>> Why you should read the back of the package. The FDA sent warning letters to 17 food companies for “Front-of-Package Violations” that make food sound healthier than they actually are. The most common issue: Companies touted that their products were trans fat free — without mentioning high saturated fat content.
In addition to the usual suspects like Nestle, a couple organic companies made the list — including one of my favorite cereals, Nature’s Path Organic Flax Plus Multibran Cereal. Why? Apparently the claim “excellent source of Omega-3+” is not approved for use on food products.
>> Why I haven’t bought any canned food this year: BPA-free canned food’s hard to come by — even for green food companies that want to make their containers BPA-free. Both Eden Foods and Vital Choice are struggling to — but not yet succeeding at — keeping BPA out of their products due to both the ubiquity of the chemical and lack of alternatives.
>> Did you know Meryl Streep started working as an environmental foodie activist with the NRDC back in the late 1980s? In an in-depth interview with Wendy Gordon at NRDC’s Simple Steps, Meryl Streep talks in detail about food, health, and the environment — very candidly and honestly, even critiquing her own habits on eco-standards.
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There are some BPA-free foods – I compiled a list and will update with some new ones, too. Soon!
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/7-bpa-free-canned-foods.php
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Comment by april — March 10, 2010 @ 12:54 pm
Thanks for the note, April. Your list does show, however, that it’s still tough for the average consumer to identify / support BPA-free canned products. For ex, you can’t just assume all Eden’s Foods cans to be BPA free, since the tomato product cans aren’t, as you point out…. Who can keep all that straight while in the grocery store? Hopefully we’ll all become less reliant on cans overall –
Comment by Siel — April 14, 2010 @ 10:30 pm