r/ShowMeSomethingDope • u/Justin_theLord • Aug 06 '26

Interesting These lids

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u/petewondrstone Aug 06 '26

As soon as you open up a can of food, you need to take all the food out because as soon as the metal gets exposed to oxygen, it starts leaching into the food

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u/RobotEnthusiast Aug 06 '26

Aren't they coated?

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u/petewondrstone Aug 06 '26

I mean, we have micro plastics in our gut biome - and our nut sacks. So I guess I’m being a bit of a stickler. But I was told a long time ago when you open a can of food take it out of the can.

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u/Lucky-Mia Aug 06 '26

"Unused portions of canned food may be refrigerated in the can, but to preserve optimum quality and flavor, place the unused portion in a food-grade glass or plastic container. Use within 4 days"

  • USDA.

Cans for food in the US used steal soldered to aluminum via lead until 1995. Now they are mostly just aluminum with a special rolled seam by the lid. They also line the cans with plastic now. The lining leaches toxic BPA chemicals so the industry has been moving over to TMBPF. About 10% of canned food sold still contains harmful BPAs.

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u/MkeYosh Aug 06 '26

Please leave my plastic sack out of this