We have several Vita-Mix machines. The ones from the 60s and 80s have stainless steel containers. I have seen them on ebay but ours came from a garage sale. We also have one from 2006 with poly. container. Highly recommend for juice, soup, everyday usage.

Using a blender will give a finer puree than you can get with a food processor. But the best solution of all is the immersion blender. As Debra mentions, you can puree right in the pot.

Hot food in plastic containers is a concern for me, too, but it is another consideration that has led to my practice of cooking food that I intend to puree the day before I need it. Then, after a night in the refrigerator, it is cold when I puree it. My nutrition/foods professor in college taught us to avoid pureeing hot foods because of the high loss of water-soluble vitamins.

Glass blenders can do a lot! Americas Test Kitchen reviewed all sorts of processors for effectiveness in pureeing soups, for example, and found the blender to be best.

For general COLD use, well, at least polycarbonate is a hard plastic. Just don't let food sit in there. And minimize use of it for acidic foods. The common sense approach. You probably could experiment with a blender. Also, stainless steel blade choppers and knives. Also, hand held mixers with stainless steel wisks.

Food processors, like cuinart brand really are wonderful, but we can go back to the good old days whenever we are worried,yes?

Although it is not cheap, the newest Vita-mix blender is made of a special polycarbonate that does not have the bisphenol-A. This is the safest that I have found.

Polycarbonate may be hard, but it is not as hard as some nuts. The bowl on ours appears hazy after long use. That means that the polycarbonate has been scraped and chipped off, little by little, and is now in us. I do not know what chemicals in food hasten this process, but clearly from the looks of the bowl, it has happened.

I would love to find a processor with a glass or stainless steel bowl.

Robot Coupe make's a food processor with a stainless steel bowl.

When I was googling I came upon a DeLonghi Mini Processor/Chopper A938 that is made out of glass. Also, in the UK they sell a Kenwood FP776 Food Processor that's made out of glass. I found an online store that sold the Kenwood internationally, but it was very expensive. Plus, wouldn't you have to buy a converter for the plug? Maybe we could all e-mail Kenwood and ask them to sell the glass processor here in the states.

There is a food processor out there that is stainless steel. It is the Robot Coupe and I think it is made by Immaginix but don't hold me to it. It is a French company. It is not cheap, about $800.00, but as I make lots of homemade butter I LOVE it. It has been well worth the money in our house. Just google Robot Coupe.

I too am looking for a blender to puree food for my daughter. The only one I have found that is BPA free is he Beaba sold at Williams Sonoma and some other sites with a price tag of $150.

I'm hoping you could explain how BPA leaches into food... And if a quick blending of food would actually contain traces of BPA in it?

As always thanks for your help!