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Which meal box service is right for you?
Hello Fresh
Full Price : £5.00
Offer Price : £2
Pro
– Great selection for every taste
– Good value & good size portions
– Delicious recipes
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Cons
– meal prep time is underestimated
– meat freshness could be better
Read more in our full review here…
Full Review....
Service & Ease of use
Hello fresh offers desktop and mobile app versions of the service. Signing up is quick and easy, however filtering on different recepie types is easy to do via the desktop site but the mobile app requires you to scroll through each option.
Packaging & Delivery
The packaging is primarily cardboard and reclycalable, but does include plastic ice packs and insulation, although the ice packs may be useful and reusable.
Food Choice
Good choice of recepies to chose from, advertising 37 new options each week.
Prep Time Accuracy
Like most of the meal kits, the recepies all under estimate the time to make the meals, or are likely the timings from a professional chef. For example a 10 min recepie took 25 minutes. This shoudl be factored in when chosing the recepies.
Meal Taste
The meals were all delicious, and each one we made seemed to have a twist to make you feel like you are learning something new and each one created a really tasy meal. This is perhaps down to poor selection but one of the recepies (lamb chemoula) had very limited veggatables and we didnt feel contributed to a healthy meal for 2 adults.
Food Freshness
Recepies all arived in date, however with 3 recepies to use, we had only 4 days to use all of them due to the expiry date of the meat. For us this wasnt really long enough & dictates when the food must be eaten. Additioanlly there is no indication within the app of the how long each meal will last (as there is on some). You are of course able to freeze the meet for added flexibility.
Portion Size
Other than a lamb and rice dish whos portion we felt was too small & had to be topped up, the other meals were generous sizes and easily fed 2 adults and 1 toddler.
Value for Money
3 meals for 2 people costs 29.99, making it £5 per person. One of the best value options available.
In Summary...
Perhaps the most well known of the UK meal boxes. Hello fresh offers a good array of meals at a competative price. Like most of the services we found that the cooking times were under estimated, but the recepeies all had great flavours and provided useful cooking ideas.
Andrew Holder
Amateur Food critic