WhichMealKitStart with the reader’s constraint
We compare cooking format, exact box structure, one-time ordering, skip or pause options and the next-order cutoff. A match uses the selected product’s current published plan. Incomplete details never qualify as a positive match; they remain visible on the service profile.
Services are ordered by fewest extra portions, then name. Price, promotional offers and affiliate program availability do not influence that order. The seven homepage choices explain a specific household situation rather than award an overall taste score.
First-party facts and current prices
Plan and ordering facts come from official service pages, help centers and terms. Ordinary references are collected at the bottom of each profile or guide. Sources were checked September 7, 2026. Structural details are reviewed at least every 30 days and exact prices every 14 days. Expired or conflicted fields cannot qualify for matching or calculator prefills.
Dinnerly and Marley Spoon publish configuration-specific meal-kit subtotals. Their shipping is added separately. The calculator requires the remaining fees from the actual cart. Marley Spoon’s prepared-meal totals conflict with its published formula, so they do not prefill.
Purple Carrot’s kit combinations are paired: three two-serving recipes or two four-serving recipes. Mixed catalogs do not let us infer a prepared plan from a kit’s serving table. CookUnity sizes are 4, 6, 8, 12 and 16. Offering-level sizes, preparation modes and literal menu preferences are checked separately. Default Home Chef plan choices do not inherit the larger per-recipe serving edits. Sunbasket’s open-ended dinner minimum does not establish an exact box-size list. Menu capacity does not guarantee enough matching recipes in every rotating weekly menu.
What a serving means
Meal-kit portions equal recipes multiplied by servings per recipe. Prepared single-serving meal counts equal the item count. Daily Harvest components require a reader-entered count of items used as complete meals. Splendid Spoon matches assume actual meal selections rather than drinks. Menu labels do not establish allergen safety or medical suitability.
Cost calculation
Ongoing total = food subtotal + shipping + mandatory fees + entered tax. Cost per delivered serving = ongoing total ÷ portions delivered. Four-delivery total = ongoing total × 4. Introductory discounts are subtracted from their own delivery only. Leaving tax blank produces an estimate excluding tax; leaving a required fee blank withholds the result. Calculate your current cart with these rules.
Limits of this comparison
We have not taste-tested these meals and do not score flavor, fullness, freshness or health outcomes. Delivery coverage, current menus and final cart charges depend on the service and location. A comparison is not a delivery guarantee. We link directly to each service’s own location check without collecting addresses here.
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