10 Best Meal Prep Containers for the Freshest Food

We updated this article in February 2023 to add new picks and more information about each featured product, based on extensive testing done by the Good Housekeeping Institute.

Meal prepping is a good way to get a head start on the week. It allows you take a look at your schedule and plan out how many meals you need to cook and what you need to shop for. It's also a great way to incorporate more veggies, like hearty salads, into your diet or try out a new recipe. Since there's no right way to meal prep — some people like to batch cook while others like to portion out each meal individually — we came up with a list of the top meal prep containers while keeping versatility in mind.

In the Good Housekeeping Institute we test all types of meal prepping tools and gadgets, from knives to air fryers. When we test food storage containers, we test them for leakability, cleanabilty and durability. We're then able to use that data to determine the best meal prep containers based on the most important factors for taking on-the-go, like how leakproof is it and whether you can use it in the microwave. Here are the the best meal prep containers you can buy in 2023 based on a combination of in-Lab testing, at-home testing and popular reviews.

Our top picks:

Read on for why we recommend each product, more info on how we tested and whether glass or plastic meal prep containers are better.