Meal reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 177 Reddit reviews across 38 subreddits and 45 posts to rank the best Meal brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/sydney, r/ARFID, r/milwaukee, r/ReadyMeals, r/belgium. Top-rated brands include Dinner Ladies (4.8/5), Factor (3.9/5), CookUnity (4.6/5).
Stats
Reviews177
Subreddits38
Posts45
Brands96
Products25
177 reviews from
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By Brand
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#1
Dinner Ladies
4.8
(13)
"Dinner Ladies are fab. We've had a variety of their meals over the past few Christmases and they've all been wonderful; fresh, flavourful and excellent portion sizes."
"My wife has had a big operation, her friends gave her a dinner ladies voucher. Fantastic, highly recommend."
"Dinner Ladies for sure, meals are superb!"
"I got a gift card for the dinner ladies through my work and they saved us postpartum!!! Seriously delicious and good variety of food."
"Another vote for the dinner ladies. Their cinnamon lamb is particularly excellent."
"Definitely dinner ladies are a hit especially if you need to feed another little person."
"I’ve gifted the dinner ladies with good reviews"
"Dinner ladies! They are amazing, also my go to gift when anyone has a baby"
"Another for the dinner ladies, they're so good"
"I’ve never had a bad meal from dinner ladies. They’re great"
#2
Factor
3.9
(15)
"Been using them for close to a year it’s great quality, reasonably priced, and allows you to stick to a calorie goal."
"I have been using factor and loving it."
"Factor isn't bad. We just stopped it because it can add up cost wise. But the meals are great, fresh made but last a week and tasty and healthy."
"Factor Meals. They deliver here every monday. Not frozen meals, but they will last you a week, 3.5m in microwave and done."
"Factor has been good for me. Just a little bit cost prohibitive."
"Factor is super easy and all you do is microwave it."
"Factor is fresh heat and eat."
"I liked Factor for the variety and the flexibility."
"Factor. Pre-made and cooked meals. 3 minutes in the microwave."
"I use factor and find it's good for variety and lots of veggies and portion control but it's pricey."
#3
CookUnity
4.6
(7)
"Another vote for Cook Unity, they have the largest selection and tastiest meals."
"Cookunity tastes the best."
"I use Cook Unity in LA and I love it! Great selection and the meals are genuinely very good."
"CookUnity was absolutely outstanding with a ton of variety of cuisines and ingredients."
"CookUnity, if in your area is quite good."
"Overall CU quality is top notch."
"I absolutely love CookUnity, but from what I hear it is better depending on where you live."
#4
Soylent
4.3
(6)
"Most nutritionally complete (non-medical) drink would be Soylent or Huel."
"My favorite has been the Soylent bottled drinks in chocolate or strawberry flavor. They are very smooth and have a cereal milk like consistency."
"At my ARFID worst, I was drinking a ton of Soylent. It was the best option I found for meal replacement."
"Soylent"
"I use soylent a lot, with snacks for texture when food is horrible"
"I usually drag a few bottles of Soylent with."
#5
Dairyland
5.0
(5)
"I'm a huge fan of Dairyland."
"Mr. Wings and Dairyland are good."
"Whiz Cheeseburger + onion rings at Dairyland."
"Dairyland is my go to."
"I really enjoy the burgers at Dairyland."
#6
Honey Baked Ham
4.2
(5)
"Honey Baked Ham has meals for pretty much any occasion! It’s so good."
"Honey Baked Ham is a dependable go to - they offer meal packages or ala carte."
"I'm sure you could get a Honey Baked Ham."
"They are still taking orders and I think they’ll have a sale tomorrow."
"Trying honey baked ham this year."
#7
Mr. Wings
5.0
(4)
"I highly recommend their buffalo lemon pepper."
"Mr. Wings and Dairyland are good."
"Mr. Wings rules."
"Mr. Wings is my favorite."
#8
Boost
4.0
(5)
"I like boost :) however every true meal replacement drink i’ve seen still says only to have some actual food alongside it due to how low they are in calories"
"I like boost :)"
"I use the Boost High Protein. They’re fortified with vitamins and minerals."
"The protocol there was to give patients BOOST drinks equivalent to however many calories were left on their plate."
"The boost powder tastes pretty good."
#9
Cook Unity
4.3
(4)
"Cook unity is my favorite. They produce a higher quality product than factory."
"CookUnity, by far in my opinion."
