![]() ![]() When ingredients are unacceptable or missing, you may be able to receive a credit or refund, but you’ll have to buy your own replacements.Īnd meal kits still require planning ahead. ![]() If delivery is delayed by the carrier, the ingredients may spoil. The box is insulated, and the food is chilled with ice packs to ensure freshness. None of the three companies deliver in Alaska or Hawaii, and Sunbasket also excludes Montana, North Dakota and parts of New Mexico. ![]() All three companies also have a low-calorie meal category for dieters. Sunbasket, for example, offers 15 to 17 recipes each week in a wide variety of categories: paleo, vegetarian, Lean & Clean, gluten-free, carb conscious, Mediterranean, diabetes friendly and pescatarian. You can always cut back on the amount of salt, sugar or butter that a recipe calls for, and some companies have healthier categories of meals. When Consumer Reports analyzed meal kits, it found that the ingredients were mostly whole foods or minimally processed and the meals were “a big improvement over restaurant takeout or ultra-processed foods.” But some recipes were high in saturated fat and salt, and skimpy on the vegetables. ![]() Each box includes everything you need except pantry staples, such as cooking oil, butter, sugar, salt and pepper. Plans can be customized by eliminating ingredients, swapping them or upgrading to more expensive ones. You choose the recipes you want or receive a default selection based on your preferences. Menus change weekly but you can view them in advance, along with the recipes, nutritional information and preparation time. Sunbasket “accommodates a range of diets” and is “simple and easy to prepare,” but flavors were occasionally “muted.” It promises that its ingredients (not meat and fish) are 99% organic. Reviewers at who used and reviewed the kits found that HelloFresh offered “delicious, gourmet meals,” but required “time-consuming preparation” and “lots of clean up.” Blue Apron provides “upscale modern American cuisine,” but limited dietary accommodations. Blue Apron and Sunbasket provide more than a dozen recipes each week, and HelloFresh more than 30. There’s no shortage of dishes or choices. ADA Violation or Just Bad Business? Honey, I Shrunk the Menu! What you get ![]()
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