Kitchen Bandits

Stop re‑taping your bottles.

Writable silicone bands that grip by tension, with no adhesive. Write it, wipe it, write the next one.

  • Medium squeeze bottle wearing a red band HOT SAUCE
  • Large squeeze bottle wearing a yellow band MUSTARD
  • X-Large squeeze bottle wearing a green band PESTO 3/12
  • Small squeeze bottle wearing a blue band RANCH
Bottle size, measured straight across the bottle
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Bands arrive blank. Bottles not included.

Tape gives up by lunch.

You re-label half the station before you open. By lunch it is curling again.

A band grips by tension.
No adhesive, no residue from the band.

A part-used squeeze bottle of aioli, labeled with a damp strip of masking tape. Half of the tape has come unstuck and rolled up, leaving a mark of glue on the bottle.

Write it on. Wipe it off.

A squeeze bottle of aioli wearing a white silicone band, with AIOLI 3/14 written on the band in black marker AIOLI 3/14

Write with a black oil-based paint marker. Isopropyl alcohol takes it off.

A light ghost of old writing can stay. Normal wear.

Will it fit my bottles?

Measure straight across the bottle, where the band will sit. Don't size up: a band that is too big slides.

2 7/16″Medium band

$19.97 · Medium 8-pack

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Small band on a squeeze bottle
RANCH
Medium band on a squeeze bottle
HOT SAUCE
Large band on a squeeze bottle
MUSTARD
X-Large band on a squeeze bottle
PESTO
  1. S1¾–2⅛″
  2. M2⅛–2¾″
  3. L2¾–3⅜″
  4. XL3⅜–3⅞″

Does it survive the dishwasher?

Dishwasher safe at commercial temperatures. No adhesive to fail.

Inside a commercial dishwasher: a gray plastic rack with pegs and lattice walls, pulled out of the machine
A black silicone band with AIOLI 3/14 written on it, beaded with water from the wash

Pick your pack.

Eight loose Medium bands, one of each color
8× Medium Bands, one of each color
  • Food-grade, BPA-free silicone
  • Heat-safe to 450°F

I re-taped a dozen bottles a day.

In 2015 I worked at a salad bar in Sydney. We had half an hour to turn breakfast into lunch, and a dozen or more squeeze bottles came out of a two-minute wash cold and still greasy. Tape would not hold. I re-labeled them every day anyway.

New staff came through every week, students and travelers. Now and then a customer got chili sauce instead of ketchup. With turnover that high, there was no time to keep teaching something that should not be taught. It should be solved.

Tape and a marker are cheap. The minutes are not. So I stopped trying to train the problem away and put the fix on the bottle.

Gaston, founder of Kitchen Bandits

Gaston, in a gray sweater

Before you order.

Can't find what you need? Email us at hello@kitchenbandits.com

Tape is finished.

One station. Eight bands.

$19.97 · Medium 8-pack, multicolor

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Change size, pack or color · Measure a bottle

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