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Mayayana Mayayana is offline
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Default Costco bananas don't seem to ever ripen (what's the trick)?

Interesting coincidence.... Your post got me curious
about the BPA issue. It turns out it's harder to avoid
BPA in cans than I thought. I don't buy much in cans,
so I haven't paid much attention to it, but apparently
tomatoes are an especially relevant item:

From 2013
http://www.oregonlive.com/foodday/in...nned_food.html
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Sara O'Leary, a healthy eating specialist and a registered dietitian at
Whole Foods Market in Vancouver, says that while she hasn't received many
customer inquiries about BPA-free packaging, she likes to point out specific
brands when she conducts store tours or talks with customers about making
healthier food choices.

The only current product line that's completely BPA-free is Eden Organic,
though individual products from Wild Planet, Westbrae Natural and Muir Glen
have BPA-free packaging.

"If you're only going to worry about BPA with one thing, focus on tomatoes,"
O'Leary says. "Due to their high acidity, they encourage the leaching of BPA
into the food. So I point customers to diced tomatoes or sauces from Eden or
Muir Glen."

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