Blue Apron Vs Hello Fresh Vs Home Chef

Today, I'll show you the key differences between the Blue Apron VS Hello Fresh VS Home Chef

We're going to do a side by side comparison so by the end, you should have everything you need to choose the right meal kit delivery service.

Difference Between Blue Apron Vs Hello Fresh VS Home Chef

Price Per Meal

~$14.49 with shipping

Price Per Meal

~$14 with shipping

Price Per Meal

~$12.50 with shipping

Quality & Taste

In terms of quality, Blue Apron is the best, then Home Chef and then Hello Fresh.

Blue Apron sends quality ingredients and when you're making the food, it feels like you ordered it at a restaurant.

Some of their ingredients are USDA certified organic whereas Home Chef and Hello Fresh also try to use organic ingredients but don't guarantee them.

In terms of meat and fish, Blue Apron and Hello Fresh take animal welfare seriously.

They only source their meat from local farms and follow certain certifications like Humane Raised and Handled.

Home Chef was actually rated one of the worst services in terms of animal cruelty.

Blue Apron doesn't use any antibiotics or hormones in their meat.

Hello Fresh and Home Chef don't use any antibiotics in their chicken and pork but other meats could have them.

Ranking them in terms of taste, Blue Apron is king, then Hello Fresh and then Home Chef.

🏆 Winner: Blue Apron

Blue Apron is GMO-free, antibiotic-free, hormone-free and does their best to use organic certified ingredients. In terms of quality and taste, the meals felt like they came from a restaurant.

Selection

Hello Fresh has got 25+ unique meals to choose from every week that you can mix and match.

Blue Apron has 4 signature menus to choose from. Once you specify your preferences, they personalize your meal plan and that's it.

They have about 38 different menu items to choose from each week.

Blue Apron only has specific dietary plans for Vegetarians. On the other hand, Hello Fresh has categorization that includes:

• Meat & Veggie
• Veggie
• Family Friendly
• Fit & Wholesome
• Quick And Easy
• Pescatarian

One key difference between the three is Blue Apron and Hello Fresh have meal kits and precooked meals.

If you're ever feeling lazy or don't want to cook, you can order one of their ready-to-go meals that takes 5 minutes to heat up.

Home Chef has about 27 meals to choose from each week. However, they don't include any categorization like Blue Apron and Hello Fresh.

They do let you exclude dietary options like pork, beef, poultry, fish etc.

All three meal services rotate their menu each week so you have plenty of variety.

🏆 Winner: Blue Apron

Blue Apron has 38+ different menu items each week vs Hello Fresh with 25 and Home Chef with 27. Blue Apron and Hello Chef are more customizable with dietary options and substitutions.

Price

The two Hello Fresh competitors win in this category.

Blue Apron's minimum delivery of 2 meals per week comes out to $14.49 per meal with shipping.

Hello Fresh has a minimum delivery of 2 meals per week is about $14 with shipping.

Home Chef has a minimum delivery of 2 meals per week is about $12.50 with shipping.

In terms of value, you get more for your money with Blue Apron. Hello Fresh has the best portion sizes, but Blue Apron has high quality ingredients and taste slightly better.

Home Chef is the cheapest but you get what you pay for.

🏆 Winner: Home Chef

Home Chef is the cheapest at $12.50 per meal. However, if you want better tasting meals and quality ingredients Blue Apron at $14 per meal makes more sense.

Packaging

Pre-cooked meals from Blue Apron come with a set of BPA free trays.

All three meal kit services send their food in a well insulated box with plenty of ice packs to keep your food fresh.

The materials in each box are recyclable and all three companies make a conscious effort to be environmentally friendly.

However, I felt like Hello Fresh overdoes it with the packaging, they could potentially use less.

All three services send recipe cards when they could use phone apps or web pages for recipes to be more environmentally friendly.

👔 Winner: Tie

All three companies make a conscious effort to ship recyclable materials. Hello Fresh has the items packaged more organized but they use more materials.

Customer Service

All three let you pause, cancel or skip your subscription.

When editing your meal plan or subscription service, you can tack on meals and servings online. Just watchout for delays.

If you change a meal midweek it might be too late to change.

In case you need to get in touch with support, all of them are available by phone and email.

👔 Winner: Tie

You can get support easily by phone or email and they all respond quick. Pause, cancel or skip your subscription with each service.

Final Verdict

If I had to rate them in order, It would be:

1. Blue Apron
2. Hello Fresh
3. Home Chef

Home Chef is by far the cheapest but the lowest quality of the 3.

If you're someone who wants amazing tasting food and is willing to pay more for better ingredients then I'd highly recommend Blue Apron, followed by Hello Fresh as a close 2nd.

Portions are slightly bigger with Hello Fresh but the recipes aren't as simple as Blue Apron.

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Source: https://sprintkitchen.com/blue-apron-vs-hello-fresh-vs-home-chef/

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