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Mushie Silicone Suction Bowl

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Mushie

Mushie

Silicone Suction Bowl

Heating food in silicone with no max-temperature spec and an undisclosed cure system earns a 3 on our leaching-weighted rubric, even though the material itself is clean. The BEABA Duralex glass suction bowl does the same stay put job in glass.

3 / 10 Medium plastic footprint $

A one-piece 9.5 oz silicone suction bowl. The brand invites heating food directly in it, which is the leaching question that sets this score.

How this score breaks down

Plastic in the product and its packaging Some plastic
100% food-grade silicone, one piece with integral suction base per the brand.
Microplastic shedding and leaching Sheds some
Silicone is not a petroleum plastic and is not a microplastic source the way plastic is, though as a polymer it can release trace particles or siloxanes, more so with heat and age. Whether silicone forms microplastics is still an open question.
End of life: persistence and recovery Mostly recovers
Not stated. Recyclable, repairable, or genuinely recovered; low persistence.
Plastic-derived chemicals of concern Some concern
Some plastic-contact chemistry is possible; see the notes.
Transparency and verification Partly disclosed
Moderate-low: heating encouraged with no temp spec; the microwave claim appears only in image metadata

Strengths

  • One-piece build, nothing hidden,Suction base stops the bowl going to the floor,Free of BPA, BPS, PVC and phthalates per the brand

Trade-offs

  • Brand invites heating food in the bowl with no max temperature published,Cure system not disclosed,Microwave-safe claim lives only in image alt text

What's inside

100% food-grade silicone, one piece with integral suction base per the brand.

PartMaterial
Bowl with suction base100% food-grade silicone (brand claim)

Free of BPA, BPS, PVC, phthalates (brand claim)

Packaging
Not stated
Microplastics
Silicone is not a petroleum plastic and is not a microplastic source the way plastic is, though as a polymer it can release trace particles or siloxanes, more so with heat and age. Whether silicone forms microplastics is still an open question.

Attributes

What this product is, at a glance.

Food-grade siliconeDishwasher safe

Certifications

None listed. We only show independent third-party certifications we can verify with the issuing body, and this product does not currently hold any.

About Mushie

Mushie was founded in 2018 by Mushie and Levi Feigenson, a Houston couple who started the company in a spare bedroom of their home shortly after their second child was born, and its products are still designed by their team in Houston and Sweden. The brand makes minimalist silicone feeding sets, bibs, cups, bath toys, and teethers in soft Scandinavian-inspired colors, along with organic cotton clothing, and it is also the US home of Denmark's FRIGG pacifiers. Mushie states its mission is everyday essentials parents love as much as their little ones do, built on safe, non-toxic materials like food-grade silicone and organic cotton. The brand states its products are tested to US consumer-safety standards, but it does not publish certificates, name its testing labs, or disclose details like its silicone cure system, so most material claims rest on the brand's word. Prices are mid-range for baby feeding gear, and that thinner disclosure is the honest tradeoff next to specialist plastic-free brands.

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Melissa Walker, founder of Thriving Sustainably

Hi, I’m Melissa-founder of Thriving Sustainably

Melissa Walker is the founder of Thriving Sustainably. A mom who started reading the labels after learning how much microplastic ends up in our bodies, she co-leads the environmental pillar of a Fortune 500 company’s employee sustainability program and rates brands against public certification databases so families can lower their microplastic exposure without the guesswork.