"I prefer cook unity. I thought the meal choices of cook unity were so much better."
"Hated factor. Check out the promo codes at the top of r/ReadyMeals."
#10
EveryPlate
4.0
(3)
"I think EveryPlate is the most reasonable cost."
"Everyplate and Dinnerly are the simplest of kits and cheapest for an entry point."
"I used everyplate, $50 a week for 3 meals with 2 servings."
#11
Gobble
3.7
(3)
"I love the the lean and low carb offerings for my nutritional needs."
"Gobble is technically not a pre-made dinner, but they are super quick meals."
"So far my experience is that Gobble is best."
#12
Cracker Barrel
3.7
(3)
"Cracker Barrel for the win, scheduled pickups Thursday."
"Cracker Barrel offers a meal."
"Usually do cracker barrel but past year or two have been meh."
#13
Soulara
5.0
(2)
"Highly recommend Soulara."
"Soulara is fantastic!"
#14
MegaFit
5.0
(2)
"MegaFit is probably my overall favorite."
"I like megafit."
#15
Shandhar Hut
5.0
(2)
"Indian and Mexican restaurants are very vegetarian friendly. My favourites are Shandhar Hut and Fiesta Loca (or Quesada if I'm craving fast food style "Mexican")."
"Second shandar hut. Tons of vegetarian options."
#16
Kate Farms
5.0
(2)
"I’m a huge fan of Kate Farms, especially the chocolate flavor!"
"Kate Farms has been life changing for me."
#17
Bibibop
5.0
(2)
"I second Bibibop. It is delicious!"
"BIBIBOP (100% gf!)"
#18
HelloFresh
5.0
(2)
"I've been with Hello Fresh for about 5 years, and we LOVE it! It's so nice for my ADHD brain to have everything I need for dinner in one bag with instructions"
"Hello Fresh changed my relationship with food. And it's a nice way to spend some time with my husband. We rave about the meal about 80% of the time."
#19
Pho Spot MKE
5.0
(2)
"Big fan of Pho Spot MKE - super flavorful."
"Pho Spot MKE - banh mi is incredible."
#20
Storyteller’s
5.0
(2)
"Seconding Storyteller’s, especially for a skeptic."
"Storyteller’s for sure! The food is better in my opinion and I prefer the ambiance of it."
#21
IKU
4.5
(2)
"IKU is really tasty and very impressive whole food ingredients."
"Iku was good, I like some of the Soulara dishes."
#22
Dinner on the Table
4.5
(2)
"Another vote for Dinner on the Table here - I love that they also have muffins etc so food to fill gaps in the day/feed hungry little people!"
"Dinner on the Table are another good option."
#23
Anytime Arepa
4.5
(2)
"Anytime Arepa is my favorite right now."
"Anytime Arepa is very good."
#24
Pure Choice Foods
4.5
(2)
"Agreed. Loved their product!"
"I used to use pure choice foods (ottawa) for some Ontario made freeze dried meals, but their good meals got discontinued."
#25
Whole Foods
4.5
(2)
"Their food is really tasty!"
"I’m doing Whole Foods."
#26
Kraft
4.5
(2)
"Kraft Mac & Cheese + imitation crab meat was a godsend."
"Kraft Mac and cheese"
#27
Sustagen
4.5
(2)
"I love sustagen, it definitely helped keep me from wasting away when I lost my appetite last year."
"Here in Australia we have Sustagen which is something my dietician recommended."
#28
Ensure
4.5
(2)
"I am for sure going to look up banana Ensure plus! I love banana mesquite but can’t get ever seem to find any."
"I use ensure plus."
#29
Fit Food Cuisine
4.0
(2)
"Fit Food Cuisine is good if are fitness oriented and want to eat “clean”"
"Fit Food Cuisine in Willow Glen was really good when we tried it a year or two ago."
#30
Modify Health
4.0
(2)
"Modify Health says they're all gluten-free and no processed ingredients. I'm on my third week and it's been good."
"Modify health does ready-made frozen meals that are nutrient dense."
#31
Eatzi's
4.0
(2)
"We’re doing Eatzis this year, the menu looks amazing."
"Eatzi’s isn’t cheap, but it’s good."
#32
KCAL
4.0
(2)
"In terms of taste, it's really good."
"For me ‘simply healthy’ works best as it has many Indian/asian options and tastes great."
#33
Barbells
5.0
(1)
"Barbells is good too."
