The deciding specification is the capacity published for one container, and whether the listing says the figure is per container or per set.
By the Lush Editorial Team·Researched & Compared
I compared the capacity figure in each listing, the unit it is written in, where in the listing it appears, the piece count, the dressing cup figure and the published weights across five multi container salad prep sets, using only each maker's own listing text.
A nine piece stainless steel set with four stated container sizes, two at 50 oz, two at 34 oz, two at 27 oz and three at 6 oz, with removable silicone seals on the six larger lids and silicone lids on the small cups that the maker says are not leak proof.
A six piece set of 50 oz containers in three colors, the only pick that publishes the size of one container, at 17.4 x 17.4 x 9.7 cm or 6.9 x 6.9 x 3.9 in, with a three compartment tray, a removable dressing container and a reusable fork in each.
A ten bowl set with a 4 cup capacity stated for each bowl, embossed cup measurements and capacity lines inside, a domed snap shut lid with room for dressing, an external dressing cup, and a stated microwave and dishwasher rating.
A twenty five piece set of five bowls, five removable three compartment trays, five nesting 2 oz dressing cups and five write on and erase lids, published as 5 cup, with embossed portion markings and a stated microwave, freezer and top rack dishwasher rating.
A twenty piece set of ten bowls and ten custom fit lids, PFAS and BPA free, stated safe to heat straight from the freezer or refrigerator, with the volume embossed on the tray rather than published as a figure, at 1.32 lb.
| Model | Brand | Size (Capacity) | Weight | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YUANYE 9 Pack 50/34/27/6oz Stainless Steel Salad Bow... | YUANYE | Medium | 0.5 lb | Best for prepping four portion sizes at once |
| Tessco for you 6 Pcs 50 oz Salad Lunch Container for... | Tessco for you | not published | Not listed | Best for knowing what one container measures |
| GoodCook 4-Cup Meal Prep Bowls Set with Lids and Dre... | GoodCook | 1 Compartment (4 Cup) | 0.2 lb | Best for a stated capacity per bowl |
| GoodCook Salad Container with Dressing Cup & Topping... | GoodCook | 5-Cup | Not listed | Best for labeling what you prepped |
| Bentgo Prep Food Storage Bowls with Lids | Bentgo | not published | 1.32 lb | Best for heating from frozen in the bowl |
A nine piece stainless steel set with four stated container sizes, two at 50 oz, two at 34 oz, two at 27 oz and three at 6 oz, with removable silicone seals on the six larger lids and silicone lids on the small cups that the maker says are not leak proof.
A six piece set of 50 oz containers in three colors, the only pick that publishes the size of one container, at 17.4 x 17.4 x 9.7 cm or 6.9 x 6.9 x 3.9 in, with a three compartment tray, a removable dressing container and a reusable fork in each.
A ten bowl set with a 4 cup capacity stated for each bowl, embossed cup measurements and capacity lines inside, a domed snap shut lid with room for dressing, an external dressing cup, and a stated microwave and dishwasher rating.
A twenty five piece set of five bowls, five removable three compartment trays, five nesting 2 oz dressing cups and five write on and erase lids, published as 5 cup, with embossed portion markings and a stated microwave, freezer and top rack dishwasher rating.
A twenty piece set of ten bowls and ten custom fit lids, PFAS and BPA free, stated safe to heat straight from the freezer or refrigerator, with the volume embossed on the tray rather than published as a figure, at 1.32 lb.
YUANYE publishes four container sizes in one set, 50, 34, 27 and 6 oz. Tessco publishes 50 oz and is the only pick that also publishes the size of one container. GoodCook publishes 4 cups a bowl across ten bowls in one listing and a total of five cups across five bowls in another. Bentgo publishes ten bowls and no capacity figure anywhere.
“One set publishes ten bowls and no capacity at all.”
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It depends which listing you read and in what unit. YUANYE publishes four figures, 50, 34, 27 and 6 oz, one for each container size in its nine piece set. Tessco publishes 50 oz. GoodCook publishes 4 cups for each bowl in its ten bowl set. Its five bowl set publishes a total 5 cup capacity. Bentgo publishes no figure at all.
