7 benefits of packing your best lunch in a bento box lunch box

Packing your lunch in a bento box lunch box has multiple benefits over using a traditional lunch box. Here's the top 7 reasons why we love a bento box.

Bento Box Benefit #1 - freshness

Your lunch will stay fresher from the time you packed it until the time you eat it for one simple reason, you're placing different foods in to different compartments and keeping them from touching each other. When you place something crunchy with something wet in a lunch box, your crunchy food isn't staying crunchy for 4 hours until you're ready to eat. In a bento box lunch box, it will, especially if you choose one that has leakproof compartments like our bento from The Happy Sparrow with the full silicone seal in the lid.

Bento Box Benefit #2 - portion control

The more compartments in your bento box, the easier portion control is. There's a reason why our 5 compartment bentos outsell every other configuration. When packing a kids lunch box, you want to get as much variety in the lunch box for 2 reasons, to keep your kids interest in eating all their lunch and also for the nutritional value. Choose the compartment size for the food you want (carrot sticks for example) and you can only fill the compartment you chose. You won't put in too many and miss out on the benefits of a different food when each compartment helps you with portion control.

Bento Box Benefit #3 - food not touching for fussy eaters

Hands up who has a child who won't eat food if it's touching something else? It can make lunch box prep an extremely difficult task unless you have a bento box. The alternative is to individually wrap each different food item which is fiddly when the bell rings and it's time to eat.

Bento Box Benefit #4 - do away with single use food wraps

As an add on to benefit #3, if you have a bento box lunch box, your alternative in the past may have been 3 zip lock bags and some cling film tossed in to an insulated lunch bag, and as everything flops around, sandwiches get squashed and things leak. In a sturdy and solid bento box, everything has a home and it's protected from everything around it. To keep everything fresh until lunch time, it's still a good idea to use a cooler bag and an ice pack.

Bento Box Benefit #5 - snacks and lunch in one box

It's typical when packing food for the day, whether it's for adults, kids and uni students alike, to not only pack lunch, but to also pack a morning and afternoon snack. Choosing a bento box lunch box with multiple compartments allows you to keep your dip away from your crackers, away from your veggie sticks or fruit, away from your sushi rolls or your sandwich or whatever else you pack - all conveniently tucked away under one lid.

Bento Box Benefit #6 - 100% plastic free options available

A lot of bento lunch boxes on the market are plastic, cheap, and they break in under a year. If you want to step away from having to replace them once or twice a year, quite a few of our stainless steel lunch box choices in store are actually bento boxes. Some even have removable dividers. We have leakproof options with silicone seals, which are technically plastic free, but the silicone does allow them to be leakproof. If you don't need it to be leakproof, look for our 100% plastic and silicone free options in sturdy 304 food grade stainless steel. If you choose this option, buy once and get your child all the way through their entire school life with the same lunch box.

Bento Box Benefit #7 - there's a style to suit everyone

We have options for everyone. There's bento box lunch boxes designed for adults, kids, small appetites, bit appetites, to be leakproof, to be plastic free. Bento boxes that are wide, tall, easy to open, 2 compartments, 5 compartments, removable dividers for flexibility and so much more.

Make a list of what features you want in your bento and if you can't find it, just contact us and ask.