Question from sarah
Help! I’m suffering from TMI (too much information) overload!
I am trying to find the best portable food and drink storage materials for my family. For liquids, we were using SIGG, but I recently learned their bottles contained BPA through 2008 and now I’m returning them to SIGG for the “new” bottles with BPA free liners. Who knows if this new liner is truly safe either, as I’ve lost some trust in SIGG. I’ve heard Kleen Kanteen is good, but will they corrode or leach without a liner? I like the glass Love Bottle, but that is not practical for my daughter to bring to school. My daughter, husband and I all bring our lunches to school/work and glass is heavy and breakable.
We want to get rid of our old plastic, but what is safest? I’ve looked into Lunch Bots and Kids Konserve, which are both stainless steel, but do we have to worry about leaching chemicals? I’ve seen the new Oxo Pop, which is BPA/PVC/phthalate-free plastic; the Fresh Snack Pack made of EVA; and TellFresh made from Polypropylene. You mentioned polyethylene, but I can’t find a product made from this material.
3GreenMoms makes moisture proof pouches but I wonder about mold. Plum Creek makes cotton snack bags, but those won’t work for fruit or veggies which is most of our diet. What’s going to be the safest option for my family? One study I read says stainless is best, then I read something else that says stainless is bad and BPA free plastic is best. I’m in a quandry!
Debra’s Answer
I’m sure everyone is going to have a different opinion on this.
I’ll just reiterate that glass is the least toxic food storage material.
All of the plastics are going to leach something into the foods and beverage, though I can’t tell you at this time how much or what. I’m working on researching this.
Stainless steel leaches metals.
So if you don’t use glass, then you need to decide if you want to eat and drink plastics or metals.
I’m still working on determining, which is safer–plastic or metal. Neither is completely safe.
