Do Medela Breastmilk bottles or other products contain BPA?
No. Medela breastmilk bottles and all our products that come in contact with breastmilk are and always have been 100 percent BPA-Free. Medela breastmilk bottles, storage containers, feeding products and breast pump kits are made with polypropylene. All existing research maintains that polypropylene is safe. What about the recycling numbers? The recycling number is associated with the type of plastic used. Since most products are made using one of six resins, codes 1-6 describe a single specific type of plastic. Polypropylene for example is identified by recycling code number 5, and may contain the letters PP underneath. (See example of code below.) Recycling code number 7 is slightly different because it stands for other which can encompass other single resins or a combination of resins. Polycarbonate, which contains BPA, carries recycling code number 7 as it is not one of the 6 as described above. (See example of code below.) The majority of Medela products that come in contact with b
