tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post4856598186446827607..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: BPA-free canned tomatoesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-744354711533256782011-03-29T07:31:29.702-07:002011-03-29T07:31:29.702-07:00BPA is a definite worry (among so many other thing...BPA is a definite worry (among so many other things). I try to stay away from cans, but tend to have some on hand (usually just beans) for emergency use. I've been buying bionature organic tomato paste and strained tomatoes in jars for a while. I recently ordered the Eden crushed tomatoes in amber jars online (back in Feb when Edenfoods.com was running a special on them). Would love for my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-40279283681036348492011-03-26T17:01:02.699-07:002011-03-26T17:01:02.699-07:00oh, my, recently discovered their roasted tomatoes...oh, my, recently discovered their roasted tomatoes...they can really kick salsa up a few notches!! yummmmmmDmariehttp://bettermebetterworld.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-58134380755926369142011-03-25T19:23:04.346-07:002011-03-25T19:23:04.346-07:00Even glass is not BPA free, the lids are lined wit...Even glass is not BPA free, the lids are lined with BPA. Your exposure is reduced becuase it is less surface area, but it is still there. Also Ball canning lids are lined with BPA. Tattler makes BPA free plastic canning lids.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01596428186466647945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-79972413945098251992011-03-25T09:03:01.761-07:002011-03-25T09:03:01.761-07:00Hi Crunchy! I too am always on the prowl for non-...Hi Crunchy! I too am always on the prowl for non-bpa canned goods, and it is so difficult. When I wrote my own letter to Muir Glen just earlier this year, they replied with an atrociously standardized "BPA is just fine" so just suck it up response. Bleh.<br />In our food coop I have access to pureed tomatoes in a glass jar, from bionature. I've been using these (and Pomi) in Julia's Childhttp://www.sarahpinneo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-65415694284138185542011-03-23T22:03:23.187-07:002011-03-23T22:03:23.187-07:00I was looking at Eden Foods earlier, so I remember...I was looking at Eden Foods earlier, so I remember them having tomatoes in glass. It's crushed tomatoes, I don't see any paste. Oh, the glass is amber, to decrease light damage http://www.edenfoods.com/store/index.php?cPath=23_41Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08827052626667535975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-8165668614319312802011-03-23T19:34:41.051-07:002011-03-23T19:34:41.051-07:00Thank you for posting this. My husband came home w...Thank you for posting this. My husband came home with Muir Glen tomatoes the other day thinking that the enamel lining was a better option which prompted me to look onto some rather vague information about removing BPA from Muir Glen tomatoe packaging. Thanks for solidifying my suspicions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-76702698539868637532011-03-23T16:07:16.805-07:002011-03-23T16:07:16.805-07:00We do Pomi, too, but I'd be thrilled to have a...We do Pomi, too, but I'd be thrilled to have another option in Ball jars. Thanks for the update! Don't want no BPA in my fam's food. There isn't enough info on what it does to us long term, in my opinion.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17856650386093418189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-55868111116949576952011-03-23T14:18:48.085-07:002011-03-23T14:18:48.085-07:00BPA isn't really my main worry when I look for...BPA isn't really my main worry when I look for products. I don't like that it is used but I rather focus on how far it is traveling, how much packaging and processing goes on. <br /><br />I live in Alaska so tomatoes are really hard to grow here but I want to focus on tomatoes this year. They do grow in a greenhouse or with row cloth so I having my dh build a few cheap greehouses and we Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06352076826140421005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-84801502777895631932011-03-23T13:24:18.818-07:002011-03-23T13:24:18.818-07:00I sure as heck DO worry about BPA! I haven't s...I sure as heck DO worry about BPA! I haven't seen the Pomi brand in any store I visit (Trader Joes and Henry's), so until Muir Glen comes out with their BPA-free cans, I've been limiting our tomato product purchases.<br /><br />Alas, I have no excuse not to grow tomatoes; I live in San Diego. Last year I was super-lucky. My friends went on vacation, leaving their heirloom tomatoes to The Nurturing Piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268305689672587081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-51533204081684014642011-03-23T13:10:32.278-07:002011-03-23T13:10:32.278-07:00Natalie - For your coconut milk, Native Forest pro...Natalie - For your coconut milk, Native Forest products don't have BPA in their cans.<br /><br />Laura - They are lined because highly acidic foods (like tomatoes) will leach aluminum into the food inside. Old cans used to be made out of tin, I think.Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-38977439784681203842011-03-23T12:18:39.638-07:002011-03-23T12:18:39.638-07:00Nice. I'm gonna have to put your book on my wi...Nice. I'm gonna have to put your book on my wishlist.<br /><br />I, too, don't buy many canned foods, and have been finding alternatives (like cooking dried beans myself instead of buying them canned). I do still buy tomatoes in cans and occasionally coconut milk. I buy your run of the mill BPA-lined cans (cheap) and try not to worry about it. I would prefer, of course, that manufacturersNataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350957428140281603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-68845167739797961612011-03-23T11:36:02.699-07:002011-03-23T11:36:02.699-07:00Why do we have to line the cans with anything? Did...Why do we have to line the cans with anything? Didn't we used to can tomatoes and eat them and go on with life?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08849148217473381311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-7097329589138074012011-03-23T11:09:45.051-07:002011-03-23T11:09:45.051-07:00Pomi is 100% all natural. No pesticides at all. No...Pomi is 100% all natural. No pesticides at all. No herbicides. No genetically modified seeds. I would consider them to be organic even. Just google some recently articles about them. Great stuffShellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-13508971936241002082011-03-23T10:17:25.391-07:002011-03-23T10:17:25.391-07:00I don't eat a lot of canned food; tomatoes are...I don't eat a lot of canned food; tomatoes are about the only canned thing I do eat so I just face the fact that I'm getting dosed with BPA. I guess it's better than if I ate a lot of canned stuff. I can't afford organic, BPA free or not. I'd like to learn to can my own but I have yet to find a source of local tomatoes that I could afford in any quantity, either, and I only Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17916355206139673025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-36513377245625114552011-03-23T08:58:36.072-07:002011-03-23T08:58:36.072-07:00I dunno, I like the Pomi brand, O could swear I re...I dunno, I like the Pomi brand, O could swear I read that they're pesticide free, I know they're definitely GM free. I was buying jarred tomato products but the lids are either lined with BPA or a PVC type product. Yay (!)Zairahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735256645887101328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-9227450864708472712011-03-23T06:58:07.272-07:002011-03-23T06:58:07.272-07:00Eden Organic's bean are in BPA-free cans, but ...Eden Organic's bean are in BPA-free cans, but according to their web site, the FDA hasn't approved any non-BPA linings for high acidity foods. I hope the news from Muir Glen means that is changing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-80484935125489241192011-03-23T05:47:54.811-07:002011-03-23T05:47:54.811-07:00Eliminating BPA is my new project, and it is relat...Eliminating BPA is my new project, and it is relatively difficult, for the kinds of reasons you allude to in your post. Tomatoes are certainly one of my biggest worries because of the acidity. Normally, we can our own, so when we are out we are out. This year, the tomato crop was awful, so I've had to buy a few cans, and I'm sure we've gotten some BPA along the way.Jennifer @ Fast, Cheap, and Goodhttp://fastcheapandgood.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-88901259984382537592011-03-22T23:21:51.486-07:002011-03-22T23:21:51.486-07:00We ran out of our tomatoes and bought a case of Po...We ran out of our tomatoes and bought a case of Pomi. I can't say that I notice that they are any worse or better than Muir Glen which I've had in the past but I am used to homegrown and spoiled.<br /><br />I am looking forward to reading the rest of the book, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-15488790657102883432011-03-22T22:48:26.591-07:002011-03-22T22:48:26.591-07:00I do worry about BPA, but we have not gotten to th...I do worry about BPA, but we have not gotten to the point where we can can enough for our needs. I try to not buy any canned foods, but we do buy some canned tomatoes. I hope the glass jars come to a store near me soon!Brenna @ Almost All The Truthhttp://www.almostallthetruth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-24128294275586110642011-03-22T22:46:11.741-07:002011-03-22T22:46:11.741-07:00We are an active duty military family living on ba...We are an active duty military family living on base in Guam. The commissary just recently stopped stocking Muir Glen, now our only choices are Hunt's or Del Monte. I'm working on growing my own, but until then, I'm going to have to buy what I can. It's BPA or no tomatoes at all.KimCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-3214700472373490172011-03-22T22:22:56.895-07:002011-03-22T22:22:56.895-07:00Would these purported Ball glass jarred tomatoes b...Would these purported Ball glass jarred tomatoes be in reusable, resealable Ball canning-type jars? If so, I would absolutely buy them. Anything that gets me more jars....<br /><br />Looking forward to the rest of your book.Erica/Northwest Edible Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17359991268813430431noreply@blogger.com