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When you are ready to return to work in large quantities, you may be interested in bringing home-cooked meals to the office. Instead of choosing waste kraft paper bags, consider ordering a new reusable lunch box or lunch bag to store your food and drinks. Although there are many styles of children’s lunch boxes on the market, you can find options designed for adults that can store more food, and have more mature colors and prints.

Your lunch preferences can help you narrow down the types of lunch boxes you should buy. Similar to coolers, some models are designed to keep your lunch cool-brands such as Yeti and LL Bean offer options made with insulated interiors. Others like Zojirushi Ms. Bento stainless steel vacuum lunch pot is made of stainless steel, which can keep your hot food warm and your cold food cool.

To help narrow your search, we have collected the best rated lunch bags from major retailers such as Walmart, Amazon, and Target. We also focused on direct-to-consumer brands that are popular among shopping readers, and an environmentally friendly option.

As the best overall lunch box, Lifewit claims that this model has an insulating lining to keep your food and drinks cold or hot for up to five hours. The exterior is made of waterproof fabric and has multiple pockets to increase storage space. It comes in two sizes-15 ounces and 24 ounces-and two colors: black and gray. Lifewit's lunch box has nearly 18,550 reviews on Amazon, with an average rating of 4.7 stars.

Rubbermaid is a reputable brand that has everything from ice cube trays to glass storage boxes-the brand’s LunchBlox has a BPA-free lining and mesh bag to hold your tableware. It also has side mesh pockets for reusable water bottles and top handles. This lunch box is available in two sizes-small and medium-and has an average rating of 4.6 stars from more than 5,750 reviews on Amazon.

According to the brand, the Axel Insulated Lunch Box is made of neoprene, a waterproof and lightweight fabric that can be washed in cold water with a mild detergent. It has a large compartment that can store your food containers and sandwich bags, and a zippered mesh inner bag that can store your cutlery, napkins, straws, etc.

Bentgo’s lunch box has multiple layers and compartments to separate your salad ingredients until you are ready to mix them. In addition to the basic containers for storing croutons, vegetables, and proteins, there is also a convenient 3 ounce salad dressing container and a compartment for storing forks. Bentgo’s lunchbox has received nearly 21,900 reviews on Amazon, with an average rating of 4.7 stars.

This lunch box comes with a cooling gel lining to help keep your cold cuts (including yogurt and cold cuts) cool. If you want, you can also throw this lunch box into your refrigerator-the brand recommends keeping it in the refrigerator for about 12 hours. It also has an external zippered pocket for storing paper towels and napkins. PackIt has 20 modes to choose from, and the average rating of nearly 6,940 reviews on Amazon is 4.8 stars.

Modern Picnic's stylish lunch box looks like a vegan leather satchel, but it is a convenient lunch box that can store your food and is equipped with a cutlery trough. It has an insulating lining, and you can wipe it clean to prevent any food or liquid from accidentally spilling into your bag. There are four colors to choose from for the big lunch: black imitation crocodile, cream imitation crocodile, black and cream.

Shopping author Zoe Malin relies on her dishwasher and microwave safe Stasher bags to store and cook food and store her cosmetics-you can also use these containers to store your lunch. This four-piece set includes bags of various sizes that can store everything from sandwiches and salads to fresh fruit. If you like or want to store your favorite size to prepare meals, Stasher will also sell their bags separately. Stasher’s bundle has an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 22,255 reviews on Amazon.

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