Our Standard

Materials

Every surface that touches food or liquid is bare 304 (18/8) stainless steel. The colored outer sleeve is food-grade silicone that wraps the outside of the bowl and never touches what your child eats. Two materials, chosen because they are inert, durable and well documented. That is the entire bill of materials.

What we've tested

Testing on our first production samples is complete, and everything passed. Rather than summarise it, here is what the laboratory actually measured — the component tested, the result, the limit it was measured against, and the laboratory's reporting limit.

Third-party tested Independent laboratory, August 2026
Children's Product Certificate Lead in substrate, phthalates and tracking label
21 CFR 177.2600 Silicone extractives limits, passed in all three colors
Physical safety checks Small parts, sharp edges and sharp points, on the assembled bowl

Each bar is one test. The full width is the legal limit; the filled part is where our result landed. Where nothing was detected, the bar is drawn to the laboratory’s reporting limit — the most it could have been, not zero.

Lead under 10 of 100 mg/kg

The contaminant children’s-product rules are built around. The lab looked for it in both the steel and the silicone, and found none in either.

10% of the limit, at most. The three silicone colors were combined into one sample, so this covers the set rather than each color separately.
Plastic softeners under 50 of 1,000 mg/kg

Phthalates are what make plastic soft and bendy. Eight of them are restricted in children’s products. None was found.

5% of the limit, at most, for each of the eight. Silicone, three colors combined.
Anything washing out of the silicone our closest result 2.9 of 4 mg/in²

The sleeve was held at boiling point in water, and again in a solvent that stands in for fatty food, then weighed for anything that came out. Twice over in each. All eight measurements passed.

The bar shows the closest of the eight — 73% of its limit. In water, the one a bowl of oatmeal actually resembles, nothing was detected at all. This is the sleeve that wraps the outside; the surface your child eats from is bare steel.

What this testing does not cover

These results are about what the materials contain, and what comes out of the silicone. They do not measure what may move from the stainless steel into food.

Also in the report: the test for lead in paint came back not applicable — there is no paint, liner or printed graphic inside the bowl to test. Total chromium in the steel measured 19.5% against the laboratory’s 10.5% criterion, and flammability passed. Chromium here is a measure of composition, not of anything released into food, and on its own it does not establish the full 304 specification.

You deserve more than “trust us.” We sent bowl samples for independent laboratory testing and publish the findings here — what was tested, what came back, and the limits those results were measured against.

“Not detected” is not proven zero. It means the result was below the laboratory’s reporting limit. No test proves absolute zero.
The three silicone colors were combined for lead and phthalate screening. Equal portions of each were tested as one sample; the steel was tested separately. Each color was tested separately for food-contact extraction.

LeadNot detected

Tested: The stainless steel, and a combined sample of all three silicone colors
Result: Not detected in either
Reporting limit: 10 mg/kg (10 ppm)
Comparison limit: 100 mg/kg (100 ppm)
Method: CPSC-CH-E1001-08.3 (metal) and CPSC-CH-E1002-08.3 (non-metal)
Report date: August 20, 2026

Eight regulated phthalatesNone detected

Tested: A combined sample of all three silicone colors
Result: None of the eight detected
Reporting limit: 50 mg/kg for seven substances; 100 mg/kg for DINP
Comparison limit: 1,000 mg/kg each
Method: CPSC-CH-C1001-09.4 (2018)
Report date: August 20, 2026

This covers the eight phthalates restricted in children’s products, not every phthalate that exists.

Silicone food-contact extractionPassed

The silicone is held at boiling point in distilled water, which stands in for watery foods, and in n-hexane, which stands in for fatty foods. Anything extracted is weighed. Each solvent runs for 7 hours, then a further 2 hours on the same sample — the second window shows whether material is still coming out. Hexane is the test solvent; it is not an ingredient of the bowl.

All figures in mg/in². Every result passed.
Silicone color	Water first 7 h / next 2 h	Fatty-food first 7 h	Fatty-food next 2 h
Blush	Not detected / Not detected	21.04	2.93
Sage	Not detected / Not detected	18.03	2.43
Sand	Not detected / Not detected	19.46	2.17
Limits used	20 / 1	175	4

Tested: Each of the three silicone colors, separately
Reporting limit: 0.2 mg/in² for the water tests
Method: 21 CFR 177.2600, water and hexane extractives
Report date: August 20, 2026

These tests measure the total material extracted under set conditions. They are not a finding that whatever was extracted is harmful, and they are not proof that nothing can migrate under any conditions. 21 CFR 177.2600 also carries formulation requirements beyond these extraction limits, so passing them is not blanket FDA approval of the finished bowl.

Physical safety checksPassed

Tested: The assembled bowl
Result: Passed for small objects, accessible edges and accessible points
Conditioning: Drop, twist, pull and compression procedures were applied before the checks
Method: ASTM F963, sections 4.6 and 4.6.1
Report date: August 20, 2026

These checks were run on the bowl as assembled. The report does not describe a separate protocol for the sleeve on its own, so we do not claim one. The physical tests also sit outside the laboratory’s CNAS accreditation scope, which is why we say “third-party tested” rather than implying every test carries the same accreditation.

Does this testing measure metals moving from the steel into food?

No. This report measures total lead and total chromium in the steel, and what extracts from the silicone. It does not include a metal-release panel on the stainless steel.

Also in the report: total chromium in the steel measured 19.5% against the laboratory’s 10.5% criterion, and flammability passed. Chromium is a measure of composition rather than of anything released into food, and on its own it does not establish the full 304 specification.

Results apply to the samples submitted. We do not test every batch, and we do not claim to — our published standard sets out what we test, when, and what triggers a retest.

What we won't use

No BPA, BPS, or other bisphenols. No PVC. No phthalates. No PFAS coatings. No melamine. No paint, print, or coating on any surface that touches food. The bowl is two materials, and that is the whole list.

Where we are today

We are a new brand, and we would rather be specific than impressive.

Everything above is from independent laboratory testing of samples from our first production run, and the bowl carries a Children's Product Certificate. This page changes as the evidence does.