Which Canned Foods Are BPA Free?

A quick guide sharing brands that don't use BPA in canned foods

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• food
• bpa
• bpa free
• cooking
• health

[Zippypo]

Unfortunately for those of us that are on a poor mans budget we can't afford products like Eden. I do shop at Trader Joe's for the simple fact that if you ever have a question on one of there products they will answer it. Nothing hiding.

With beans I try to stay with the dry ones. What are your thoughts on those coming in plastic? I usuallyy buy Goya brand. Thanks

[AlexandraNutrition]

@Zippypo Hey there! You can get Eden coupons by writing to them online and asking - a great way to save money on high quality eats! Just go to their website and click contact us and ask them to send some coupons!

[MrJapper88]

Thge only can food I was eating was retired beans Rosarita. It was so easy to nuke 1/2 the can and add to rice for a fast meal... But now I wil not eat the beans. I will sub with black eye peas frozen in bags and try to live with that.

[garbagemanify]

I'd like to talk about her cans...............

[ConcernedChemist2]

@MrAbsoluteknowledge

Again the point is at what level?

Contaminant level BPA is everywhere - you just have to extract longer in your testing and check deeper.

parts per trillion are now the focus which you will find it just about anywhere.

So what does "free" mean from a number value?

If I find 150 ppT in a coating and i didn't use BPA as a raw material - is it BPA free?

[MrAbsoluteknowledge]

@ConcernedChemist2 yeah all they mean is no bpa in the lining of the can not the product

its all semantics u see:)

[MrAbsoluteknowledge]

all good and fun

wonder what are the replacing bpa with? an even more toxix chemical?

remember the days fo sugar is bad

now we have corn syrup

and aspartame witch is about 100 worst and neurotoxic

:)

[hippychickcansew]

Alex, your skin is lovely...you radiate good health and are an inspiration to me to eat better, do yoga more and be more concientous (sp?) about what I buy!

I am on a very tight budget but have been trying to buy less canned foods in general. I am fortunate enough to live near a few stores that offer a lot of foods in bulk, so I stock up on dry beans, rice, etc. I save all of my jars from other foods and use them to "can" freshly cooked beans. I also started using cloth bags for bulk stuff.

[ConcernedChemist2]

Just curious...what does BPA free mean to you?

Absolutely no BPA at any detectable limit?

< 0.01%?

< 0.000001%

Even the Eden brand of BPA free products are showing detectable levels in their products...it's in water pipe linings and water tank linings, it's in can linings of the sauces they buy, it's in fish and the water they swim in...

When you talk about looking at parts per billion of chemical in our everyday life, I don't see how any company will be able to "factually" claim BPA free.

[Zippypo]

@AlexandraNutrition Thanks I do enjoy many of there products and when shopping yesterday I noticed not a big difference from other processed foods in a can.Funny I don't buy allot of processed foods so it all looks expensive to me.  I do very well on a vegan diet been doing it for 5 years. I eat tons of produce in the summer that is the way I keep my grocery bill down.

[AlexandraNutrition]

@jmcilroy51 Totally! I use cloth bags, some of which I made, some I bought, as well as using glass, reusing plastic bags (umpteen times!) - it's a mixture of stuff. My grocery store is a members co-op and they don't even have bags at the check-out: you have to bring your own, use cardboard boxes that the co-op has leftover from new foods, or buy a re-usable bag. Most people bring their own bags all the time. I've been doing it since childhood, so it's a habit - for others it's new!