6 Reasons People Are Replacing Their Plastic Containers With Caraway's Glass Set
Storage as Clean as What's Inside It
Open the container drawer. The lids never match the bottoms, half of them are stained orange from last year's chili, and at least one warped in the dishwasher. We all have that drawer.
Here's the part that changed how people think about it. When researchers at the University of Nebraska microwaved plastic containers, a single square centimeter released millions of microplastic particles in three minutes. Heat is what does it. The container you reheat last night's dinner in is the worst offender.
Caraway built the alternative out of glass. The bodies are borosilicate glass with a sand-based ceramic coating, the lids are glass with a silicone seal, and food only ever touches glass. No PTFE, no BPA, none of the forever chemicals.
The 14-Piece Food Storage Set is the one people reach for: glass containers you can actually reheat in, a clever Dot & Dash portioning system, and organizers that finally end the drawer.
Here's why they switched.
1. Nothing Plastic Ever Touches Your Food
The whole point is what's missing. The container bodies are glass, the lids are glass with a food-grade silicone seal, and your food sits against glass and nothing else. Every piece is:
No stained plastic. No mystery smell that won't wash out. No wondering what leached into the leftovers.
The surface that stains and holds odors in old plastic is the same surface that sheds into your food. Glass doesn't do either.
"To keep my family safe from the carcinogenic and hormone-disrupting chemicals found in some plastic food containers, I switched over to an elegant, non-toxic Caraway set."
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2. Reheat Leftovers Right in the Same Dish
Because the containers are glass, they go where plastic can't. Store dinner, then take the lid off and put the container straight in the oven (up to 450°F) or the microwave. No scraping food into a second dish. No reheating in the plastic you were trying to avoid.
One honest note, because it matters: the glass bodies are microwave, oven, freezer, and dishwasher safe. The lids and the small inserts are not - pop the lid off before it goes in the oven or microwave, and hand wash the lids so they last.
Freezer to oven to table, in the dish you stored it in. That's the whole appeal.
"You can take a meal from the freezer or refrigerator and heat them in either the microwave or oven."
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3. The Dot & Dash System Does What Tupperware Never Could
This is the part people don't expect. The set comes with small inserts, called Dot and Dash, that nest right inside the bigger containers.
A Dot holds the dressing so your salad doesn't go soggy. A Dash holds the dip, or the nuts, or the second thing that shouldn't touch the first thing. One container becomes a multi-compartment meal. Snap on the lid, wrap the included strap around it, and the whole thing is an on-the-go bento box.
It's the difference between "a stack of tubs" and a system you actually build a lunch in.
"I prepare meals for my daughter and husband for the week... brown rice and vegetables, lentil pasta, and salads with the dressings pre-measured in the dot inserts."
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"One of the best kitchen swaps I've made this year."Homes & Gardens
4. An Airtight Seal That Keeps Food Fresh for Days
The lids seal with a silicone gasket and a small air-release valve. Cut food stays fresh longer, odors stay in, and the fridge stops smelling like whatever you opened last.
There's an honest trade-off here, and it's worth knowing. That same airtight seal means a lid can take a little muscle to pop after it's been in a cold fridge. The vacuum is doing its job. Most owners say it's a fair price for food that actually keeps.
"They keep everything fresh and are easy to clean."
Verified Buyer5. It Ends the Cabinet Avalanche
You know the drawer. Open it wrong and three lids hit the floor.
The set comes with organizers that keep the containers upright and the lids filed in one place, so the whole thing stores flat and stacked instead of in a pile. The sizes nest inside each other when they're empty, so it takes up less room than the mismatched collection it replaces.
Open the cabinet, and everything is where you left it.
"They all stack nicely on top of one another in the freezer or fridge."
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6. It's Pretty Enough to Leave on the Counter
Food storage is usually the ugliest thing in the kitchen. This isn't. It comes in the same curated colors as the rest of the Caraway range - Cream, Sage, Navy, Gray, Perracotta, Mist - so it looks like part of the kitchen instead of a cabinet you keep closed.
And if you already cook with Caraway, it all coordinates. Same palette, same design language. The leftovers match the pans.
"Comes in a variety of beautiful colors."
Verified BuyerEverything in the 14-Piece Set
One box replaces the mismatched drawer. The 14-Piece Set includes:
Glass bodies, glass-and-silicone lids, ceramic-coated and third-party tested. A couple of honest things to set expectations: glass is heavier than plastic (it feels like quality, but it's heavier), and it's not built to carry soup loose in a backpack. For the fridge, the freezer, the oven, and a packed lunch, it's exactly right.
"Having leftovers and prepped food in visible, aesthetically pleasing storage means less food goes to waste."
Organic AuthorityCaraway Glass vs. Typical Plastic Storage
| CARAWAY | PLASTIC CONTAINERS | |
|---|---|---|
| Food touches only glass | ||
| Free of BPA, PFAS & forever chemicals | ||
| Won't leach chemicals when heated | ||
| Oven safe to 450°F (containers) | ||
| Won't stain or hold odors | ||
| Dot & Dash portioning + organizers | ||
| Lightweight | ||
| Designer colors |
Customer Reviews
4.6 out of 5 · 4,500+ reviews"I haven't touched another food container since."Homes & Gardens
The plastic drawer is the easiest thing in the kitchen to fix.
You don't think about food storage until you open the cabinet and three lids fall out. Then you think about it every day.
Glass that goes from freezer to oven. A seal that keeps food fresh. A system that stacks. And nothing plastic touching what you eat. Thirty days to decide it's yours.
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The complete set: 5 glass containers + lids, Dot & Dash inserts, straps, and organizers.
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