Compare Our Picks WIRED TIRED Completely vegan? Availability Plan details Cost Purple Carrot Adventurous, tasty recipes; has both meal kits and ready-to-eat premade meals; varied choices and frequently changing seasonal menus; grocery options Recipes can be involved and time-consuming; not great for beginners Yes Lower 48 states Fresh meal kits, ready-to-eat frozen meals, or Jumpstart Program, and groceries. Two- or 4- person plans, 3 or 4 meals per week. Meal kits start at $11 per serving. Ready-to-eat starts at $13. Green Chef Basic meals that would work for most people and families; servings up to six people Vegan options tend to be mostly stir-fries; sometimes long prep times No Lower 48 states (minus some parts of Louisiana) Servings for 2, 4, or 6 people, at either 3 or 4 meals per week. Each serving is $12. Thistle Fresh produce; easy-to-no prep or cook time; complex flavors; great textures; gluten-free Limited availability in the US; maybe too adventurous for some; mostly salads Yes East and West Coast cities and Chicago Curated preset menu each week of single servings, consisting of 3 meals, a snack, and a dessert for 6 days. Breakfasts start at $13, lunches and dinners at $17, and snacks at $8 Hungryroot AI-powered menu curation; many choices of familiar flavors and foods; good for people transitioning or new to a vegan diet; also offers grocery options Difficult to view meal options before committing; flavors could be one-note No Lower 48 states The smallest plan is two or three two-serving dinners; after, plans vary depending on meal quantity. $8 to $13 per serving. Shipping free for orders above $70, otherwise $7. Mosaic Tasty frozen meals ready in 5 minutes or less; all vegan or vegetarian choices; each meal has 13-30 grams of protein High calorie count; flavor combinations can become repetitive No, also vegetarian options East Coast, West Coast, and some of middle America Plans start at 6, 12 and 18 items per week. Family plans start at $6 per serving, single-serve start at $10 per serving. Daily Harvest Ideal for solo eaters; easy-to-no prep; gluten-free; you can choose all your own meals à la carte Mushy texture; some meals require a blender or food processor; limited selection; can be bland Yes Lower 48 states À la carte; just need to hit $50 minimum on orders. $8 for breakfast bowls and go up to $11 per serving for most everything else. Sunbasket Short prep times; meals that appeal to most people; grocery options; mostly paper, without tons of plastic packaging Limited options for vegans weekly; produce arrived on the decline and was not always organic No Ships to most zip codes in the US, except Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, and parts of New Mexico Servings are 2 to 4, or one if it's a premade meal, with 3, 4, or 5 meals per week. $10 to $30 per serving. Others Tested Courtesy of Sakara Life Sakara Life; starts at $141 per week; up to $465 for specialty programs: This vegan, gluten-free meal kit reminds me of what most people think when they think of “crunchy” vegan food—raw vegetables with an earthy taste. Nearly all meals in Sakara's lineup are uncooked and preprepared—items like veggie burgers are without buns, lasagnas are “deconstructed.” For example, a “Lavender Quesadilla” has broccoli pesto and cashew “cheese” with hibiscus salsa … you get the idea. The menu is curated each week, and meals come in single servings. Sakara also has health supplements (which can be scientifically dubious), like a metabolism booster and fulvic acid cell reset. Sakara's signature nutrition program meal plan is designed to replace all meals and is delivered twice weekly. If you buy one week of five days, three meals a day, it's $465 per week; weekly subscriptions of five days, three meals a day, is $395 per week; prices go down to $141 per week with a 12-week subscription for three days at two meals per day. There's also a "Level II: Detox" program, starting at $465 per week. This meal kit seems fit for Gwyneth Paltrow or WAGs (wife or girlfriend of professional athletes) everywhere, but it wasn't the right fit for my budget and taste preferences. NutriFit for $10 to $45 per meal: NutriFit is more like a personal chef than a meal kit delivery service, specializing in nutrient-dense, fully prepared meals with a huge range of fare, with gluten- and dairy-free and vegetarian and vegan options. The company ships to the lower 48 states, and most meals hovered around $20. NutriFit has customized, chef-curated meal plans that are tailored for the eater and include specifics like health goals and dietary restrictions, where the customer can select their own meals on the Premium plan or have the curated meals from the 13-week rotating menu, starting at $19 per day. There are also à la carte options, which I tested, which range from $10 to $45 per meal. These don't require a subscription or a minimum, and come in meals that serve three to four people or in individual size Fit for ONE meals that feed one, where you choose from “Always Available Favorites” and rotating new specials. A lentil chickpea salad, cold udon noodles, hearty roasted tomato soup, and crispy vegan tacos were standouts. I wasn't a huge fan of most of the chef-curated specials, and the food started to wilt or get mushy if not eaten within the first few days. The user interface of the service isn't the best or easiest to navigate, either. Not Recommended Eat Clean for $9 to $13 per meal: This vegan meal delivery service would be best for someone who loves the taste and convenience of TV dinners. Eat Clean has a dozen plant-based heat-’n’-eat meals available, with availability to order six to 20 meals per week, ranging from six meals for $13 each to 20 meals at $9 each. Each meal comes in a plastic container and needs to be microwaved or heated for around three minutes. Many of the meals have very similar flavors—the tomato sauce base for the chili, spaghetti, and lasagna all tasted the same. The meals with sides often felt random: zucchini with mac and cheese and nuggets; a cornbread on the side of chili that tasted exactly like a cinnamon coffee cake (the flavors didn't go well together on that one). Like TV dinners, flavors were often one-note, and I opted to air fry or oven-bake things to enhance mushy textures. This meal kit is nearly the same price as most I've tested, and the picks above are a whole lot tastier. Are Meal Kit Services Worth It? AccordionItemContainerButton LargeChevron The answer really depends on what you value, whether that's time, convenience, cost, or something else altogether, like finding new recipes or eating healthier. For me as a vegan, I find it a bit harder to find new recipes or where I can find the ingredients needed when I do find them. Cheaper meal kit service plans hover around $13 per serving, with more expensive plans like Sakara at $400 for a full week of meals. For the cheaper meal plans like Green Chef at $12 with generous portions, the meal prices seem comparable to the cost of buying vegan (often organic) groceries. WIRED reviewer Matthew Korfhage did a deep dive to find out: Are Meal Kits Cheaper Than Groceries in 2025? and the results surprised me. How I Tested AccordionItemContainerButton LargeChevron I ate and prepared at least three days' worth of meals or four meals minimum from each brand over the course of a week. If the brand had both frozen, microwavable meals and meal kits that needed to be prepared, I tested both. When I could, I let the brand curate the meals for me, going with what the algorithm chose rather than personal taste to get an unbiased look at the choices offered. For meal kits, I prepared them as indicated in the directions and didn't add any extra food items or seasoning, so I could taste them exactly as they were meant to be. What I'm Testing Next AccordionItemContainerButton LargeChevron I'm testing Purple Carrot's Plantsgiving Box (a vegan Thanksgiving-style dinner special for the holiday). Power up with unlimited access to WIRED. Get best-in-class reporting and exclusive subscriber content that's too important to ignore. Subscribe Today.