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Eden Foods taps amber glass jars to avoid BPA

Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce -- Packaging Digest, 1/20/2011 1:13:29 PM

Eden Foods has introduced 14- and 25-ounce glass jars of organic crushed tomatoes and sauces. These are the only shelf-stable organic tomatoes in the U.S. packed in amber glass, protecting flavor and nutrients from light damage. But the driving force for these amber glass jars 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.

 

Eden Foods has introduced 14- and 25-ounce glass jars of organic crushed tomatoes and sauces. These are the only shelf-stable organic tomatoes in the U.S. packed in amber glass, protecting flavor and nutrients from light damage. But the driving force at Eden Foods for these amber glass jars of 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.

 

Six products-Eden Organic Spaghetti Sauce, No Salt Spaghetti Sauce, Pizza Pasta Sauce, Crushed Tomatoes, Crushed Tomatoes with Sweet Basil and Crushed Tomatoes with Roasted Onion & Garlic-are now available in the new amber glass jars.

 

Light causes discoloration and off-flavor through chemical change in food. 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. Amber glass is also free of the endocrine disrupter chemical bisphenol-A (BPA).

 

Eden organic crushed tomatoes and sauces are made exclusively from fresh, red ripe, unpeeled Midwestern organic Roma tomatoes, a.k.a. Italian plum, with 100 percent organic herbs and organic spices, some with no salt added. Most sauces are made from tomato concentrates. Eden tomatoes travel only 45 miles to be washed, hand sorted, cooked and jarred within hours of harvest for maximum flavor, aroma and nutrients. They are made without using processing aids or additives. All ingredients are declared.

 

Source: Eden Foods

 

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