My New Year’s Resolution Is to Declutter My Food Container Chaos – These Color-Coded Nesting $2.55 Joseph Joseph Ones Are My Top Pick

There is a cabinet in my kitchen that is not only the most used, but also my most chaotic. It’s the one with all our food storage containers in.

Despite our best efforts to keep it in order, we’ve somehow ended up with lots of mismatched items, little space to maneuver, and a constant cascade of crashing containers whenever we open the door.

That is why I am snapping up a 10-piece set of color-coded, non-toxic Joseph Joseph food containers from Amazon for $25.50, which nest inside each other to help me declutter the kitchen cabinet that gives me the most daily hassle for a streamlined 2026.

Nesting and Color-Coding Features Make This Joseph Joseph Set My Top Pick

I grew up in an Iranian household, so that meant lots of delicious cooking and, more importantly, lots of leftovers. Persian food takes skill and time to cook, so when we do it, it’s not being made for just one meal. We’ll eat it for dinner, save some for lunch and freeze the rest.

That’s why I am always in and out of my kitchen cabinet that holds all the food containers. But ours has slid out of control in 2025, and now I can’t tell which lid goes with what, if something can be microwaved safely, or feel sure that it’s not going to crack up in the freezer from thermal shock.

That’s why I have cleared out the entire cabinet, have recycled what I can, repurposed plastic containers elsewhere for storing my daughter’s crafts, and put the rest in the trash.

I’ve ordered three sets of these Joseph Joseph nesting food containers, so even my young daughter can tell which lid goes with what, and we have plenty on hand for our batched slow cooker ideas.

They’re also dishwasher safe, so that means no more warped plastic lids that are a menace to put on containers, and plenty of sizes to suit my food storage and freezing needs.

Each set of 10, which is made from BPA-free plastic (that means there is no Bisphenol-A to leech into your food, making the material non-toxic) includes one each of the following dimensions:

• 8 fl. oz (1 cups)
• 18 fl. oz (2.2 cups)
• 37 fl. oz (4.6 cups)
• 63 fl. oz (7.7 cups)
• 101 fl. oz (12.5 cups)

The overall dimension of each rectangular nested set of 10 is 7.75 x 9.5 x 6.5 inches, meaning I no longer have to play Jenga with my food containers to fit them in my slim cabinet. Being able to pop them in the dishwasher (both the containers and the lids) means a quick and easy clear up.

Editor’s Top Tip for Keeping Plastic Food Containers Stain-Free

If you’ve ever stored a tomato-based food or sauce in a plastic container and found it has stained, there is a simple cleaning tip to get that staining off that doesn’t involve hours of soaking or tough scrubbing.

Simply put a splash or two of water inside, pop a paper towel in and a squirt of Dawn dish soap, available at Walmart. Put the lid on and shake the mixture for 30 seconds. The gentle abrasion and the porosity of the paper, along with the degreasing power of dish soap, will break down the red stains from the inside of your container and transfer to the tissue.

You can also use Castile Soap to clean, which is non-toxic and made from lots of natural ingredients with serious cleaning power.

This will keep your set looking and smelling like new for so much longer. The Joseph Joseph nesting set from Amazon also has removable seals; this is the feature that makes it leakproof and airtight, which makes cleaning food debris away a breeze. This will also prevent microscopic moisture from food or cleaning from becoming a breeding ground for mold.

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All prices were correct at the time of publication.

Using a pegboard organizer is also a smart way to tackle chaotic kitchen cabinets, especially as they are customizable and can hold various pots, pans, lids, and trays easily.