Developed two years before the EU deadline against bisphenol A and bisphenol S (BPA and BPS respectively) based products, BASF, has published Extended Ultrason® P portfolio, the world’s first PPSU that is compliant with EU regulation 2024/3190.

PPSU is plastic used for food storage that is heatable, for example used to microwave or hold food. BASF has developed six grades of PPSU that is BPA and BPS free. The plastics market is required to transition to BPA and BPS free plastics by 2028. BASF’s undisclosed monomer replaces the bisphenol-based building blocks that create the unwanted compounds in plastics.

The regulation requires all PPSU manufacturers to transition to BPA and BPS free plastics. This is due to health concerns of BPA and BPS plastics contacting food from products used to store food.

BASF’s six Ultrason® P grades, their data sheets, necessary material certificates and food contact approvals are now available. Manufacturers of reusable bottles, catering tableware, coffee machine components or high-heat pans, etc, can start to re-qualify their food-contact applications that will be impacted by the ban.