Nurture Life: plans, prices and cutoff

How much Nurture Life costs

For seven meals for one child: $65.82 a delivery, $9.40 a meal ($53.83 food + $11.99 shipping, before tax).

Two children? One order feeds both, and a bigger plan costs less a meal: 14 single meals come to $109.65 with shipping, $7.83 a meal, against $9.40 on the smallest plan.

Nurture Life’s standing discount is on the plan size: $5 off 10 items, $10 off 14 and $15 off 21. The prices above are its full prices, before any first-order code. Work out your own cart.

How Nurture Life works

Single-serving meals for children, cooked and delivered fresh to heat in about a minute: Kids Meals for ages 1 to 8 and Finger Foods for babies from 8 months, in plans of 7, 10, 14 or 21 items a week, snacks and smoothies included in the count.

What each kind of preparation asks of your kitchen.

Menu and labels

Its menu filters and Gluten Free tags are not allergen guarantees: everything is made in one facility, free of peanuts and tree nuts (except coconut), that also processes egg, fish, milk, sesame, soy and wheat.

See this week’s Nurture Life menu

Choice each week

At least 25 Kids Meals and 12 Finger Foods on its menu, plus Lunchkins, Mighty Bites, Super Sammies, Oaties and Superfood Smoothies, with new meals every month or two. On Nurture Life’s site: Does your menu change?

Changing a dish

It fills each week’s order from your child’s preferences and allergens and the items you lock or block; change the order before your cutoff. On Nurture Life’s site: How are the meals in my orders selected?

Labels and allergens on Nurture Life’s menu

Gluten-free

Gluten-free items tagged Gluten Free on its menu and found with its filter, made in the same facility as the rest. On Nurture Life’s site: Does Nurture Life offer gluten-free meals and snacks?

Allergens

Everything is made in a facility free of peanuts and tree nuts, except coconut, that also processes coconut, egg, fish (salmon), milk, sesame, soy and wheat. On Nurture Life’s site: Are your meals and snacks allergen friendly?

Other labels

Nurture Life’s own pages also name low-sodium dishes or plans.

Each label at every service: Gluten-free · Keto · Low-sodium

What a menu label can and cannot tell you.

Nurture Life delivery, storage and recycling

Where it delivers

The contiguous United States, not Alaska or Hawaii; $11.99 shipping, with delivery days set by your ZIP code. On Nurture Life’s site: Where do you deliver? and What is the cost of shipping? and Can I change my delivery day?

How it arrives

Chilled, in insulated packaging with gel packs that keep it cold for at least 48 hours, by FedEx, Veho, OnTrac, LaserShip, CDL, Jitsu or UDS, between 8 AM and 10 PM on your delivery day. On Nurture Life’s site: How will my order be shipped? and When will my order arrive?

In the fridge

Kids Meals and Finger Foods keep 5 to 8 days in the fridge unopened and 24 hours once opened; go by the Enjoy By date on each one. On Nurture Life’s site: How long do Nurture Life meals and snacks last once they arrive?

In the freezer

Kids Meals, Finger Foods, Oaties and Superfood Smoothies freeze for up to 90 days if they go in the freezer by the Enjoy By date; thaw overnight in the fridge, or heat a Kids Meal from frozen in the microwave. On Nurture Life’s site: Can Nurture Life products be frozen?

Recycling the box

Trays, sleeves, jars, lids and bottles go in curbside recycling, and so do its paper liner and box; meal seals and snack wrappers go in the trash, and gel packs can be kept in the freezer or emptied into the trash, their bag taken where #4 plastic is accepted. On Nurture Life’s site: Is Nurture Life packaging recyclable?

Something missing or damaged

A late box is still safe if its gel packs are at least half frozen and the meals are at 41°F or below; if not, throw the meals away and email its support team. On Nurture Life’s site: What should I do if my order is delayed?

How every service arrives and how long it keeps · How to recycle every service’s box

Skip, pause or cancel Nurture Life

1. Edit, skip or pauseAny time before the cutoff
2. CutoffChanges, skips and cancellations until your own cutoff, shown under each week on your Orders page, 6 to 8 days before delivery
3. LockedYour card is charged right after your cutoff; an order past it can’t be skipped or changed, and a cancellation after it lets that order ship as your last.
4. DeliveredThe locked box arrives

Change, skip or pause by your own cutoff, shown under each week on your Orders page, 6 to 8 days before delivery. Nurture Life’s cutoff is set by your delivery day and stays the same each week. Your Orders page shows it under each week, a reminder email titled “Please Review Your Upcoming Order” comes before it, and your card is charged as soon as it passes. Why some times are approximate.

To skip or change a box:

1. Sign in and open your Orders page.
2. Find the week you want to skip, choose VIEW & EDIT, then SKIP OR RESCHEDULE.
3. In the window that opens, choose SKIP ORDER INSTEAD, before that week’s cutoff, which shows under the delivery date.

To cancel:

1. Sign in and open Account.
2. At the bottom of the page, follow the link “To cancel your subscription, please click here” and the steps after it.
3. Do it before your cutoff, shown under each week on your Orders page: after it, that order ships as your last and is charged.

Nurture Life’s own help page

• Skip a delivery: yes, before the cutoff.
• Longer break: skip any week; it says you can pause, with no length stated.
• Cancel: online, for future deliveries.

Miss the cutoff once and the box ships and is charged: $65.82 for seven meals for one child, shipping included.

How to skip, pause or cancel Nurture Life, step by step
Find your Nurture Life cutoff and set a reminder

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