Does Stonyfield Farm use BPA or Polystyrene (#6 plastic) in its packaging?
None of our packaging contains BPA (Bisphenol A). BPA is used to make epoxy resins and polycarbonate plastic; BPA is not used (and never has been used) to make any of the packaging we use for our products. We do use polystyrene cups for our yogurt multipack offerings and our pint sized Oikos Organic Greek yogurt. Both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Union (EU) consider polystyrene (#6) containers safe for food use. The FDA requires the styrene content of the packaging be less than 5,000 parts per million (ppm). The styrene content in Stonyfield Farm’s polystyrene packaging does not exceed 400 ppm (12 times less than the allowable limit). For those who prefer, our Organic Greek yogurt can also be purchased in 5.3 oz. containers made of polypropylene (#5 plastic); and our fat free, lowfat and whole milk yogurts can also be purchased in 6 oz. and 32 oz. polypropylene (#5) containers.
We want to make clear that we don’t use (and have never used) BPA (Bisphenol A) in any of our packaging. BPA is used to make epoxy resins and polycarbonate plastic; BPA is not used to make polystyrene. We do use polystyrene cups for our multipack offerings including YoBaby and YoMommy. Both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Union (EU) consider polystyrene (#6) containers safe for food use. The FDA requires the styrene content of the packaging be less than 5,000 parts per million (ppm). The styrene content in Stonyfield Farm’s polystyrene packaging does not exceed 400 ppm (12 times less than the allowable limit). For those who prefer, our organic whole milk and lowfat yogurts can be purchased in 6 oz. and 32 oz. containers made of polypropylene (#5 plastic). At Stonyfield Farm, we are continuously searching for packaging materials with lower environmental impacts since all packaging can have an adverse effect on the environment. Polystyrene allows us to reduce the o
