One of the most popular lunch box choices for Back To School 2018 was the new bento from Green Essentials. It is much taller and larger than a lot of the bento boxes in our store, so we know it is going to be popular with older kids and adults who eat a larger volume of food throughout the day, all year round.

Green Essentials Sustain-a-Bento Trio Bento Box - 1800ml

Taller than most fixed stainless steel lunch boxes in store, the Sustain-a-Bento Trio has a 1.8 litre capacity and is 7.2cm tall. Like the rest of the series, it's completely plastic free and has no plastic in the packaging either.

This bento box has 3 large compartments (23cm x 17.2cm x 7.2cm high, large bento compartment 12.5 x 17.2cm) and will fit all kinds of foods. The largest compartment will fit a sandwich, a piece of lasagne or quiche, or a salad which them allows room for fruit or snacks in the other two compartments.

The lid fits firmly in place but is not leakproof. We recommend that it be placed in your insulated lunch bag snugly and not be allowed to bounce around in a large insulated lunch bag to stop the lid from dislodging itself.  Also be sure to keep all dressings, yoghurts or items with excess liquid like watermelon in other containers so there is no leaking.

This lunch box is dishwasher safe for ease of cleaning and to see all the different insulated lunch bags that it fits in - check out our comprehensive guide here.

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As you can see below this bento box can also fit a sandwich in the largest compartment, something many boxes don't have space for, which is a big bonus.  It also has room for the new Green Essentials Sili-Steel Snack Pot - 90ml in any of the sections (shown in image at the top of this page.) The Sili-Steel Pot is a mini leakproof stainless steel snack pot with a lid that is 100% food grade silione and is airtight and leakproof.  It is perfect for for nuts, berries, condiments, yoghurt, dips and more.