Scan the main differences between UK prepared-meal and recipe-box services, then open a service for its full pricing, coverage and source detail.
Prepared services send fully cooked food. Compare their typical price, published protein and storage format at a glance.
Prepared-meal service
Hand-prepared frozen ready meals sold online and through COOK shops. KnowDish reads the single-serving main-meal range so portions remain comparable.
Prepared-meal service
London-founded Asian prepared-meal service delivering ready-to-heat Thai, Chinese, Japanese and Korean dishes nationwide. Groups its menu into Build, Balance and Cleanse ranges rather than pure fitness macros.
Prepared-meal service
Dietitian-designed frozen meals built for specific health needs — IBS, weight management, heart health, menopause and autoimmune support — rather than fitness macros. Delivered frozen nationwide from a range of 60+ meals, mostly gluten-free and nut-free.
Prepared-meal service
Fresh ready-to-heat meals delivered across mainland UK. Foodery states that every meal is halal and that its kitchen and meat supply are HMC certified.
Prepared-meal service
Chef-prepared fresh meals delivered nationwide, positioned around calorie-controlled and high-protein nutrition with published per-meal nutritionals. Rebranded from Lions Prep in 2024.
Prepared-meal service
Fitness-led fresh meal prep with a menu of roughly 35 dishes that changes monthly, cooked to order and delivered weekly. Positions on functional nutrition, clear macros and zero-waste cook-to-order production.
Prepared-meal service
Marketplace rather than a single kitchen: independent chefs and small food businesses batch-cook to order and HomeCooks delivers frozen nationwide. Catalogue spans 150+ weekly options from 50+ chefs, so labelling depth varies by chef.
Prepared-meal service
MuscleFood's prepared-meal brand, built on a recognisable UK fitness and nutrition audience. Pots are freezer-friendly, microwave-from-frozen, and marketed on a consistent per-pot protein target.
Prepared-meal service
Fresh chef-prepared meals delivered to mainland UK, heated in around three minutes. Runs a live menu of roughly 22 dishes drawn from a wider rotating range, with vegetarian and gluten-free options.
Recipe boxes send measured ingredients and instructions. Their price and nutrition describe a meal you still cook yourself.
Prepared meals and recipe boxes
Major UK recipe-box operator that now also sells a Heat & Eat prepared range. Because both formats sit under one brand, classification has to happen per product — a Gousto listing is not automatically a recipe kit.
Recipe-box service
Diet-specific recipe box and the UK's first keto box, offering plans across keto, lower-carb, high-protein, calorie-conscious, vegetarian and vegan. Useful for diet-specific kit-versus-kit comparison rather than convenience.
Recipe-box service
The largest UK recipe-box operator. Boxes contain pre-portioned raw ingredients and a recipe card; the customer cooks the meal. Published nutrition describes the recipe cooked to instruction, not food as delivered.
Prepared meals and recipe boxes
Nutritionist-designed recipe boxes with a weekly rotating menu, alongside a separate range of frozen ready meals, soups and smoothies. Everything across both ranges is gluten-free and dairy-free, so the brand spans two product formats.
