Fuel Waste-free Lunch Gear is a Non-toxic Boon

We’re awful excited about how easy it is to go 100% reusable and waste-free with the wide array of affordable Fuel lunch gear!  From sandwich boxes to insulated soup containers, Fuel products are simple for kids to use and their unique features open up a whole new world of healthy meal possibilities. We started writing [...]

Safe Munch School Lunch Eco-fundraiser

We’re gearing up for school and happy to announce our latest endeavor in keeping school lunches (and fundrasiers) safe and waste-free! The Safe Munch Eco-fundraiser is the brainchild of our teams of moms in response to the many requests we receive for help in choosing safe, affordable and waste-free lunch gear. There are many fundraisers [...]

BPA-free Canned Food Options

We’ve talked extensively about BPA-based epoxy linings commonly used in aluminum cans, especially in regards to finding BPA-free tomatoes.  It was a difficult task because of their acidic nature, but we finally found Pomi.  Not even Eden Organics, the leader of the pack, has found a way to go BPA-free in the tomato category just [...]

Are FoodSaver and Seal-a-Meal Bags Safe?

Today we’re tackling another great suggestion submitted by one of our readers:  what type of plastic are FoodSaver and Seal-a-Meal vacuum bags made from and is it safe? We spoke with Jarden Consumer Solutions, who happens to make both products, and confirmed that all of their 5 ply vacuum bags are made from poly nylon [...]

TGI Tuesday Giveaway: BPA-free Leak-proof Lunchsense Food Containers

Our Safer Food Storage Guide is the most popular resource we’ve ever compiled, so we thought we’d share some of our favorite BPA-free plastic food containers with you today! Don’t get us wrong, we love our stainless steel and glass food containers, but there are times with they just don’t get the job done.  We [...]

Twitter Tuesday Giveaway: Thinkbaby Stainless Steel Dishes Turn Blue

Thinkbaby’s hybrid baby dishes combining stainless steel + plastic have revolutionized the BPA-free market.  And when even older kids began to use the dishes, they realized the need for something a little bit less “baby” and little more “grown up”.   Along came the vibrant and very cool blue, minus the word “baby” to fill the [...]

BPA-free Tomatoes Do Exist!

UPDATED 1/27/10 (see below) We recently shared our pathetic findings when searching for pre-prepared tomatoes in BPA-free containers.  Several of our amazing readers came to the rescue with possibilities we hadn’t heard of, so we started the process of confirming with the each manufacturer.  We ended up with two positively BPA-free options and still have [...]

Do BPA-free Canned or Jarred Tomatoes Exist?

Is it possible to enjoy pre-prepared tomatoes without BPA? So far we’ve come up empty-handed in searching for BPA-free tomatoes.  In fact, Eden Organic is the only company currently using a BPA-free lining for their any canned foods in the U.S. – and even they haven’t quite perfected a sturdy enough lining to withstand the [...]

7 Ways to Skip Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals with Holiday Meals

For most families, food is a central part of our Christmas and New Year celebration.  So why not be prepared to skirt unwanted chemicals with your Holiday meals?  Who knows – you might get to show off some of the non-toxic ninja skills you’ve learned from us Buy fresh produce and broths, soups, etc in [...]

PET (#1) Plastic May Leach Endocrine Disruptors

If you’ve been following the current toxic plastic avoidance advice, you know that recycling category #1 (PET) has been considered a safer choice.  We know it’s BPA-free, so we just use it once and recycle it, right?  Well, that assumption may be wrong. What is PET and Where is it Found? Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is [...]

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