The lid is the whole point
A lunch box gets packed in the morning and opened at one o’clock. For those six hours your food is pressed against the lid — in a warm bag, sometimes on its side.
Almost every lunch box on the shelf closes with polypropylene. Even the steel ones. Even Mepal’s new steel range. Ours closes with steel.
That is not a feature we bolted on. It is the reason the price is what it is. See the whole category, lid by lid.
Two materials. Both named.
304 food-grade stainless steel, and one food-grade silicone seal so it doesn’t leak in a bag. That is the entire list. No coatings, no liners, no third material.
The seal is removable and washable — and when it eventually loses its spring, we sell you a new one for a few euros rather than a new lunch box.
For work, school, and everything in a bag
Sandwiches, salads, rice, last night’s dinner. The rectangular shape sits flat in a backpack, and the removable divider keeps the wet things away from the dry things.
It gets dropped, thrown, stacked and forgotten in a bag. It does not shatter, and it does not warp.
The same on day one and year ten
Steel is non-porous. It doesn’t absorb tomato, it doesn’t go cloudy, and it doesn’t keep yesterday’s curry in the plastic for a fortnight.
Ten years on the steel — rust included, not excluded in the small print.
And what it won’t do
It doesn’t go in the microwave — which for a lot of people is the deciding factor, and we’re not going to talk you out of it. Here is how to reheat without one, and if that isn’t good enough, buy glass with our blessing. Just look at its lid first.
