What are the alternatives to BPA for cans?
While the legislation does not ban BPA in any food cans until safer alternatives are identified, we know that some companies have already found alternatives. Eden’s Foods packs its canned beans in lead-free tin covered steel cans coated with a baked-on oleoresinous c-enamel lining that does not contain BPA. Oleoresin is a natural mixture of an oil and a resin extracted from various plants, such as pine or balsam fir. These cans cost 14 percent more than the industry standard cans that do contain BPA. This costs Eden $300,000 more a year.
