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CONSUMERS UNION recommends ingesting no more than .0011 micrograms of BPA daily per pound of body weight. But it found at least 20 times the limit for a typical adult in a single serving of several canned foods it tested.
| Product/Model | BPA PER SERVING (AVERAGE IN MICROGRAMS) | EXCEEDS DAILY LIMIT BY A FACTOR OF | |
| Progresso Vegetable Soup | 22.0 | 115 | |
| Del Monte Blue Lake Fresh Cut Green Beans | 14.9 | 77 | |
| Campbell’s Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup | 10.2 | 53 | |
| Annie’s Home Grown Organic Cheesy Ravioli | 7.70 | 39 | |
| Hormel Chili with Beans | 6.10 | 31 | |
| Green Giant Whole Kernel Sweet Corn | 3.80 | 19 | |
| Chef Boyardee Beef Ravioli in Tomato Meat Sauce | 2.50 | 12 | |
| Nestle Juicy Juice All Natural 100% Juice Apple | 2.3 | 11 | |
| Libby’s Corned Beef | 1.8 | 8 | |
| Vital Choice Tuna | 1.15 | 5 | |
| Similac Advance Infant Formula (concentrated, liquid) | 0.85 | 3 | |
| Slim Fast High Protein (extra creamy chocolate, liquid) | 0.78 | 3 | |
| Bush’s Best Original Baked Beans | 0.6 | 2 | |
| Swanson White Premium Chunk Chicken Breast | 0.47 | 1 | |
| Starkist Chunk Light Tuna in Water | 0.2 | Less than Limit | |
| Valley Fresh White Chicken in Water Organic | 0.19 | Less than Limit | |
| Eden Baked Beans with Sorghum & Mustard Organic | 0.15 | Less than Limit | |
| Hunt’s Tomato Sauce | 0.04 | Less than Limit | |