PackIt safety review
Founded 2009 · Agoura Hills, California · Part of Tenth Avenue Holdings, LLC
Our verdict
AcceptablePackIt makes the freezable lunch bag with the gel built into its walls, and it is specific about chemistry: its safety page says the products are made from "food-safe, nontoxic poly canvas and EVA" and are "free of harmful PVC, BPA, phthalates, formaldehyde and lead," and that they are tested by independent accredited laboratories against Proposition 65 and CPSIA limits. Those are the company's statements. It names no laboratory and publishes no report, and there is no certifier's register on which to check them, which is why the grade is acceptable rather than recommended. Two gaps are worth knowing before you buy: the product page says the lining is antimicrobial without naming the agent, and the company does not say what the freezable gel is made of. We found no recall in CPSC's database or openFDA, no California Proposition 65 notice and no product-safety or consumer-protection case in federal court under PackIt or PackIt, LLC as of 2026-10-12. It is majority-owned by Tenth Avenue Holdings, a holding company based in New York; whether the founder retains a stake is not stated.
- Best for
- A lunch that has to stay cold with no loose ice pack to lose — the bag is the ice pack, and the maker states plainly that it is PVC-, BPA-, phthalate- and lead-free.
- Skip if
- You want no antimicrobial treatment at all in your child's lunch bag — PackIt says its lining has one and does not say which.
Reviewed by Dan Golden · October 2026
Company facts
- What they make
- food storage, lunch gear
- Where it's made
- PackIt, LLC makes freezable bags with a gel layer built into the walls, which it calls EcoFreeze. Its safety page says the products are made from "food-safe, nontoxic poly canvas and EVA" in factories the company "hand-picks"; it does not name the factories or the country, and it does not say what the gel is. The founder has described patenting the idea and launching the company in 2009. The company's own terms give its address as 30501 Agoura Rd., Suite 110, Agoura Hills, California, and Tenth Avenue Holdings, a holding company based in New York, lists PackIt among its majority-owned businesses.
The company behind PackIt, LLC
- Founded
- 2009
- Headquarters
- Agoura Hills, California (30501 Agoura Rd, Suite 110)
- Ownership
- PE-backed
Worth re-checking annually — standards are the asset.
Safety breakdown
We found no recall under PackIt, Pack It or PackIt, LLC in CPSC's recall database, searched by recall title, manufacturer and product name, or in openFDA enforcement data as of 2026-10-12, and no California Proposition 65 60-day notice — a notice under the state's warning-label law — naming PackIt or Tenth Avenue in the Attorney General's register as of the same date. No third-party certification was found or is claimed; the company's statement is that its products "are tested by independent, accredited third-party laboratories and have met all applicable standards set forth by OEHHA Proposition 65 and Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), including those for BPA, lead and phthalates," with no laboratory named and no report published. The product page's "antimicrobial, food-safe lining" names no agent. The only federal dockets naming the company are two patent cases (McCrory v. Packit, LLC, 2011-2012, and PackIt, LLC v. Newell Brands, Inc., 2018), neither a safety matter.
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We found no recall under PackIt, Pack It or PackIt, LLC in CPSC's recall database, searched by recall title, manufacturer and product name, or in openFDA enforcement data as of 2026-10-12, and no California Proposition 65 60-day notice — a notice under the state's warning-label law — naming PackIt or Tenth Avenue in the Attorney General's register as of the same date. No third-party certification was found or is claimed; the company's statement is that its products "are tested by independent, accredited third-party laboratories and have met all applicable standards set forth by OEHHA Proposition 65 and Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), including those for BPA, lead and phthalates," with no laboratory named and no report published. The product page's "antimicrobial, food-safe lining" names no agent. The only federal dockets naming the company are two patent cases (McCrory v. Packit, LLC, 2011-2012, and PackIt, LLC v. Newell Brands, Inc., 2018), neither a safety matter.
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Recall history
No recalls found. We checked CPSC and FDA recall databases as of October 14, 2026 and found no recalls for this brand. Recall databases update continuously — if you own a recalled product, the official notice is always the source to follow.