We know that choosing the best meal delivery service can be an overwhelming process. With so many options like Hello Fresh, Blue Apron, Home Chef or Freshly – its almost impossible to choose the best option for you.
We hope that by breaking down what the companies offer, this decision will be made easier for you.
Today we are looking at Freshly and Hello Fresh.
Freshly specializes in delivering fully-prepared and non-frozen gluten-free meals to your door.
Hello Fresh is the largest and most popular meal kit company in the states, that specialize in delivering high-quality pre-portioned ingredients, for cooking amazing meals at home.
These two competitors are quite different in many ways, so we can’t wait to get started and give you all the details! so here it is:
Our Hello Fresh and Freshly Full Comparison:
Available Plans of HelloFresh and Freshly
When using Hello Fresh, you have the choice of six different plans. All plans are optional for two or four people, with 3-5 recipes per meal box.
- The Classic meat and veggies Plan
- The kids and Family Plan
- The Veggie Plan
- The pescatarian plan – with vegetarian and seafood options
- The ‘Calories Smart’ low-calorie meal plan
- The ‘Quick and Easy’ plan with super easy and fast cooking meals
Freshly gives its customers four different plan choices, based on the number of meals you would like to get every week – four, six, ten, or twelve single-servings per week.
With both companies, you have the flexibility to change plans and choose meals from week to week, as needed.
Hello Fresh and Freshly Menu Variety:
Both Hello Fresh and Freshly offer very diverse menus with a great deal of choice when it comes to flavor influences, style of cooking, and ingredients used.
Hello Fresh has a selection of 20 very tempting meals per week, including options to cater to all their plans. If you choose the classic plan, you are welcomed to choose from all meal options for that week. Hello Fresh vast menu includes gourmet style meals, easy-to-cook meals, kids friendly meals, and tempting meals for vegetarian, low calorie, and pescatarian diet.
The weekly changing menu selection from Freshly includes more than 30 dishes for dinner and lunch. The menu selection provides for a high-protein diet, low-carb diet, gluten-free diet, soy-free, and dairy-free diet.
The style and Complexity of The Meals
We make sure that we try meals and meal kits from all the companies that we review. We have tried many items from both the Hello Fresh and Freshly menu over the years.
With their meal kits, The Hello Fresh culinary team appears to be focused on giving customers healthy meals that are both classic and interesting to the mouth. The Hello Fresh meals include many fresh vegetables, and They usually offer some lovely twists in all their recipes. Each dish contains unexpected ingredients or flavor combinations.
Here are our top selected meals from the Hello Fresh menu:
- Gouda Vibes Burgers with Tomato Onion Jam & Potato Wedges
- Spicy Maple Chicken with Mashed Sweet Potatoes & Roasted Green Beans
- Black Bean & Poblano Flautas with Guacamole & Pico de Gallo
- Sizzling Hoisin Shrimp with Ginger Scallion Rice & Roasted Green Beans
As a fully-prepared meal service, Freshly is all about convenience and time-saving. Their meals take 5 minutes to heat and eat via oven or microwave.
Overall, we enjoyed most of the Freshly meals, but we have to say we did experience some meals that weren’t to our team’s taste.
Here are some good choices from Freshly:
- Cauliflower shell beef bolognese
- Better-for-you beef and broccoli bowl
- Citrus-kissed orange chicken with veggies & basmati rice
Quality of ingredients:
As a company, Hello Fresh is very focused on helping its customers to consume more plant-based products in their daily diet. The fruit and vegetables are not always organic, as this is simply not a priority, but they are still of the highest standard.
All their meals are primarily sourced domestically, and their poultry is antibiotic and hormone-free. Seafood is sustainably sourced, and their pork is hormone-free.
Freshly is very proud of their certified gluten-free status; you can rest assured that none of their ingredients contain any gluten whatsoever. They also prioritize using ingredients that are 100% natural and have no preservatives, refined sugars, or hydrogenated oils.
The delivery and Box:
Receiving your Freshly or Hello Fresh delivery is a breeze!!! Both companies are big believers in organization and convenience, and this is obvious when unpacking your order. Both boxes have been specifically designed for food delivery, and their contents are packed with enough ice to keep everything at the correct temperature.
All contents, whether it be the well-sorted Hello Fresh meal kits or the fully-prepared meals from Freshly, are well organized and beautifully packed. It is merely a matter of unpacking your order and storing it where appropriate until you are ready to use it.
Distribution:
Hello Fresh currently delivers across the continental US. Unfortunately, they don’t deliver yet to Hawaii or Alaska, but stay tuned for any updates!
At this stage, Freshly currently deliver to all states within the continental U.S. note that there are some ZIP codes that the Freshly delivery partners aren’t able to reach within their 48-hour delivery period.
The App & Website
Both companies provide easy to use websites, Hello Fresh also includes an app, making the whole ordering process easy to complete.
You can register online, manage your account, specify your dietary preferences, select your plans, and choose your menu options for weeks ahead.
If and when you wish, you can also cancel your account online, and this can be accomplished quickly and without complications or hidden fees.
Distribution:
Hello Fresh currently delivers across the continental US. Unfortunately, they don’t deliver yet to Hawaii or Alaska, but stay tuned for any updates!
At this stage, Freshly currently deliver to all states within the continental U.S. note that there are some ZIP codes that the Freshly delivery partners aren’t able to reach within their 48-hour delivery period.
The App & Website
Both companies provide easy to use websites, Hello Fresh also includes an app, making the whole ordering process easy to complete.
You can register online, manage your account, specify your dietary preferences, select your plans, and choose your menu options for weeks ahead.
If and when you wish, you can also cancel your account online , and this can be accomplished quickly and without complications or hidden fees.
In Conclusion – Our Votes go to Hello Fresh
Even tough we enjoyed some of the freshly meals we have tried, our meal experiences with Hello Fresh was much more positive. it is true that with Hello Fresh you have to cook the meals – but the end result is worth the effort – especially since all meals takes only 20-35 minutes of easy cooking, following the recipe card you get with each meal.
We found the Hello Fresh meal options to be more interesting, delicious and satisfying. Their meal kits were filled with incredible flavors and high-quality fresh ingredients.
Everything with Hello Fresh just tasted. We highly recommend giving this service a try excellent!
