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Thermos: what it’s actually made from

Every Thermos product we have scored, with the maker’s own words about materials and what those words leave out. Average across the range: 70.7 out of 100.

We have scored 3 Thermos products. They average 70.7 out of 100 on materials, and the spread between the best and worst is 22 points.

Of those 3: 3 name the surface that touches food at least to a material family; 3 state a country of manufacture; 1 have a materials claim backed by anything other than the maker’s own word.

Every Thermos product we have scored

ProductCategoryScore /100What it is made of
Thermos FUNtainer 12 oz Bottle · USBottles8318/8 stainless · polypropylene #5 lid · silicone spout · LDPE stem · no interior coating
Thermos Stainless King 24oz · AUBottles6818/8 stainless · lid polymer and gasket not named · made in China
Thermos FUNtainer 10 oz Food Jar · USLunchboxes61“Stainless steel”, grade never named · lid resin not named · gasket not named, though the

Click a product to read the full record — the exact wording the maker uses, what is missing, and every source. Scores are out of 100 and measure materials, not safety: 83/100 means “bare, inert materials”. The rubric is here.

Where these sit on the site

Thermos appears in Bottles · Lunchboxes. The Australian and American editions are scored the same way, so a product marked AU and one marked US are directly comparable.

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