Are you willing to pay 2.2 cents more per can to get the BPA out of our canned food?
We have all heard about BPA and how it is not good for us for due to these side effects. So here is a list of companies that have banned BPA from their packaging so you can make good decisions about your food products.
WITHOUT BPA:
Eden Foods: All 33 of its organic beans, chili, rice & beans, refried, and flavored.
Trader Joe's Brand: Canned corn, tomatoes, beans (except baked beans), tunafish, anchovies, poultry, beef, coconut milk, fruit (except mandarins) and vegetables (except artichokes).
Hunt's Tomato Products: Only their plain tomatoes - but great first step!!!
Whole Foods: 27% of its store-brand canned goods. No specifics given!*
Amy's: As of March, 2012 all products in non-bpa cans. Look for: NB, for Non-BPA on the bottom of each can.
Bionaturae: Canned tomatoes.
Campbell's Soups: Announced March, 2012 that it will be phasing out BPA from its cans! They have yet to make clear when that will begin, or what they plan to use instead of BPA.
Crowne Prince Natural: Tuna, Salmon, Kippers. See this link for specifics.
King Oscar Norwegian: All products: kingoscar.com
Muir Glen: Canned tomato products only.
Native Factor: Coconut Water.
Native Forest: Organic coconut milk, artichokes, asparagus, mushrooms, hearts of palm and all of their canned fruits.
Ocean Brands: Salmon, tuna, oyster, crab, snackit, snack n lunch and fish salads. (Not the shrimp, clams and food service size.)
Oregon's Choice: Canned Tuna.
Vital Choice: Canned salmon, albacore tuna, sardines and mackerel.
Westbrae: As of mid-2013 has labeled many of its cans as non-BPA lining.
Not sure what new lining consists of.
Wild Planet: Canned Sardines and 5 oz tuna.
Ecofish (Henry & Lisa's): Canned Tuna.
Nature's One: Organic powdered baby milks.
Tetra-pak (aseptic containers) are lined with Polyethylene, not BPA. 'Pomi' Brand and Hunt's Chopped tomatoes in tetra-paks are becoming more widely available.
WITH BPA:
Eden Foods: Canned tomato products (look for their new - glass jars)*
We have all heard about BPA and how it is not good for us for due to these side effects. So here is a list of companies that have banned BPA from their packaging so you can make good decisions about your food products.
WITHOUT BPA:
Eden Foods: All 33 of its organic beans, chili, rice & beans, refried, and flavored.
Trader Joe's Brand: Canned corn, tomatoes, beans (except baked beans), tunafish, anchovies, poultry, beef, coconut milk, fruit (except mandarins) and vegetables (except artichokes).
Hunt's Tomato Products: Only their plain tomatoes - but great first step!!!
Whole Foods: 27% of its store-brand canned goods. No specifics given!*
Amy's: As of March, 2012 all products in non-bpa cans. Look for: NB, for Non-BPA on the bottom of each can.
Bionaturae: Canned tomatoes.
Campbell's Soups: Announced March, 2012 that it will be phasing out BPA from its cans! They have yet to make clear when that will begin, or what they plan to use instead of BPA.
Crowne Prince Natural: Tuna, Salmon, Kippers. See this link for specifics.
King Oscar Norwegian: All products: kingoscar.com
Muir Glen: Canned tomato products only.
Native Factor: Coconut Water.
Native Forest: Organic coconut milk, artichokes, asparagus, mushrooms, hearts of palm and all of their canned fruits.
Ocean Brands: Salmon, tuna, oyster, crab, snackit, snack n lunch and fish salads. (Not the shrimp, clams and food service size.)
Oregon's Choice: Canned Tuna.
Vital Choice: Canned salmon, albacore tuna, sardines and mackerel.
Westbrae: As of mid-2013 has labeled many of its cans as non-BPA lining.
Not sure what new lining consists of.
Wild Planet: Canned Sardines and 5 oz tuna.
Ecofish (Henry & Lisa's): Canned Tuna.
Nature's One: Organic powdered baby milks.
Tetra-pak (aseptic containers) are lined with Polyethylene, not BPA. 'Pomi' Brand and Hunt's Chopped tomatoes in tetra-paks are becoming more widely available.
WITH BPA:
Eden Foods: Canned tomato products (look for their new - glass jars)*
Trader Joe's Brand: All soups, chilis and stews. Plus; Sardines, Crab, Cherrystone Clams & Oysters, Mandarins, Hatch Chilies, Artichokes, Organic Baked Beans.
Whole Foods: 73% of its store-brand canned goods.
Ocean Brands: Shrimp, clams and 4lb food service size.
Annie's, Brad's, Muir Glen cans are lined with BPA.
ALL food & beverage cans out there other than those listed above...
Most all Aluminum Cans are lined with BPA.
Polycarbonate plastic (grouped in #7) contains BPA and BPAF (worse!).
Many shiny thermal receipts contain BPA.
(ATM receipts, cash register receipts, prescription labels, lottery/airline tickets, etc)
Don’t hand children receipts that might contain BPA!
Don’t recycle receipts that might contain BPA!
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