On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:32:13 -0500, Susan > wrote:

>x-o-archive: yes
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>On 1/5/2012 6:05 PM, Peppermint Patootie wrote:
>
>> I wish they'd hurry up and have more tomatoes in jars. I use a lot of
>> diced or whole or crushed tomatoes in my cooking, and they're all in
>> cans! Sauces are in jars, but I like to make my own sauces. I saw a
>> list of seven foods the experts won't eat, and one of them was canned
>> tomatoes. I cannot afford to buy fresh tomatoes all year and use them
>> in cooking. *sigh*
>
>I know, right?
>
>I just went looking and found some interesting stuff on the Eden Foods
>web site: http://www.edenfoods.com/faqs/view.php?categories_id=6
>
>"Why amber glass for food?
>The driving force at Eden for amber glass tomatoes was the avoidance of
>bisphenol-A (BPA) in high acid food cans, and failure of the can
>manufacturers to make BPA free cans for tomatoes.
>
>Light damages color and flavor by causing chemical change.
>Photo-oxidation (light damage) is systemic in food stores where
>fluorescent lighting in particular, reduces food quality. Amber glass is
>difficult to get and more costly, but it best protects food. Eden offers
>the only tomatoes in the U.S.A. packed in amber glass, protecting flavor
>and nutrients from light damage; EDEN Organic Spaghetti Sauces, Pizza
>Pasta Sauce, Crushed Tomatoes, Crushed Tomatoes with Sweet Basil, and
>Crushed Tomatoes with Roasted Onion & Garlic."
>
>
>Susan


Susan you are a gem, researching that. Thank you for finding it!

The BPA is also in certain water bottles. They pulled a lot of baby
bottles that had it in them.

Evelyn :-)