Direct link to article. https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/the...
> We found [phthalates] in all but one food (Polar raspberry lime seltzer).
A very grim lol.
> We found [phthalates] in all but one food (Polar raspberry lime seltzer).
A very grim lol.
>> Yet some products had much lower levels than others. A serving of Pizza Hut’s Original Cheese Pan Pizza, for example, had half the phthalate levels of a similar pizza from Little Caesars. Levels varied even among products from the same brand: Chef Boyardee Big Bowl Beefaroni pasta in meat sauce had less than half the level of the company’s Beefaroni pasta in tomato and meat sauce.
This is also surprising, seeing how Chipotle will prepare the food in front of you.
>> Chipotle Chicken Burrito (aluminum foil)20,579ng
Other notable:
>> Juicy Juice 100% Juice Apple (cardboard box)2,260 ng
>> Land O’Lakes Butter Salted (paper wrap/cardboard)581 ng
>> Trader Joe’s Ground Pork 80% Lean 20% Fat (plastic wrap)5,503 ng
>> Annie’s Organic Cheesy Ravioli (can)53,579 ng
FTW! BBQ all day.
>> Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue Sauce Original (plastic)22 ng
I try to buy only end products in glass jars, but I know full well that the ingredients and even final product can be stored in plastic all along the way before it is packaged in its final form and sent to the store. Still, I try to buy in glass jars because I haven't fully given in. I figure something that might sit on the shelf still for months could in fact get worse by being in plastic instead of glass, so I will still go for the glass.
Does that capability even exist? How can food manufacturers actually control microplastics in their products? The report said even canned products have microplastic, so I think it’s more than just the final packaging.
I think the capability exists (we had cans and jars before we had these chemicals), but both industry norms and likely consumer expectations must shift. E.g. suppose you had new processes which could cool food in a sterile environment before filling cans -- then could cans do with an organic wax liner?
https://ekko.world/plastic-lining-on-beverage-food-cans/2267... https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/aussie-study-finds-ph...