Choosing guide

High-protein ready meals in the UK

KnowDish currently indexes 199 ready-to-heat prepared meals with at least 35g of provider-published protein per portion across 8 services. The table below shows the first 20, ordered by protein, alongside calories, standard non-promotional price where published and the date each record was checked.

Reviewed 21 September 2026 · Based on service-published information held by KnowDish

High-protein ready meals you can compare now

Start with the meals below if you want a cooked, ready-to-heat option with at least 35g of published protein per portion. This is a meal-level list, ordered by the published protein amount rather than price, overall nutrition or service quality. Compare calories and standard price before choosing; for the share of each service's menu that reaches 35g, see the prepared-meal service comparison.

Prepared meals with at least 35 grams of published protein per portion
MealServiceProteinCaloriesPriceChecked
Korean Bulgogi Chicken NoodlesEat Ping73g621 kcalNot published21 Sept 2026
Hunters BBQ Chicken Pasta with Spinach, Bacon & MozzarellaFuelHub68g641 kcal£8.503 Sept 2026
BBQ Chicken Pasta - with bacon & mozzarellaFuelHub68g641 kcal£8.503 Sept 2026
Mutton DhansakEat Ping67g984 kcalNot published21 Sept 2026
Sirloin Steak Surf & Turf with Garlic Diced Potatoes, Med Veg, Nero Cabbage & ChimichurriFuelHub67g545 kcal£10.503 Sept 2026
Tomato & Mascarpone Chicken Pasta with chorizo, cherry tomatoes & spinachFuelHub66g642 kcal£8.503 Sept 2026
Korean BBQ Chicken Mac & Cheese with Smoked Bacon & Fresh RocketFuelHub65g628 kcal£8.503 Sept 2026
Cantonese Black Pepper Beef SteakEat Ping65g993 kcalNot published21 Sept 2026
Hearty Chicken CasseroleCOOK63.1g460 kcal£6.508 Sept 2026
Italian Chicken Pasta with Broccoli & Grana Padano CheeseFuelHub61g578 kcal£8.503 Sept 2026
Beef KormaEat Ping61g840 kcalNot published21 Sept 2026
Chicken Katsu - with rice, Asian slaw & EdamameFuelHub61g633 kcal£8.503 Sept 2026
Salt & Pepper Chicken with Chinese Curry SauceFuelHub60g668 kcal£8.503 Sept 2026
Cambodian Beef Luc Lac with Egg-White RiceEat Ping60g686 kcalNot published25 Aug 2026
Buffalo Chicken with Wholegrain Rice & a Mixed Bean Kale SaladFuelHub60g498 kcal£8.503 Sept 2026
Lamb BhunaEat Ping59g864 kcalNot published21 Sept 2026
Beef VindalooEat Ping59g736 kcalNot published21 Sept 2026
Bang bang chicken with White Rice & MangetoutFuelHub58g661 kcal£8.503 Sept 2026
Jerk Chicken with Wholegrain Rice, Minted Peas & Black Beans and a Lime & Coconut DressingFuelHub58g612 kcal£8.503 Sept 2026
Kimchi Jjigae with Beef BowlEat Ping58g575 kcalNot published21 Sept 2026

Prices are current non-promotional figures held by KnowDish. Open a meal to see its source evidence, portion basis and freshness status. To compare provider-level medians and protein value, use the UK Prepared Meal Price & Protein Index.

How to use the list

Check the portion

Protein is shown for the provider's published serving. Compare portion weights where available rather than assuming every meal is the same size.

Read more than one number

Calories, fibre, salt, saturates, price and dietary suitability can matter alongside protein. No single field describes overall fit.

Check freshness

Menus and recipes change. The check date tells you when KnowDish last confirmed the published record; the provider page remains the final purchase source.

Keep unknowns unknown

A blank means the service did not publish a usable figure. It should not be read as zero or as evidence that the meal fails a criterion.

Frequently asked questions

What does high protein mean on this page?

For this KnowDish browsing guide, it means a prepared meal with at least 35g of provider-published protein per portion. The threshold organises the catalogue; it is not a universal health score or a recommendation for an individual diet.

Are meals with no published protein included?

No. A missing protein value is unknown, not zero, and cannot prove that a meal meets the 35g threshold. KnowDish excludes it from this filtered list rather than estimating a value.

Does the list rank prepared-meal services?

No. The table orders individual meals by their published protein per portion. It does not score taste, overall nutritional quality, service experience or whether a meal suits a particular person.

Why show calories beside protein?

Two meals can publish similar protein with very different energy values. Showing both lets readers inspect the trade-off directly instead of compressing multiple nutrition dimensions into an invented health score.