Shop Naturally Healthy Households New & Reviews

We recently read an article online (dated 2008) that indicated that Nalgene (like most water bottle manufacturers way back then) used BPA in the manufacturing of their bottles and urged customers to check their bottles before drinking from them. If you have a really old bottle, we would urge you to check too. Rest assured [...]

BPA Free Canned Food We’ve been on a mission to find organic BPA Free Canned Food, and it’s been a tough one! So many brands that are organic either have BPA in the lining or we’re having trouble confirming their status. This week we have added the Spiral Foods tinned tomatoes to our range. We [...]

Yes, it’s only America and not in Australia, but it’s a small step in the right direction. By the end of March 2012, the USA Food & Drug Administration are going to make a decision on whether to ban BPA in food packaging. In Australia, finding clearly labeled BPA Free baby bottles, water bottles, lunch [...]

New this week, the Joseph Joseph Nest range. The Nest 8 set of mixing bowls & measuring cups were always a great hit, but they’ve been out of stock for quite some time. Enter, the Joseph Joseph Nest 9, Joseph Joseph Nest 7, the Joseph Joseph Nest measuring cups and the Joseph Joseph Nest Utensils! [...]

Woohoo. The news we’ve been waiting for, one of the major tinned food suppliers has caved to the pressure of parents and advocacy groups and has announced it’s going BPA Free. There doesn’t appear to be any time line in place, so don’t hold your breath, but I think we’re at the beginning of the [...]

We’ve been doing as much research as we can on finding organic tinned food without BPA in the linings. We can confirm that unfortunately, the tinned food at Global Organics does contain BPA in their linings (as of January 2012) Their press release states in part, “Test results from the can manufacturer show that the [...]

While we knew this already, it’s so great to see more coverage in the media about BPA being in the linings of tinned food.  In this Sydney Morning Herald article, they talk about illness & disease that can come from the regular consumption of BPA. These include:- Breast Cancer Prostate Cancer Infertility Early puberty in [...]

We’ve been buying and road testing a large variety of organic food for the new category in our store, Shop Naturally.It’s been lots of fun, as you can imagine. This week we purchased the Bioitalia Organic Tinned Tomatoes from one of our suppliers. It was very hard to get information on the product, so we [...]

Getting information from manufacturers & distributors about the BPA status of their packaging is next to impossible, especially when it comes to tinned food. We were pleasantly surprised to find out this week that organic food company Spiral Foods use BPA Free packaging for their products, including their tinned goods. We have sampled a small [...]

When researching the Joseph Joseph range of homewares last year, we wrote to them and specifically asked if all their products are BPA Free. The answer was yes. Joseph Joseph have an innovative range of homewares, unlike any other on the market. Best known for their Index Chopping Board sets and Elevate Utensils, some of their [...]