BPA Free Canned Foods

I have such a limited amount of canned foods in my house.  I try to buy everything I can in glass jars and bottles.  The cans used to store foods have linings that contain BPA.  If you think about the shelf life of a canned item, do you really want that food to be sitting in a BPA lined can for that long before you eat it?

For those of who don't know what BPA is here is an idea:

Bisphenol A is considered an endocrine disruptor because it mimics estrogen, a natural hormone, and may fool the body by stimulating reactions that are unnecessary and potentially harmful.

Scientists have linked bisphenol A (BPA) to a higher incidence of heart disease, diabetes and liver abnormalities in adults as well as brain and hormone development problems in fetuses and young children. Other tests have shown that bisphenol A can promote human breast cancer cell growth, decrease sperm counts in rats, and cause erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems in men.

Bisphenol A is considered an endocrine disruptor because it mimics estrogen, a natural hormone, and may fool the body by stimulating reactions that are unnecessary and potentially harmful.

Scientists have linked bisphenol A (BPA) to a higher incidence of heart disease, diabetes and liver abnormalities in adults as well as brain and hormone development problems in fetuses and young children. Other tests have shown that bisphenol A can promote human breast cancer cell growth, decrease sperm counts in rats, and cause erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems in men.

Doesn't sound like something you really want in your food, does it?  

The companies actually could all do their canning without BPA but it would costs about 2.2 cents more to do so.  I say do it and let me pay that 2.2 cents more per item.  I would much rather pay more to be safe than to worry about my family ingesting BPA, but unfortunately the companies don't see it that way.

I have searched and emailed companies of products that are not sold in glass jars or bottles and have come up with some products that are canned without BPA.  

Eden Organics.  They have actually been using BPA free cans since 1999!

Vital Choice cans it's MSC certified salmon as well as tuna, sardines and mackerel with BPA free liners.

Oregon's Choice uses BPA cans for their Albacore and will in the next two years move all their canned fish to BPA free.

Wild Planet uses BPA free packaging for its Skipjack Tuna and its Albacore Tuna products.  They also choose smaller fish in order to make its "Lower in Mercury" claim.

Native Forest and Native Factor brands canned goods are in BPA free cans.

Muir Glen stated that they are in the process of finding a BPA free alternative for their canned tomatoes. 

There it is.  The list is short.  Hopefully companies will jump on board and find a BPA free way of canning their products.  I know for me it is a deal breaker.  I don't want BPA.

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