316 Steel Food Prep Tray with Lid, 25 x 20 cm

Everything you chopped goes into one shallow tray in a single layer, and the lid snaps on before it goes in the fridge.

Sunday afternoon prep. Peppers, onion, cucumber, chickpeas, all cut and waiting on the board. Instead of hunting for four round tubs, you slide the lot into a shallow steel tray 25 cm by 20 cm, snap the lid down, and slide it onto the fridge shelf. The second tray goes on top of it, flat, because a flat lid is what makes a stack stand straight.

The tray is 5 cm deep and holds 2200 ml. The maker specifies 316 stainless steel and calls it food grade. Empty it weighs 240 g, and 315 g once the lid is on. Two lid finishes are offered, a clear white and a smoked black, and both snap over the rolled rim rather than screwing down. Choose one, two or three trays, with lids or without.

Key Benefits

• Shallow, so food lies flat 25 by 20 by 5 cm takes a full board of prepped vegetables in one layer instead of a pile in a deep tub.
• 2200 ml in a low box The same volume as a large round container, in a shape that matches a fridge shelf.
• Steel, not plastic, on the food side The maker specifies 316 stainless steel, which does not stain from tomato or hold the smell of onion.
• Lids that snap and stack The cover clips over the rolled rim and gives a flat top, so trays stack without leaning.
• Buy the number you need One, two or three trays, with a white lid, a black lid or no lid at all.

Best for: batch prep on a Sunday, marinating and pickling, a fridge shelf that never quite fits round tubs, and anyone tired of plastic that stains orange.

Why It Works

Most food storage is designed around volume and ignores shape, which is why a fridge fills up long before it is full. A tall round tub wastes the space above the food and cannot be stacked reliably. A 5 cm deep rectangle does the opposite: it uses the shelf rather than the air above it, food lies in one layer so it chills faster, and a flat lid turns each tray into a building block. Steel adds the part plastic cannot do, which is to come out of a tomato marinade the same colour it went in.

Quick Product Facts: 316 stainless steel, described as food grade by the maker; 25 x 20 x 5 cm; 2200 ml; 240 g without a lid, 315 g with; snap on plastic lid in clear white or smoked black, adding about 0.5 cm to the height; sold as one, two or three pieces, with or without lids; packing list is one tray plus one lid if a lid option is selected.

How It Fits Your Routine

Prep day is the obvious use. Chop straight into the tray, lid on, into the fridge. When you cook, the tray comes out and everything is already portioned, so nothing gets tipped into a bowl and forgotten.

It also works as a marinating dish. The shallow shape means the marinade covers the meat rather than sitting under it, and the steel gives nothing back to the food afterwards. Pickling works the same way, which is what the maker suggests too.

Wash the trays in hot soapy water or in the dishwasher, and wash the plastic lids by hand so the seal keeps its shape. Dry them before stacking, because water trapped between two stacked trays takes days to leave.

FAQ

Does the lid seal it against spills? It is a snap on cover, not a clamped and gasketed lid. It keeps the air out on a fridge shelf and keeps the stack flat, but do not carry the tray upright in a bag full of liquid.

Which steel is it? The maker specifies 316 stainless steel and calls it food grade. On the food side that means steel that does not stain from tomato or hold the smell of onion.

What about the oven and the plastic lid? The lid is plastic, so keep it out of the oven and lift it off before the tray goes near heat. The tray itself is made for chilling, prep and marinating on the fridge shelf.

What exactly arrives? Whatever the option says: one, two or three trays, with white lids, black lids or none. The packing list is one tray and one lid per tray when a lid version is chosen.