Meal kit

A meal kit is a subscription service that sends customers food ingredients and recipes for them to prepare their own fresh meals.[1] Services that send pre-cooked meals are called meal delivery services.

According to Inc Magazine, as of March 2017 there were over 150 meal kit companies in the United States.[2] As of July 2017, according to Time Magazine, the meal kit business was estimated to be USD$2.2 billion globally, which represents under 1% of the estimated $1.3 trillion food market.[3]

List of meal kit services

Environmental impact

Meal kit refrigerated gel pack used during shipping

The industry has come under criticism for the difficulty recycling the freezer gel packs included with the kits to keep meats and dairy products refrigerated during shipping. The active ingredient in many gel packs is sodium polyacrylate, a non-toxic powder that can stay cold when saturated with water and frozen.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "The Best Meal-Kit Delivery Services of 2017". PCMAG. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  2. 1 2 "Martha Stewart New Meal Kit Partnership With Amazon Gives Users More Than Just Convenience". inc.com. 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  3. ↑ "Why Meal Kits Haven’t Delivered a Cooking Revolution—Yet". TIME.com. 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  4. ↑ "Exclusive: Campbell Soup Invests $10M in Meal Kit Startup Chef’d". fortune.com. 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  5. ↑ "Hungry for some 'fuud'? Delivery service brings farmers market 'meal-kits' to B.C. doorsteps". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  6. ↑ "Meal-Kit Bubble? Organic Startup Green Chef Unveils New Vegan Menu As Competition Heats Up". Forbes. 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  7. ↑ Insley, Jill (2012-11-30). "Hello Fresh and Gousto – which is better?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  8. ↑ "HelloFresh Raises $126 Million In Series E From Rocket Internet". techcrunch. 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  9. ↑ "Atlanta’s PeachDish Aims To Outflank Plated, Blue Apron With Smarter Logistics And Southern Hospitality". techcrunch.com. 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  10. ↑ "How Shark Tank's Plated Broke $100 Million in Revenue in Three Years". inc.com. 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  11. ↑ "Progress Prep - Meal Prep Delivery Service". Meal Prep Service based in Las Vegas. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "I Tried Tom Brady’s New Meal Delivery Service—And It’s Not Just for Bros". vogue.com. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  13. ↑ "The Truth About Meal-Kit Freezer Packs". motherjones.com. 2017-06-04. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
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