Meal Kit

HelloFresh is one of the largest meal-kit companies in the world and has established operations in Canada, Western Europe, and the United States. They offer three types of meal plan options that are geared towards families, vegetarians, and people just looking for quick meals. Each recipe is inspired by one of HelloFresh's expert chefs and features seasonal, farm-fresh ingredients that are pre-measured and delivered to your door. They also provide discounts to students and offer a convenient app to help manage your orders.

Home Chef is a Chicago-based weekly subscription meal kit service. They serve 3-million customers each month, sending all the fresh ingredients needed to make restaurant-quality recipes at home. Like other meal kits, Home Chef helps you to save time by taking care of grocery shopping, finding new recipes, meal planning, and portioning for you. Instead of choosing specific meal plan options, Home Chef allows you to pick your specific recipes from a menu that rotates every five weeks.

Hungryroot is a meal kit company that delivers nearly-ready meals to your door. They come with unique ingredients and sauces that just need to be heated and mixed together so you can enjoy a meal in 10 minutes or less. Everything they make to is plant-centric, with a focus on including the fiber, protein, complex carbs, and healthy fats to keep you energized and satisfied. They also offer a variety of snack options and healthy desserts.    

Marley Spoon is a German company that provides meal kits all around the world, including the United States, and Australia. They offer meal kits for people who like cooking, which make them not the best choice for busy beginners but will be ideal for busy cooking lovers. Marley Spoon desires to connect the growers to the cooks by offering in-season meals that include vegetarian, fish and meat.

MissFresh is a Canadian meal kit company that strives to inspire people to cook at home by helping them discover delicious new recipes and flavours. Each box comes with fresh, pre-portioned ingredients that are easy to prepare and create a shareable experience for the entire family. Their meal plans are highly customizable and offer many unique dinner, breakfast and snack options that can be delivered all across Canada.  

Founded in 2015, One Potato offers organic and GMO-free meal kits. Their recipes and plans are family-friendly which make One Potato meal kits ideal for busy families that care for their health. While their recipes are quite basics, they are beginners friendly. One Potato also offers vegetarian and gluten-free options. And for cookie lovers, One Potato add free cookie dough in every box!

PeachDish offers Southern-style recipes. They source high-quality ingredients locally and emphasize on sustainable sourcing and composting their wastes. PeachDish meal kit recipes are developed by award-winning chefs. They offer vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free meals. They are best for busy couples who want to cook their dinner and eat healthy meals.

New York-based Plated has been dishing up “the perfect cooking experience” since 2012 with their fresh meal kit delivery service. Promising food you’ll love and the flexibility you crave, this little start-up has made it to the big time. It’s now one of the more well-recognized meal kit options on the market, holding its own with brands like HelloFresh and Blue Apron.  

Purple Carrot was founded in 2014 and is one of the few plant-based meal kit available in the United States. The company value a vegan diet over others because this type of diet is said good for the planet and our health. Their plant-based meals are creative, quick to prepare and high in protein. Purple Carrot is the ideal meal kit for people looking for something easy and healthy.

Sun Basket's award-winning chef Justine Kelly works closely with local farmers to bring the freshest seasonal ingredients to your kitchen. Each shipment of Sun Basket comes with organic produce, antibiotic-free meats, and sustainably caught seafood. Sun Basket's major differentiating factor would be their selection of lifestyle meal plans. Whether you're diabetic, pescatarian or vegan, Sun Basket provides 10 different options with 20 rotating meals to choose from.    

Takeout Kit focuses on international cuisines - perfect for the adventurous foodie. They have searched the globe for hard-to-find ingredients and have created authentic global recipes that require minimal prep time. With each box, you will learn about the culture and background of the dish, discover exotic new ingredients, and follow easy instructions to craft your globally-inspired meal. Takeout Kit is also the only meal kit company on the market that claims to have a shelf life of 2-months and are packaged in a way that eliminates the need for refrigeration. They offer individual meal-kits, sampler-packs, and various drink add-ons.

Terra’s Kitchen is a farm-to-table meal kit service that focuses on sustainability and minimizing prep time and dishes. Sounds pretty good, right? Indeed. But does it live up to expectations? We’re digging into what the Terra’s Kitchen meal kit experience is really like. Is it actually good for the planet? How much does it cost? Are the meals tasty? We’re giving you answers to these questions and so many more.