A hot lunch away from a kitchen is the whole point of the Black+Blum Food Flask. The 400 ml vacuum sealed body keeps food hot for up to six hours or cold for up to eight, which covers a shift, a site visit or a long journey with no microwave in sight.

This version is an update of the brand best-seller. The underside of the lid is now stainless steel, so food has no contact with plastic, and the included ladle spoon is made with sustainably sourced wood fibre. Soup, stew, porridge, salad and yoghurt all travel equally well. The flask itself is handwashed while the spoon can go in the dishwasher, and it arrives in a gift box in green or orange.

It is a strong fit for organisations whose staff eat away from a canteen: construction and engineering firms, field service teams, healthcare providers and logistics employers. Wellbeing programmes use it to encourage home-cooked lunches, and it answers the winter gifting slot when a drinks bottle feels out of season. Food brands and meal-kit companies also give it to customers as a way of putting their product directly into a daily routine.

Engraving on the steel body gives a durable and discreet finish that hand washing will not affect. MerchRepublic supplies the Food Flask branded and in bulk across the EU, and can pair it with the Black+Blum lunch boxes and insulated bottles so a gift set stays within one design language.