Whether you would like to take a break from cooking or are bored of the limited variety being prepared at home, these meal subscription services ensure that you have something nutritious and delicious on your plate, three times a day. Check out this Business Today Magazine report on pioneers in this sector such as Food Darzee, EatFit, Parafit, HealthifyMe and more
According to the report by Apollo Research ‘The Exponential Growth in Meal Kit Subscription Market’, the global healthy-meal subscription market was valued at $3.73 billion in 2022 and is expected to touch $13.76 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 14 per cent
A monthly meal plan at Food Darzee for non-vegetarians costs Rs 13,800 for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Depending upon your requirements, you can choose anywhere between one to four meals
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Food Darzee menu is updated weekly and is divided into vegetarian, non-vegetarian and eggetarian. Meal plans cater to different diets— keto, high-protein-low-carb, vegan and balanced. Food Darzee delivers in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune
Another such venture which provides curated healthy meals is Eat.Fit. It is the meal subscription venture of the health and fitness company Cult.Fit. Bengaluru-based IT professional Nimit Acharya, who subscribed to Eat.Fit’s Signature Salad package for lunch on weekdays (vegetarian monthly package for Rs 4,342 for 22 days), gets a fresh salad delivered to his office every afternoon. Each salad comes with nutritional information such as calorie count, protein, carbs, etc. printed on it. For dinner, he has subscribed to the Weight Loss thali package and pays Rs 4,104 for 30 days
Eat.Fit delivers in 12 cities including Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurugram, Mumbai, Surat and Hyderabad. One can sign up for anything from a Power Breakfast Plan to a Homestyle Dinner or Fruit Snack Plan. You can order an individual meal or subscribe to a monthly package
At Delhi-based Parafit, you select your goal—weight loss, muscle gain, weight maintenance or detox diet and then subscribe to your package. A three-day trial package for detox, including three meals a day, costs Rs 2,490
Parafit health meals will include dishes such as grilled cottage cheese and quinoa salad, grilled vegetable sandwiches and vegetable stroganoff with rice on day one, followed by yoghurt bowl, hummus with grilled pita, achari soya chaap and more on day two
Then there are lesser-known brands such as Blufit and Nutri 91 that specifically cater to those keen on a keto diet. You can start with a three-day trial and if you are satisfied, you can subscribe to it monthly. The menu is a mix of Indian, Continental, Mexican and Chinese, with over 500 recipes in their database
One of the pioneers in this field is HealthifyMe, which likes to consider itself a connected fitness ecosystem that helps you achieve your health goals faster and more consistently. So, besides a healthy meal subscription, you get personalised coaching for weight loss and a metabolic dashboard with 80-plus key parameters that help you stay healthy and identify any underlying medical conditions