#34
Gainz Trackers
5.0
(1)
"I started using gainztrackers.com which lets"
#35
Mana
5.0
(1)
"For ready to drink options, I like Mana (drinkmana.com) and Soylent best, and Premier Protein has complete meal options that are really good."
#36
Backpacking Chef
5.0
(1)
"A couple of my friends bought food dehydrators and make their own now, they taste better, are healthier, and are WAY cheaper. Check out this website: https://www.backpackingchef.com/"
#37
Sly Foods
5.0
(1)
"I found freeze-dried food by Sly Foods to be an excellent choice for taste and food quality."
#38
Stainless Steel
5.0
(1)
"Stainless steel is your best bet."
#39
Stainless Steel Tiffins
5.0
(1)
"Love my stainless steel tiffins for meal prep. Light weight, super easy to wash."
#40
VPO
5.0
(1)
"Vpo which is bc based has a great selection of food. I like happy yak and normad nutrition both of which are Canadian"
#41
Blue Apron
5.0
(1)
"I really loved Blue Apron if that’s affordable for you. Getting the 4 serving meals was incredibly satisfying and easy for 2 people + lunch the next day."
#42
High Protein Ready Meals
5.0
(1)
"I like the high protein ready meals from the chiller. Favourites are the chicken shawarma and Thai green curry"
#43
Flat Out Feasts
5.0
(1)
"I found Flat Out Feasts last year, they're Canadian but not Ontario. The meals solve all the usual annoyances I have with freeze-dried meals."
#44
Dr. Praeger
5.0
(1)
"Dr. Prager Spinach Littles for toddlers are delish, taste like French fries with the potato/garlic/onion"
#45
Happy Yak
5.0
(1)
"Happy Yak is great and made in Canada"
#46
Keto Chow
5.0
(1)
"There's one called keto chow. Stupid name but really great product."
#47
Salad Servers Hot Meals
5.0
(1)
"Can vouch for salad servers hot meals as well … they are as good as home made , quality and good size serves."
#48
Prefare
5.0
(1)
"Prefare! We used them for three years. You can pick your meals each week so can adjust to your schedule. They’re excellent."
#49
Spicy Radish
5.0
(1)
"I think the spicy radish is the best option in Denver."
#50
Ensure Plus
5.0
(1)
"ENSURE PLUS!!! If you are a banana flavour lover (think banana nesquik) then the banana flavour is for you, it tastes almost identical"
#51
Fresubin
5.0
(1)
"Fresubin all the way. Theyre medical grade, full of macro and micronutrients and theyre not huge. Vanilla and Cappuchino taste good."
#52
High Protein Frozen Meals
5.0
(1)
"The high protein frozen meals are very tasty (Salt & Pepper chicken is banging) and they're about 31.89"
#53
Indian Tiffin
5.0
(1)
"I've been using my Indian Tiffin lunchboxes for over a decade now. No rust."
#54
West Coast Kitchen
5.0
(1)
"West Coast Kitchen is great."
#55
Fuel Your Boddy
5.0
(1)
"I have been eating their meals for a year now (the normal healty version) and im very happy about them."
#56
Last Chance Rock n Roll Bar
5.0
(1)
"Last Chance Rock n Roll Bar does the best $10 and $12 meals on Tuesday and Wednesday. Not small portions either."
#57
Crossway Food for Life
5.0
(1)
"Crossway Food for Life aka ‘hurries’ - the best."
#58
Alicia's Flavors
5.0
(1)
"Alicia's flavors! best mexican in town with loads of veggie stuff!!"
#59
Dosa Club
5.0
(1)
"Dosa Club, Royal Zayka.. Indian is the only food I could become a vegetarian on."
#60
Fiesta Loca
5.0
(1)
"Ooo Fiesta Loca is awesome OP!"
#61
Pure Protein
5.0
(1)
"Pure protein bars for snacks or nuts. Pure protein is a good protein bar brand."
#62
Dave’s Killer Bread
5.0
(1)
"Dave’s Killer Bread makes amazing tasting bagels that have 260 cal/12g protein in them."
#63
Robata
5.0
(1)
"Dynamite chicken katsu Sando for lunch from 12pm at Robata in the city."
#64
Tinkiyada
5.0
(1)
"Tinkiyada elbow macaroni is my go-to pasta if you are doing reheats."
#65
Lasties
5.0
(1)
"As well as great live shows, the food at Lasties is awesome."
