UPDATED 1/18/09
We’ve been bombarded lately with questions from parents who contacted Sassy and have been given varying answers to the age old question, “Which Sassy pacifiers are BPA free?”
We received a comment today from a frantic parent needing to know the final word:
I emailed MAM again for more clarity. Here’s what they list as BPA free.
I can assure you that the MAM Nanno, Soft Rim, Ulti, and Mini-Ulti are BPA free. The other ones that would fall under these would be the MAM trends, Pearl, Mini-Pearl, Precious Gems Mini Ulti, Mini Night, Mini Sayings Collection, Symbols Collection, Mini Spanish Collection, Crystal Collection, Sport Ulti, Diamond Collection, Night Ulti glow in the dark, Sayings collection, Stripes collection. These are all the ones that are under the Ulti or Mini Ulti. The Ulti just means it is for 6+ months the Mini-Ulti is for 0-6 months. It is just the size of the shield that changes with these two. The Nanno is for 0-2 months only and the Soft Rim is for 0-6 months and 6+ months.
Hope this helps!
SoftLanding people… please follow up with Mam again. You are telling people that they aren’t BPA free and they are. My son wasn’t picky with which brand of paci, but my daughter will only take MAM. I know there are other parents out there like me. They need to know MAM is ok now. Thanks!!!
We decided to take the same approach we always do and go straight to our wonderful Sassy rep for the most up-to-date info on the status of the pacifier saga. Our rep went right to work and came back with the same confusing information our readers did (does the Gerber pacifier saga ring a bell?).
To make a long story short, Sassy Corporate Headquarters first responded with the very same statement we’ve based our Pacifier Quick Reference Guide on:
None of our MAM pacifiers or keepers are BPA Free. We are in the process of changing the materials, but they will not be ready until 4/1/09.
So, our rep pushed a little harder, sharing that our readers were being told by Sassy that some pacifiers are now BPA free. Sassy Corporate HQ then clarified a little further:
It is a little confusing but as of today, the Nanno #5005/#50058 and Soft Rim Pacifiers are BPA free. All of the other pacifiers are/were made from polycarbonate which has BPA. MAM is transitioning the entire pacifier line to polypropylene shields that are BPA free. This changeover is happening over the next few months. However, this will be a running change and will not be indicated on the packaging.
While it’s fantastic that Sassy is responding by removing polycarbonate (BPA) from all pacifiers, the full transition hasn’t happened yet. And since there’s really no way to tell which pacifiers are now BPA free – because they aren’t labeled as such, and because some stores will continue selling through their current stock of polycarbonate pacifiers – we recommend waiting for the final word that the pacifiers are all officially BPA free.
We’ll keep you updated as soon as we hear the all clear from Sassy 
UPDATE 11/7/08: Our Sassy rep informed us that MAM will be officially seperating from Sassy by December 2008 to become their own independent company. Our rep put us in contact with MAM so we could confirm their timeline for release of the new BPA free pacifier line.
MAM explained that some of their newly BPA free pacifiers are already shipping, but they’re not all labeled as such. Their goal is to have all of the new line officially ready and labeled by the middle of December. We’ll be adding them to our store and will notify you as soon as they arrive.
UPDATE 1/18/09: We contacted Sassy again and learned that MAM will be branching out on its own in 2009. As MAM takes over, they are going through and adding labels to their currently BPA-free pacifier inventory. We’ve heard that several Babies R Us store already have some of the BPA-free pacifiers and other retailers will have them in early Feb. 2009.
PLEASE NOTE: MAM has not yet redesigned the Classic or Air style pacifiers, so they DO contain BPA. Be careful to purchase only pacifiers that are specifically labeled as BPA-free.
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