Skip the Fabric Lunch Bag for Allergy Kids

For a kid with a severe peanut allergy, the safest lunch container is a dishwasher-safe stainless steel tray — the PlanetBox is the obvious pick — not a fabric bag or a plastic box with rubber seals.

Peanut protein is oily, sticky, and genuinely hard to wash off. Fabric insulated bags absorb it and never fully let go, which makes them a no-go. And a lot of popular plastic boxes (I’m looking at you, Bentgo) have silicone gaskets and seams where residue hides even after a wash. A one-piece stainless tray like the PlanetBox has nowhere for anything to hide: separate compartments keep food from touching, it runs through the dishwasher, and