What’s inside your can? 🤔

🥫 Canned food and drinks last for years, partly thanks to a thin protective coating inside the can. These coatings prevent reactions between the metal and the food, but they have also been raising questions about their safety due to chemical migration.

☝️ For decades, epoxy coatings – mostly based on the now widely known chemical bisphenol A (BPA) – have been the standard. This includes many aluminum beverage cans. Increasing concerns about BPA exposure have led to alternatives like acrylic, polyester, and polyolefin coatings. Published scientific data gathered in our FCCmigex database shows more than 100 chemicals are migrating from can coatings into food.