Factor

Factor ships meals fully cooked and chilled, not frozen, which means no soggy microwave texture and a shelf life of about a week in the fridge. Each week’s menu runs 30-plus options tagged by diet goal, so someone on a low-carb plan and someone eating vegetarian can order from the same box without either compromising. A registered dietitian signs off on the nutrition panel for every dish, and calorie counts sit prominently on the label rather than buried in fine print.

The catch with any prepared-meal service shows up at the register: you’re paying for someone else to cook and package individual portions, so it costs more per meal than a classic kit where you do the work. Factor’s cheapest per-meal rate requires ordering the maximum plan size, and dropping to four or six meals a week pushes the price up. Delivery covers the contiguous US on a set day per ZIP code, and skipping a week just needs a few days’ notice through the account.