c., Juanita’s Foods, King Oscar AS, Lucini Italia Company, Raincoast Trading Company, Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (Bearitos, Earth’s Best Organic, Gluten Free Café, Health Valley, Health Valley Organic, Imagine, Walnut Acres, Westbrae Natural), Tyson Foods, Inc.
There are companies that are using BPA-free cans for some of its products.
That would be ConAgra Foods, who said they use it in only one of its 13 brands. Hunt’s and Del Monte Foods, Inc did say they used BPA-free cans for some products in its College Inn, Contadina and S&W lines; and General Mills reported using BPA-free cans for Muir Glen brand only.
The worst offenders that use it exclusively are Hormel Foods Corp., which have seven brands and 50 percent stake in another four brands, and all five of Pinnacle Foods Group including Armour, Brooks, Duncan Hines, Comstock, Duncan Hines Wilderness and Nalley.
The 78 products in the worst players category are: A Taste of Thai Coconut Milk, Lindsay Olives, Bookbinders Specialties, Bruce’s Casa Fiesta, Bush’s, Cento, Chincoteague Seafood Brand, Gordon’s Chesapeake Natural, Maiz Gallego, Dinty Moore, Hormel, Hormel Chili, Peloponnese, Span, Stagg Chili, Valley Fresh, Lucky Leaf, Musselman’s, Bar Harbor, Mario, Simply Asia, Thai Kitchen, Chi-Chi’s, Embasa, Herdez, La Victoria, Early California, Pearls, White hours Foods, Carnation, Libby’s Pumpkin, Ocean Sptray, Oregon Specialty Fruit, Andersen’s, Armour, Brooks, Duncan Hines Comstock, Duncan Hines Wilderness, Nalley, Rao’s Homemade, Red Gold, Red Pack, Sacramento, Tuttorusso, Solo Foods, Market Pantry, Eagle Brand, Magnolia, PET, Clear Value, Dining Out, Food Club, Full Circle, Valu Time, World Classics.
You can help yourself by substituting fresh, frozen or dried food for canned; purchasing food in alternative packaging, such as glass; rinsing fruits and vegetables in water to help lower the level of BPA in the can.
Be sure to do your research and take action. You can contact companies and ask about BPAs and encourage them to use BPA-free packaging.
Terrie McArthur is a free-lance writer, artist and interior designer. Contact her at 702-345-8714.