As we travelled Australia on our mission to Transform Children’s Health, parents told us that packing lunches was stressful and that getting their kids to eat a healthy lunch was difficult. What if packing healthy lunches didn’t have to be stressful or difficult? The equipment you use to pack your child’s lunch can play a big role in how you feel about packing lunches and how your kids feel about eating it. Below I share why one of the best investments you can make in your kids lunches and your sanity, is a good quality thermos that keeps food both hot and cold. We’ve been road testing a great new thermos / insulated food jar from My Family Kids Brand. You can read my product review below along with how to get 10% off your My Family Kids Brand Thermos.
Why A Good Quality Thermos Is A Great Investment
A good quality thermos or insulated food jar allows you to:
- pack dinner leftovers – both hot and cold – which makes packing lunches super quick and stress free
- boost the veggie content because dinner leftovers usually includes veggies (we tend to put more veggies into our evening meals)
- pack food all year round – soups, stews, pastas, yoghurt, chia puddings, even smoothies
- offer more variety in lunch options
- send your kids to school with a healthier lunch which in turn nourishes their bodies and better prepares their brain for learning
- minimises the amount of packaged food going to school, inturn reducing the amount of waste at the school and packages going into landfill
Product Review My Family Kids Brand Thermos
Up front I must tell you that we are not getting paid by My Family Kids Brand for this review, but they did provide us with this thermos to road test.
Would I invest in a My Family Kids Brand Thermos myself? Absolutely 100% and I am happily recommending it to you. In fact, we’re so happy with this product, that we have agreed for My Family Kids Brand to give their customers a $50 off voucher for our lunchbox eCourse when they buy one their thermos.
We pack a lot of dinner leftovers for lunch, so a thermos is super helpful. Our daughter is in year 7 and has been complaining about how her lunchbox, cooler bag and ice brick are making her bag heavy. She’s been asking to take food which doesn’t need the icebrick which has increased my stress about lunches. This thermos solved the problem because it means I can pack her both hot and cold leftovers without any food safety issues. #winning
In this review, I am going to share why I like the My Family Kids Brand Thermos as a Mum. I also interviewed our kids about it too. Afterall, no matter how much I like a product, if the kids don’t like it, then it’s pointless.
Summary
This insulated food jar is:
- compact
- light weight
- easy to pack
- easy to wash
- keeps food both hot (10 hours) and cold (7 hours)
- colourful and fun (which helps with getting kids to eat their food at school)
- comes with 2 x slidelock reusable bags – snack and sandwich sized

Features I Love As A Mum
The My Family Kids Brand Thermos / Insulated Food Jar
- has a big wide opening which makes it super easy to pack and to wash
- comes with a fork which doubles as a spoon (known as a spork)
- the spork attaches to the side which means I am less likely to forget to pack it, and the kids are more likely to bring it home
- stays hot for 10 hours so even though I pack the lunches at 7am, the food is still hot at lunchtime
- stays cold for 7 hours which means the food is still cold
- is vacuum sealed so it is airtight and doesn’t leak
- is free from toxic materials (free from polypropylene, BPA, PVC, and Phthalate)
- made from food grade stainless steel
- also comes with a snack and sandwich size slidelock bag
- it’s tough – it dropped off our kitchen bench on to our concrete floor and still worked. Of course, I wouldn’t recommend trying this at home but I feel more confident in it because I have seen the way kids throw their school bags around
- is reasonably priced at $34.95 (including the snack and sandwich slidelock bags)
- comes with a 12 month warranty
What Our Kids Love
No matter how great I think a product is, the deciding factor for me recommending anything to you is how my kids respond. So I asked them for their thoughts on the My Family Kids Brand Thermos, here’s what they said:
- it’s easy to open – both our 7yo and 12yo had no problems opening it (unlike some others we’ve tried)
- the spork being attached to the thermos
- the spork held a good amount of food
- light weight in the school bag
- compact but still held a good amount of food (it holds 325ml of food) – our 12yo is eating like a horse at the moment and she said it was enough for her
- kept the hot food at a temperature that was hot but not boiling so they couldn’t eat it
- kept the yoghurt cold
- easy to get all the food out – even right at the bottom
- our 7yo son loves the orange colour of his
- our 12yo, Year 7 daughter who loves unicorns was at first a bit ‘iffy’ because she felt she was too old for the cuteness of the unicorn on it, but this disappeared when a couple of her friends loved it
- our kids are both very conscious about plastic going into the environment because of what they learnt whilst travelling, so they love the slidelock bags
- the slidelock bags are easy to open and ‘scrunch’ up so they can take the food in it with them when playing and then pop the bag into their pocket when they are done (mum thought – awesome because they come home!)

Getting The Best Out Of Your Thermos
- for hot food, boil the kettle and then pour the boiling water into the thermos and put the lid on. Let it sit in the thermos for 10 minutes whilst you heat the food. When the food is really hot, empty the water from the thermos, then put in your hot food and seal it immediately.
- for cold food, depending on the temperature of the day, you may want to pop the thermos in the fridge for 10 or 15 minutes before adding in your cold food straight from the fridge
- wash in warm soapy water only – this is important to maintaining the integrity of the thermos and the print on the outside
Special 10% Off Our Community
My Family Kids Brand are supporters of our mission to Transform Children’s Health. They are working with us to offer real solutions to support time poor parents who want the best for their families. As such, My Family Kids Brand are supporting our mission by:
- offering you (our community) 10% off your My Family Kids Brand purchases – enter ROOTCAUSE10
- contributing a small amount from your purchase to help us continue our mission (you still pay the same great price though)