verdict

Bottom line: The genuine XWFE's certifications rest on a reproduction of GE's own performance data sheet, not a certifier's live listing, and its RFID chip means an unchipped cheaper cartridge is not a drop-in substitute — check any third-party cartridge's own listing before you buy it.

GE's own performance data sheet for the XWFE states the system is tested and certified against NSF/ANSI 42, 53 and 401 for the claims on that sheet and on iapmort.org, at a service flow of 0.5 gpm. The sheet cited its PFOA/PFOS claim under NSF Protocol P473; NSF withdrew P473 in 2022 and moved PFOA/PFOS claims into NSF/ANSI 53, so that claim is carried under 53 on this page. GE refrigerator pages describe the XWFE as certified to reduce 70+ impurities including lead, chlorine, PFOA/PFOS, microplastics, arsenic and select pharmaceuticals.

What's wrong with XWFE?

The drawback: Chipped-key lock-in: the XWFE carries an RFID chip the refrigerator reads to authenticate the filter, so a cheaper unchipped XWF-shape cartridge is not a drop-in substitute in a fridge that expects the chip — the saving route is closed by design. The GE performance sheet also rates capacity at 170 gallons, not the 300 gallons often quoted in retail copy.

Genuine vs third-party notes

Genuine XWFE replaces XWF and is backward compatible with refrigerators that use XWF. When comparing a third-party XWFE cartridge, check two separate things: whether it has a working RFID chip for your fridge, and whether its certification listing names its own element — chip compatibility is not certification.

No specific third-party cartridge has been checked for this page yet. When one is, it will be named here with its own listing check and a dated price.

History

First published: 2026-11-05.
Last verified: 2026-11-06.
2026-11-06 — GE XWFE: PFOA/PFOS claim status clarified: The XWFE's PFOA/PFOS claim, originally cited by GE under the withdrawn NSF Protocol P473, is carried on this page under NSF/ANSI 53, where those claims now live. The page now states explicitly that the claim is GE's manufacturer claim, carried in its current standards home — not a claim this page treats as certified.
2026-11-06 — GE XWFE: withdrawn P473 citation corrected: This page cited NSF Protocol P473 as one of the XWFE's certifications, following GE's performance data sheet. NSF has withdrawn P473: its PFOA/PFOS claims were folded into NSF/ANSI 53 in 2022. The page now carries the PFOA/PFOS claim under NSF/ANSI 53, in its current form, and no longer cites P473 as a current certification.