BPA?

Back in April 2010, Amy's Kitchen released a statement about Bisphenol A (BPA) in the lining of their cans. The full statement is available online, but here's a brief excerpt:

"There have been 100's or thousands of scientific articles and studies on the safety of Bisphenol A (BPA), as used in epoxy can linings throughout the world. The studies are often contradictory, as often happens with scientific studies.
When world food safety authorities decide on regulatory action, they take into account all the studies to draw conclusions. As a result, some countries have taken steps requiring baby bottles and sippy cups be converted to other packaging. ... But, no countries (EU, Japan, Australia/New Zealand, US) have concluded that they need to regulate the current can coatings in products such as soups."

That said, Amy's has realized that no matter what the governments have been saying, their customers want BPA-free products. According to the company's Facebook page, all their tomato-based soups have been in non-BPA can linings for several months now, and "all of Amy's canned products will be using the new non BPA linings by this coming February."

We will be watching the company's website and once we feel sure that our stock on hand is from these BPA-free cans, we will label them as such in the product descriptions.

In the meantime, Eden Organics has been a leader in BPA-free food packaging. All of their beans are in non-BPA containers. Tomato products have proven tougher – it is apparently hard to find a liner that doesn't react to the extreme acidity of tomato sauces – but many of their tomatoes are now available in glass jars, which never contain BPA.

We also carry some Native Forest products, such as canned pineapple and mango, and their cans are also BPA-free.

To get a list of all the BPA-free canned products we carry, enter BPA-free in the "Search Products" field. As we bring in new canned products or learn more about the products we already have in stock, we will add that to their product description so you can always have an up-to-date list available.

If you have any questions about the products we sell, please call us at 604-708-2345 or email us at info@greenearthorganics.com.