#66
Palmini
5.0
(1)
"Use the Palmini brand hearts of palm lasagna strips and layer the low-fat or non-fat cottage cheese and spinach, topping with marinara sauce along the way."
#67
Chef Select
5.0
(1)
"Chef select lasagne in the chiller is amazing"
#68
Kevin’s Sauces
5.0
(1)
"I really like Kevin’s sauces! They say allergen free on the website as well for the sauces I purchased."
#69
Builders
5.0
(1)
"Monday steak at the Builders and Tuesday steak at Marquis of Lorne are great!"
#70
Birmingham
5.0
(1)
"Parma night at the Birmingham is compulsory."
#71
Eat's Life
4.0
(1)
"Eat's Life medyo pricey pero good food selection naman and nakakabusog per servings."
#72
Plenny
4.0
(1)
"I'm doing well with Plenny, Huel and sometimes YFood."
#73
Benecalorie
4.0
(1)
"There is a calorie shot with 330 calories as a simple add in called benecalorie"
#74
Fortisip and Fresubin
4.0
(1)
"Drinks like Fortisip and Fresubin are used in hospitals for patients who can’t eat much."
#75
Soylent, Huel, Plenny, Basically Food
4.0
(1)
"There are some consumer brands, like Soylent, Huel, Plenny, and Basically Food that sell meal replacement shakes."
#76
Nutridrink
4.0
(1)
"In my country, there is indeed something called "Nutridrink." It is a full meal replacement used for people who cannot tolerate solid food."
#77
Gourmet Dinner Service
4.0
(1)
"I have enjoyed the meals from Gourmet Dinner Service before. They have a really nice range of options and dietary needs."
#78
Youfoods
4.0
(1)
"Honestly I'm happy with a lot of youfoods as well."
#79
My Muscle Chef
4.0
(1)
"I rate My Muscle Chef quite highly - meals look ordinary in the packet but the flavour is quite good."
#80
The Street Food Co
4.0
(1)
"I found The Street Food Co really good. They have started doing family meals where you finish it yourself."
#81
Salad Servers
4.0
(1)
"Salad Servers offerings are solid, been living off the lentil salad recently."
#82
Pine Melon Farmers Market
4.0
(1)
"Pine Melon Farmers Market delivery has some good pre prepared meals."
#83
Little Pink Kitchen
4.0
(1)
"Little Pink Kitchen!"
#84
Picard, every foods
4.0
(1)
"Picard really has some nice options they also rotate quite a bit so options will differ. There is also every foods, it’s not a store but they deliver frozen prepared meals."
#85
Costco
4.0
(1)
"Costco has some really good pre-made sammie platters... They also have really good selection of freshly prepared foods such as family sized chix pot pies, Sheppard pies, fresh pizzas, sushi platters, salad kits."
#86
Carrefour
4.0
(1)
"Carrefour offers some excellent low-calorie frozen meal options from Iglo."
#87
Jovial
4.0
(1)
"I’ve had bad luck reheating Runmo and lentil pasta but great luck with Jovial brand"
#88
Barilla
4.0
(1)
"I use Barilla’s brand of GF pasta. It’s a blend of flours and it cooks and reheats like traditional pasta."
#89
Iglo
4.0
(1)
"I quite like the new Iglo frozen meals, they have steam pots that are just vegetables with grilled chicken for the least calories."
#90
Eatclub
4.0
(1)
"Download the app Eatclub. That has heaps of deals."
#91
Hugo's Mexican
4.0
(1)
"These plus Hugo's Mexican has some great options as well!"
#92
Land Cafe and Studio
4.0
(1)
"Land Cafe and Studio is vegan or has a bunch of vegan options and they're very good! Decently priced imo too."
#93
fuelyourbody, musclemeat, jumbo xxlnutrition, fitmeals
4.0
(1)
"Online: fuelyourbody, musclemeat. In store: jumbo xxlnutrition, fitmeals & musclemeat."
#94
MuscleFoods
4.0
(1)
"I used musclefoods for a while. Small ish portions but it was the best value at the time and I like the fact it was frozen."
#95
HelloFresh, Gousto
4.0
(1)
"Gousto is also cool, I used Hello Fresh and Gousto before."
#96
Subway
3.0
(1)
"Either a sandwich platter- order from a major grocery store, or a subway platter of subs is often appreciated! Make sure to have some veggie options!"
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