Putri Titian Shares Experience Choosing BPA-Free Products for Family, Here Are the Criteria According to Experts

Kapanlagi.com - In the midst of modern lifestyles, the role of a mother is not just about managing the household. This figure plays a crucial role as the frontline in maintaining family health, making important decisions regarding food, household products, and ensuring the surrounding environment remains safe. The challenge is that many face an overwhelming amount of information and a variety of product choices, not all of which are safe for health.

One of those experiences is shared by Putri Titian. This actress and mother of two shares her experience in ensuring safe drinking water products for her family. What’s her story like?

1. Prioritize BPA-Free Products

Putri Titian in the Talkshow of the Children's Day Festival 2025

Putri admitted that she feels calm when she can ensure that the products used by her family are guaranteed to be safe. For example, when choosing drinking water products for consumption, she ensures that they are free of BPA.

"As a mother, we are required to be smart in choosing the products we use for our family, including for our children. With the gallon that has a triangle code number one like Le Minerale, and the label BPA Free, we feel safer. I also feel calmer." This was shared during the Talkshow Festival for Children’s Day 2025 titled 'Realizing a Healthy Generation Free of BPA' held at Ex Taman Anggrek, Gelora Bung Karno, Senayan, Jakarta (26/7/2025).

Yes, BPA or Bisphenol A is indeed still an important issue that is widely discussed. Behind the practicality of plastic bottles and containers, BPA poses a potential serious health threat, especially for children whose bodies are still developing.

At the event, Dr. dr. Ariani Dewi Widodo, Sp.A(K), FISQua, a pediatrician, thoroughly discussed the dangers of BPA and the importance of parental awareness regarding the types of packaging used daily.

"BPA is a type of chemical substance, commonly referred to as Bisphenol A, that leaches from plastics. BPA is released along with food or water, which can have a negative impact on health," explained Dr. Ariani.

Furthermore, she explained that one of the biggest impacts of BPA is the disruption of the human hormonal system.

"The negative effects are varied, but the important thing is the endocrine. Endocrine means hormones. So it can disrupt hormonal functions, especially in women, because the hormone center in the brain is disturbed by the presence of BPA. This can lead to reproductive disorders, and it is not impossible for infertility to occur. Especially if exposure starts from a young age, over a long term and continuously," she added.

Exposure to BPA from an early age can even disrupt a child's brain development and increase the risk of behavioral disorders, such as ADHD and lack of focus.

"Adults can be affected, let alone children. The impact is extraordinary, perhaps without us realizing it from packaging," emphasized Dr. Ariani.

2. Guide to Choosing Safe Gallons for the Family

Putri Titian in the Talkshow for Children's Day Festival 2025

So, it's important for mothers to be more careful when choosing products, especially bottled drinking water, to ensure they use plastic gallon containers that are truly safe and BPA-free. This is not just an assumption; the selection of BPA-free gallons has also been supported by the medical community. Based on a survey by MIMS of doctors in Indonesia in 2023, all respondents (10 out of 10 doctors) stated that BPA-free packaging is the main criterion for safe drinking water gallons for families.

Dr. Ariani provides practical guidance when choosing a water gallon. "The type of gallon that is safe is hygienic, the gallon is new, and it should not be refilled. For BPA packaging, we need to pay attention to the type of plastic. Not all plastics contain BPA. There are BPA-free gallons. Now, for those that are BPA-free, you need to look at the code on the back. You may have seen it, on the back of food containers and drink containers, there is a triangle with safe codes which are the numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5."

3. Le Minerale's Commitment to Provide Safe Products for Families

In the talk show, Putri expressed her trust in Le Minerale as the drinking water choice for her family.

"In the Le Minerale gallon, it is definitely BPA Free. Also, on the packaging, it is clearly labeled BPA Free. So this gallon is guaranteed to be 100% uncontaminated. Yes, that's important. And it's safer for children to consume," she stated while pointing to the triangle code number one on the Le Minerale gallon packaging.

As a bottled water brand that has long been trusted by Indonesian families, Le Minerale continues to strengthen its commitment to deliver quality and safe products.

Yuna Eka Kristina, Head of Public Relations and Digital at Le Minerale, revealed the company's concrete steps in addressing parents' concerns.

"We fully understand parents' concerns regarding the safety of products consumed by children. Therefore, Le Minerale is here to work together to realize a BPA-free healthy generation, by using 100% BPA-free packaging, to ensure that every drop of water consumed by Indonesian families is truly safe and of high quality. Not only that, but Le Minerale gallons are also always from the factory, ensuring their hygiene," she concluded.

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(kpl/wri)