Plastic Guidelines for Food

Table Key
Rating Abbreviation
  1. Satisfactory
  2. Probably Satisfactory
  3. No Information Available
  4. Unsatisfactory
  • LDPE - Low Density Polyethylene
  • HDPE - High Density Polyethylene
  • PP - Polypropylene
  • PVC - Rigid Polyvinyl Chloride
  • PET & PET-G - Polyester & Co-Polyester
  • SAN - Styrene Acrylonitrile
  • PS - Polystyrene

Product / Plastic LDPE HDPE PP PVC PET
PET-G		 SAN PS
Alcoholic Beverages 2 4 1 2 1 2 2
Barbecue Sauce 2 2 1 1 1 2 2
Butter 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Caramel Syrup 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cheese (cottage & grated) 1 1 1 1 3 1 1
Chocolate Syrup 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cider 2 2 1 1 1 1 2
Cocoa 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Coffee 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cooked Fruits 2 2 1 2 2 2 4
Corn Syrup 2 1 1 1 3 1 1
Cream Substitute, Powder 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fish 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Fowl 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Fruit Sauce 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
Glucose 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Herring, Pickled 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Honey 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ice Cream 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jams & Jellies 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Juices, Fruit & Vegetables 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
Lard 1 1 1 1 3 1 1
Maple Syrup 1 1 1 1 3 1 1
Maraschino Cherries 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Margarine 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Meat 1 1 1 2 22 1 1
Meat Sauce 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
Milk 1 1 1 1 3 1 1
Molasses 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Mustard 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Olives 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Peanut Butter 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pickles 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Relishes 1 1 1 2 1 2 2
Salad Dressing 2 1 2 1 1 2 2
Salt 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Soft Drink Syrups 2 1 1 1 1 2 2
Sour Cream 1 1 1 2 3 1 1
Soy Sauce 2 1 1 1 1 2 2
Spices 2 2 2 1 1 2 2
Sugar 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sugar Syrup 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sweet & Sour Sauce 2 1 1 1 3 2 2
Tea 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tomato Ketchup 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Vegetable Oils 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Vinegar 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Yogurt 1 1 1 1 3 1 1

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