Discover Pura

We design and manufacture premium baby bottles, sippy cups, straw cups, sport bottles, and lunch containers using only two safe materials: food-grade stainless steel and medical-grade, platinum silicone. We offer both standard and insulated products. We do not incorporate plastic or lead whatsoever in our products. 

When our children were young, we were frustrated when we could not find any bottles or sippy cups without plastic parts. We decided to use our previous experience in manufacturing, marketing, and business management to create bottles that met our family’s needs and satisfied our desire for products made with better materials and to a higher standard.

Pura has been immensely rewarding to me, both creatively and professionally. We committed to growing Pura "organically," meaning that we have not taken outside investments, and the products need to be well received for us to grow. When companies try to maximize profits and satisfy outside investment, cutting corners and using cheaper materials becomes necessary. In our case, we have always been committed to the quality of the materials and usefulness of our designs. We only answer to ourselves and our customers, and both have high standards! 

We have designed our stainless steel line so that every bottle works with every top. This means a baby bottle can be repurposed as a sippy, straw, or junior sport bottle. Every bottle will be useful and cherished for years and years of use.

Our uniqueness extends beyond the design of our products to the way we produce them. We take pride in the details that many of our customers may not realize, but benefit from nonetheless. For instance, we never use any plastic parts, our silicone surpasses all European Union regulations (which are much stricter than US regulations), and MADE SAFE screens all our products to be free of toxins that could harm us or our planet.

We are parents who make bottles for children. When BPA was banned, scientific studies showed that BPA was just one of many chemicals in plastic that cause harm. I contacted several third-party testing labs and asked if they could develop tests to check for any chemicals that caused estrogenic activity beyond those regulated in the US. They said they could, but they refused to because other companies were only interested in knowing they met US regulations. The testing labs would not develop the test for our company alone. Shortly after this, I met Amy Ziff, founder of MADE SAFE, who was offering exactly what I had been asking for!

We would like to continue expanding our product range and providing our customers with more safe, plastic-free products. 

I try to eat as many “real” organic foods as possible—foods that have not been processed and have never been in a plastic bag. For days when this doesn’t happen as much as I’d like, I supplement with high-quality fresh or powdered green juice. I ALWAYS have reusable cloth bags stashed in my car and purse. 

I am hesitant to offer advice here. As I know, parents are offered way too much advice. I’ll simply say, trust your instincts. When you have the capacity and desire, learn more from trusted sources that rely on science, like MADE SAFE!

Plastic. Every year, there is more information on other ways plastics are killing us and our planet. 

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