HelloFresh edged out the other services by a hair in our ease of preparation evaluation. For example, the Pork Teriyaki with Basmati Rice and Asparagus had 9 asparagus spears for two people. (Rice and potatoes, including one dish with sweet potatoes, were common sides.) And a few were shy on the veggies. Unfortunately, whole grains were absent in the entire week’s worth of meals we tried. For example, the French Onion Soup Burger with Bechamel, Caramelized Onions, and Kale Chips weighed in with 43 grams of fat and 18 grams of saturated fat. On average, the recipes were the lowest in fat content (tie with Green Chef), calories, and sodium among the five meal delivery services in our tests. HelloFresh’s dishes got high marks from our dietitians, too.

Taste trumped simplicity though, with our testers rating each of the six recipes “very good,” and noting “well blended flavors” in a few of the meals, such as the Pork Teriyaki with Basmati Rice and Asparagus and the Mediterranean Butter Bean Salad with Feta and Black Olive-Sherry Vinaigrette.

Our tasters felt some of HelloFresh’s recipes would appeal to less adventurous cooks who prefer more basic recipes (they thought the Blackened Tilapia with Crispy Potatoes and Blistered Veggies had “fresh individual components but lacks originality”). In our review of a month's worth of recipes from HelloFresh we found that it offered more dishes that could be considered traditional fare than other services we tested. The mostly healthy recipe offerings at HelloFresh and their consistently “very good,” taste scores made it the top-scoring meal delivery service in our tests.

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