The listing does not say, and the wording points the wrong way. Its first bullet describes a five pack of twenty five pieces with five bowls, five trays, five dressing cups and five lids, and then states a total 5 cup capacity. Read literally that is one cup per bowl, which no salad container is. Its own sibling listing states 4 cups for each bowl, so the brand writes capacity both ways.
Only Tessco. Its compartment bullet publishes 17.4 x 17.4 x 9.7 cm and repeats it as 6.9 x 6.9 x 3.9 in for one container. YUANYE, GoodCook and Bentgo publish only a package figure for the carton the set ships in. The five bowl GoodCook publishes dimension fields that read 7.0 in on all three axes, which is a placeholder and not a measurement of anything.
Because three of the five figures cannot be right. YUANYE publishes 0.5 lb for nine stainless steel bowls, lids and cups. GoodCook publishes 0.2 lb for ten bowls and ten lids. Two more publish no weight at all. The only figure this page treats as real is the Bentgo at 1.32 lb for a twenty piece set, and even that is a set figure rather than a bowl figure.
Four of the five supply something. YUANYE supplies three 6 oz stainless cups and states their silicone lids are not leak proof, which is the most useful warning on this page. GoodCook supplies a cup outside the bowl in one set and five nesting 2 oz cups in the other. Tessco supplies a removable dressing container with no figure. Bentgo supplies none.
Four of the five say so. GoodCook states microwavable on both sets, Tessco states microwave, freezer and dishwasher safe, and Bentgo states you can heat food straight from the freezer or refrigerator but must not microwave the lids. YUANYE is the exception and the opposite: stainless steel, stated freezer and oven safe, which rules out a microwave rather than allowing one.
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These five sets publish capacity in three different units and one publishes none. YUANYE writes four ounce figures into one set. Tessco writes 50 oz. GoodCook writes 4 cups a bowl in one listing and a total of five cups across five bowls in another. Bentgo writes a piece count, a portion promise and no volume anywhere.
For a station that fills containers on a Sunday and empties them through the week, the per container figure is the only one that plans anything. A set figure tells you what the carton holds. A cup figure that might be per bowl or might be per set tells you nothing until you decide which it is, and one of these listings leaves that decision to you.
| Specification | YUANYE | Tessco for you | GoodCook ten bowl | GoodCook five bowl | Bentgo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity published | 50, 34, 27 and 6 oz | 50 oz | 4 cup | 5 cup | not published |
| Stated per container or per set | Per container, four sizes | Per container | Per bowl | A total across five bowls | not published |
| Pieces stated | Nine, in four sizes | Six, in three colors | Ten bowls with lids | Twenty five, itemised | Twenty: ten bowls, ten lids |
| One container measured | not published | 6.9 x 6.9 x 3.9 in | not published | not published | not published |
| Metric size published | not published | 17.4 x 17.4 x 9.7 cm | not published | not published | not published |
| Package size published | 5.31 x 7.48 x 3.15 in | not published | 7.0 x 7.0 x 7.5 in | not published | 7.1 x 7.1 x 3.8 in |
| Weight published | 0.5 lb, for nine pieces | not published | 0.2 lb, for twenty pieces | not published | 1.32 lb |
| Dressing container figure | Three cups at 6 oz | One, no figure given | One, no figure given | Five nesting cups at 2 oz | not published |
| Portion markings stated | not published | not published | Embossed cups and capacity lines | Embossed measurement markings | Volume embossed on the tray |
| Material stated | Stainless steel | PP | not published | not published | PFAS and BPA free |
| Microwave stated | No, oven and freezer instead | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, but not the lids |
| Dishwasher stated | Yes | Yes | Yes | Top rack | Top shelf |
| Stackable stated | Yes | not published | not published | Stacking and nesting | The lids stack |
What the table cannot settle is how much food any of these sets holds in total, because only one listing publishes both a per container figure and a container count you can rely on. Multiply a per bowl figure by a piece count and you are doing arithmetic the maker declined to do, on a piece count that in one case disagrees with the maker’s own bullet.
The ten bowl GoodCook set is unambiguous. Its first bullet states that the bowls feature a 4 cup capacity and then explains what that buys: a way for two people to plan lunch for the work week, or one person to prep lunch and dinner. The figure is attached to a bowl, the bowl count is ten, and the arithmetic is left to the reader but at least it is possible.
