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10 Best Meal Delivery Services, Tested by an Ex-Restaurant Critic

Matthew Korfhage

created: March 12, 2026, 12:03 p.m. | updated: March 12, 2026, 8:41 p.m.

If your comparison point is takeout, well, the best meal delivery services on this list will almost certainly be cheaper and more nutritious. Remember, you owe nothing to the recipe: Meal kit services hire lovely recipe developers, of course. Sometimes, I test the same meal kit multiple times for different dietary needs, and our vegan tester, Molly Higgins, often tests the same meal kit I do but with a different focus. Tovala offers perhaps the most ambitious solution to ready-to-heat and prepared meal delivery I've seen: The meal kits come with an oven! Daily Harvest (prices vary): Daily Harvest is another ready-to-eat meal delivery service specializing in dietary restrictions plant-based, gluten- and dairy-free.

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