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Hydro Flask: what it’s actually made from

Every Hydro Flask product we have scored, with the maker’s own words about materials and what those words leave out. Average across the range: 62.5 out of 100.

Longer read: we have a full write-up of this brand — Klean Kanteen vs Hydro Flask.

We have scored 4 Hydro Flask products. They average 62.5 out of 100 on materials, and the spread between the best and worst is 15 points.

Of those 4: 4 name the surface that touches food at least to a material family; 0 state a country of manufacture; 0 have a materials claim backed by anything other than the maker’s own word.

Every Hydro Flask product we have scored

ProductCategoryScore /100What it is made of
Hydro Flask 12 oz Kids Food Jar · USLunchboxes68“18/8 pro-grade stainless steel” · lid plastic, Flex Boot and gasket materials all unstate
Hydro Flask 32oz Wide Mouth · AUBottles6818/8 “pro-grade” stainless · Colour Last powder coat · no lid, straw or gasket polymer nam
Hydro Flask Kids 12 oz Bottle · USBottles61Stainless steel, grade not stated · double-wall vacuum · plastic cap, type not stated
Hydro Flask 32 oz Wide Mouth · USBottles53“Stainless steel” and “TempShield® double-wall vacuum insulation” — no grade, no lid polym

Click a product to read the full record — the exact wording the maker uses, what is missing, and every source. Scores are out of 100 and measure materials, not safety: 68/100 means “mostly inert”. The rubric is here.

Where these sit on the site

Hydro Flask appears in Bottles · Lunchboxes. The Australian and American editions are scored the same way, so a product marked AU and one marked US are directly comparable.

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