meal kits
Pre-portioned cooking packages
Meal kits are packages containing pre-portioned ingredients and recipes for preparing specific dishes at home.
Subscription services deliver them regularly: We signed up for meal kits to simplify weeknight dinners.
They appeal to people who want to cook but skip the planning and shopping.
The term also applies to one-time kits sold in grocery stores.
- portion controlLimiting serving sizes
- convenienceEase of use
- cooking techniquesWays food is prepared
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- dietary restrictionsRules governing permissible eating
fresh ingredients · balanced nutrition · step-by-step · allergen labeling · culinary trends · ready-to-eat · food safety · heat-and-eat · subscription services · ready-made · seasoning blends · kitchen tools · weeknight · mise en place · biodegradable packaging · customer support · unboxing · sauces
- food techghost kitchens, lab-grown meat, vertical farming, vertical farms, hydroponics
- groceriesfruits, grocery store, melons, supermarket, watermelon
- food productssnacks, snack foods, frozen foods, canned goods, dried foods
- convenience foodfrozen dinner, TV dinner, microwave dinner, hot pocket, frozen burrito
- convenience foodsfrozen pizza, instant noodles, microwave meals, TV dinners, ready meals
- food bankpantry, donations, volunteers, canned goods, nonperishable
meal kitsfrozen dinners
Precooked meals, sold iced
takeout · grocery shopping · fast food · TV dinners · microwave meals
meal kitseating out
Meals at restaurants
dine-in · fine dining · fast food restaurants · food courts · catering
meal kitseating out
Meals at restaurants
takeout · fast food · ready-to-eat meals · dine-in · catering