The US Food and Drug Administration banned the use of BPA bisphenol A from baby bottles and sippy cups in , over concerns about hormonal disruption and other problems.
Troublingly, the chemical is still present in many other items, including receipt paper, water bottles, and canned goods in the US. Several companies now offer canned goods that claim to be BPA-free, but these are our top picks based on when they started caring about BPA, brand transparency, and overall sustainability. The company quickly moved away from BPA linings and now offers tin-plated cans with a non-BPA lining made of acrylic for the can body and polyester for the can lid.
The current can linings do not have synthetic estrogen as an ingredient. Highlights: Sustainable seafood company with a robust policy against using BPA linings and with stringent third-party testing. The process of transitioning to the BPA-NI cans began in , when the company received certification from its manufacturers stating that the can linings were BPA-free.
They added this to the can labels and shortly thereafter sent the cans for third party testing. The company also sources its seafood sustainably, including details of harvesting practices and locations. Wild Planet offers most of its products in recyclable cans, but some products are packaged in plastic pouches.
These are not currently recyclable but the company is currently developing a new format of recyclable, single-serving packaging. Muir Glen are tomato specialists, but while other brands still cling to their BPA linings for these acidic foodstuffs, this company has gone entirely BPA-free.
These tomatoes are field-grown and vine-ripened and, I have to say, absolutely delicious! Muir Glen also strives for long-term partnerships with farmers, encouraging better working conditions, practices, and financial sustainability. Highlights: Well respected company with a history of fair trade and sustainable practices, offering canned goods without BPA linings and with stringent third-party testing.
The company recognizes that BPA is present in the environment and that this means it may be disingenuous to claim that a product is BPA-free, even if no BPA is intentionally used in the cans. These include embracing fair trade, plant-based diets, and integrated pest management while promoting organic certification at their partner farms worldwide.
Eden Foods was another early adapter following concerning reports about BPA in the s. This involved significant and arduous negotiation with packaging manufacturers unwilling to divulge proprietary information about their use of BPA or to switch away from it. Oleoresin is a mixture of oil and plant resin extracted from pine or balsam fir trees. In , the company switched all products to cans with a lining safe for both low acid and high acid foods, meaning that even tomato-based products are now in non-BPA cans.
Nowadays, Eden Foods offers products in these much-improved cans and continues to offer some products packed in Tetrapaks and glass jars. The lids for the jars do have a coating made with BPA, but this is covered with a second coating without BPA that creates an effective barrier between the BPA and contact with food. Highlights: Eco-minded seafood company with a robust Corporate Social Responsibility program and impressive carbon footprint reduction, offering sustainably caught fish products in cans made without intentionally added BPA.
Crown Prince specializes in seafood, offering canned tuna, salmon, sardines, and other goods. Crown Prince has been highly engaged in sustainability efforts for more than a decade. I think cowboys ate beans from actual tin or perhaps aluminum cans with no epoxy lining. Of course, then instead of BPA, heavy metals probably leached out of the cans!
Hi wondering what silverware you currently use for you and your family. Finding it hard to find stuff not made in China. Also very hard to find utensils that fall into the good stuff category for my toddler. I bought plastic gallon water jugs from Wal-mart that state BPA free. I noticed at my local Whole Foods that Muir Glen is now producing their fire roasted and regular tomatoes in jars.
Have you done any research on any play mats?. I want to stay away from the foam ones. Thanks in advance. Were you able to get any infomation about what they line their BPA-free cans with? As always, this is great information! Hi Abby- We are still waiting to hear back from TJs!
Any update on the TJ cans? For tomatoes look at Kirkland organic tomatoes. As I am not sure the alternative, I do love me some Costco! Do canning lids jar lids have bpa??? Unfortunately yes, they do. Our non-BPA Everyday Value products may be lined with any of those types of lining based on the availability of the different types of packaging to the vendor.
Pillar Rock : All canned fish, known for their canned salmon. Port Clyde : All canned fish, including sardines. Raincoast Trading : All canned fish. Their solid white albacore tuna is a big seller after Andrew Zimmern toured the factory on Travel Channel. ALL Pet Food. Tyson : Canned chicken. Vital Choice : Canned salmon , albacore tuna , sardines and mackerel. Wild Planet : Canned Sardines and 5 oz tuna. Tetra-pak aseptic containers are lined with Polyethylene, not BPA.
All soups, chilis and stews, except those listed above. To look up a particular product see: ewg. The results showed a tremendous variability in BPA levels in the canned foods tested, from non-detectable to parts per billion. Researchers analyzed the urine of seventy-five people for BPA. Each participant ate a ounce serving of either fresh or canned soup for five days in a row. They were advised not to otherwise alter their regular eating habits.
After a two-day break, the groups switched and ate the opposite type of soup. The study showed the canned soup eaters had 1, per cent higher levels of BPA in their urine than those who ate the fresh soup. An August, study out of the University of Virginia, shows that low dose BPA is associated with decreased social activity in mice for up to four generations!
Again the research shows the effects to be generational. Oleoresin is a non-toxic mixture of oil and resin extracted from plants, such as pine or balsam fir. Yet that natural liner is not approved by the FDA for acid foods, such as tomatoes. Hopefully in the very near future, alternative liners will be put on the market as more research is completed. But as of now, be aware that canned tomatoes, soups and pastas are your highest sources of BPA due to their acid consuming the lining of the can.
Canned green beans and coconut milk have also shown very high levels of BPA. Although we successfully achieved a BPA free alternative for low-acid food such as beans, the canning industry has no suitable in our opinion can for high-acid food like tomatoes. After years of trying to realize one, Eden chose to move its canned tomatoes into amber glass jars to avoid BPA.
In Eden moved a third of its tomatoes to amber glass, away from cans. The cans still have a baked on r-enamel. Due to the acids in tomato, the lining is epoxy based and does contain a minute amount of BPA.
The test was based on a detection level of 5 ppb parts per billion. Our goal is zero. The inside of the twist caps has two coats of sealer between the food and the metal of the cap.
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