Abstract: A handle is provided for a food container with a lip and includes a handle main body, a handle cover, an actuator, and a clamping member. The handle main body including a recess defined in a side thereof. The handle main body further includes a first clamping portion formed on a first end thereof and a second end for grasp. The handle cover is mounted to the handle main body for covering the side having the recess. The handle cover includes an opening. Then actuator is mounted in the recess of the handle main body and slidable along a longitudinal direction of the handle main body. The actuator includes a first end and a second end with an extension extended beyond the opening of the handle cover for manual operation. The actuator further includes a hole in a mediate portion thereof. A button includes an enlarged head and is mounted in the hole of the actuator and biased toward the handle cover by a first elastic member.