It backs the figure up inside the product. Embossed cup measurements and capacity lines run up the wall of each bowl, so a portion is built to a line rather than to a listing. That is the most useful thing on this page: a capacity claim a buyer can check without the listing, on a bowl stated to be microwave and dishwasher safe.
The five bowl GoodCook set is the same brand publishing the same kind of figure differently. Its bullet lists a five pack of twenty five pieces, five bowls, five removable three compartment trays, five nesting 2 oz dressing cups and five lids, and then gives a total 5 cup capacity for organized salads and meals. Read as written, that is one cup a bowl.
One cup is not a salad, so the figure is almost certainly per bowl and written badly. This page will not decide that for the maker. What the listing does publish clearly is the rest of the set: write on and erase lids, embossed portion markings, nesting dressing cups with a stated 2 oz capacity, and a microwave, freezer and top rack dishwasher rating.
Bentgo publishes a piece count, a material claim and a reheating claim, and no capacity. Its bullets state a twenty piece set of ten bowls and ten custom fit lids, PFAS and BPA free, safe to heat straight from the freezer or refrigerator, with the lids excluded from the microwave. Its size attribute is empty. There is no volume in the title either.
It does publish something instead, and it is not nothing: volume is embossed on the tray, so the portions are marked even though the total is not stated. For a station that portions by eye against a line, that may be enough. For anyone deciding whether one bowl holds a meal or a side, the listing has no answer.
YUANYE publishes 0.5 lb for a nine piece stainless steel set with lids and silicone seals. GoodCook publishes 0.2 lb for ten bowls and ten lids. Neither figure can be the set and neither is presented as a single piece, so this page reports both and ranks on neither. Two more picks publish no weight at all.
That leaves one weight on the page worth reading. Bentgo publishes 1.32 lb for twenty pieces, which is at least the right order for ten plastic bowls and ten lids. It is still a set figure, so it says nothing about carrying one bowl to work, and no listing here publishes a per container weight.
Tessco publishes what the others leave out. Its compartment bullet states that the 50 oz container is about 17.4 x 17.4 x 9.7 cm, or 6.9 x 6.9 x 3.9 in, and describes a double layer design with a three compartment tray and a removable dressing container. That is a figure you can hold against a refrigerator shelf before six of them arrive.
The rest of the set is specified to the same level. Six containers in three colors, two of each, a reusable fork with every one, a rubberized sealing ring with locking clips on the top lid, PP construction, and a stated microwave, freezer and dishwasher rating. What it never publishes is a weight, for the set or for one container.
YUANYE is the only pick that publishes more than one container size, and it publishes four: two at 50 oz, two at 34 oz, two at 27 oz and three at 6 oz. For a station feeding people who eat differently, that is a real answer rather than a bigger number. The larger six have removable silicone seals and are stated to be leak proof.
Its useful sentence is the one that takes something back. The maker states that the lids for the three 6 oz condiment containers are silicone and not leak proof, which is a caveat the other four never offer about any part. YUANYE is also the one stainless set here, stated freezer, oven and dishwasher safe, which means no microwave.
A household that eats different amounts. YUANYE, nine stainless steel pieces in four stated sizes, two at 50 oz, two at 34 oz, two at 27 oz and three at 6 oz, with sealed lids on the six larger bowls and a stated warning about the three small ones.
A refrigerator shelf you have measured. Tessco for you, six 50 oz containers in three colors published at 6.9 x 6.9 x 3.9 in each, with a three compartment tray, a removable dressing container and a fork in every one.
Portioning to a line, not a listing. GoodCook’s ten bowl set, 4 cup stated for each bowl, with embossed cup measurements and capacity lines inside, a domed snap shut lid and an external dressing cup, microwave and dishwasher safe.
Labeling what you prepped and when. GoodCook’s five bowl set, twenty five pieces with three compartment trays and nesting 2 oz dressing cups, write on and erase lids, and a published 5 cup figure you should read as a per bowl figure.
Prepping straight into the freezer. Bentgo, ten bowls and ten custom fit lids at 1.32 lb, PFAS and BPA free, stated safe to heat from frozen with the lids off, with the volume embossed on the tray instead of published.
Every figure above comes from the maker’s own listing text. These are the things we went looking for and could not source in any of them.
