UK meal delivery comes in two shapes: meals that arrive cooked, and kits you cook yourself. Brands are grouped by whichever they lead with — and where a brand sells both, we sort each product on its own, so a Gousto recipe kit and a Gousto Heat & Eat meal are never treated as the same purchase. Being listed here isn’t a recommendation, and no brand can pay for placement, ranking or rating.
Compare brands side by sideMeals arrive fully cooked — you just reheat them. The nutrition these brands publish is for the food as it turns up.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Chef-prepared high-protein meal prep on a weekly rotating menu, aimed squarely at fat-loss and muscle-gain goals. Most dishes are built around roughly 40g of protein with macros published per meal.
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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.
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Fresh chef-prepared meals delivered to mainland UK, heated in around three minutes. Runs a rotating menu built in weekly meal runs, with vegetarian and gluten-free options.
Boxes arrive as measured-out raw ingredients and a recipe — you cook it. The nutrition these brands publish is for the finished dish, and it counts store-cupboard items the box does not send you.
Mixed catalogue — this brand sells both formats, so each product is classified individually rather than inheriting the brand’s label.
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.
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.
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.
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Mixed catalogue — this brand sells both formats, so each product is classified individually rather than inheriting the brand’s label.
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.