![]() ![]() It was introduced to Americans in the 1980s by Japanese-American sugar plantation workers. Today, there are many types of bento boxes, some featuring beautiful art, and others shaped to look like cartoon characters, flowers, buildings, and other items. But regardless of what it looks like, the main point of the bento box is convenience - in fact, the word bento is derived from the term biàndāng, which means convenience. With a bento box, you can carry the perfect lunch with you wherever you go. But selecting a bento box isn’t so easy, as there are dozens of shapes, sizes, and even the ones with multiple tiers. ![]() ![]() The typical bento box comes in either 1 or 2 tiers. The size of the bento box can also give you a rough idea of how many calories worth of food it can hold.įor example, a small, one-tier bento box is usually 400ml-500ml in size. That roughly equates to being able to hold 400-500kcal of food that can contain. ![]()
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