The best keto meal delivery for 2021 – CNET [CNET]

Keeping yourself honest on the keto diet can be tough and cooking on keto can be hard. I mean, carbs are pretty tempting. One way to crush your keto goals is to utilize a keto meal delivery service. With a meal delivery service, you get curated, keto-friendly meals right to your door. The extreme popularity of keto means there’s an abundance of healthy meal delivery services providing tasty low-carb and carb-free meals. The right one will make keeping keto — or paleo — a total snap. I’ve tested some popular options to bring you the best keto meal delivery services available in 2021.

The keto (short for ketogenic) diet may have started as a fad decades ago, but today it’s one of the most popular. People are drawn to keto — and other low-carb programs — for many reasons, from wanting to limit their total carb count for weight loss or upping their protein intake to help in adding muscle or for training purposes. As such, many delivery services now cater to the keto diet. In fact, some of the most popular meal kit services, such as Home Chef and Green Chef, have low-carb meal plans with as many as eight or nine keto menu options to choose from each week. If you don’t want to cook at all, there are even more meal delivery services that will deliver ready-to-eat keto and paleo meals via a weekly subscription or a one-time order.

Not all low-carb meals are created equal, however, so I’ve tried a few of the most popular keto plans to separate the delicious meals from the tragic. Whether you’re trying to eat keto and organic or you’re keen on low-carb versions of comfort food classics made with fresh ingredients, there’s a healthy, tailored meal delivery service out there for you. Having tried all of the keto meal kits on this list — and many more, I might add — I’ve determined the best keto meal delivery to keep your low-carb lifestyle in good order while ensuring you get to enjoy more than just grilled chicken and veggies.

And if you’re unsure about trying a keto meal kit service or aren’t jazzed about committing to a subscription, know that all these companies allow you to pause or cancel your subscription at any time and without cost and some offer the option for a one-time order to avoid a subscription altogether. Most have enticing trial discounts and new customer sign-up offers too, so there’s not much standing between you and some affordable keto options.

We’ll continue to update this list periodically as we try new meal delivery services.

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Other keto meal delivery services we tried

Factor: This healthy meal service fared well in a taste test but was similar to Fresh N’ Lean in both price point and style. Fresh N’ Lean was just, well, better. Factor — sometimes called Factor75 — is priced between $11 and $15 per meal depending on how many meals you choose. Read my full Factor review.

Territory Foods: The portions from this meal delivery service were far too small considering how expensive they are — as much as $15 a meal — but they did taste OK. If you’re looking for some serious portion control for weight loss and to cut down on calories, this might be a good option. Otherwise, it doesn’t seem worth the money.

FlexPro: These frozen keto meals were some of the worst I tried and I would not recommend the service. 

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