The 11 Best Vegan Meal Delivery Services in the UK

Are you bored of eating the same vegan meals every week and want to try new things?

Maybe you find it difficult to get to the shops, or just don’t have the time to cook? Perhaps you just hate food waste and want everything to be perfectly portioned with the exact nutrition you need to stay healthy…

Whatever your situation, there’s a vegan meal delivery service for you.

Whether it’s quick and easy frozen microwave meals or recipe boxes with instructions to create your own culinary masterpieces from scratch, this detailed guide will help you choose the best vegan or plant-based meal delivery service for your needs.

I’ve tried lots of different vegan meal delivery services, including the best vegan meal kits and frozen microwave meals. I found some vegan meals to be much better than others in terms of taste and nutrition.

So, if you’re wondering which vegan meal delivery service to try, read on for my round-up of the best options in the UK.

If you’re short on time and just want links to the best vegan meals, here are the top 5…

	Type	Why choose	Price from	Where to buy
Green Chef	Recipe box	Best overall	£2.82	Go to website
Gousto	Recipe box	Cheapest for newbies	£1.19	Go to website
Feast Box	Recipe box	Most exotic recipes	£3.90	Go to website
allplants	Pre-made meals	Best ready meals	£4.16	Go to website
Soulful	Pre-made meals	Cheapest ready meals	£2.09	Go to website

The Different Types of Vegan Food Delivery

Aside from local takeaway restaurants, there are two main kinds of vegan food delivery services. These are:

1. Meals you cook yourself – Recipe kits that have ingredients and instructions to follow
2. Pre-made meals – Fresh or frozen vegan ready meals that you can easily heat up

Both types of vegan meal delivery services have their advantages. The main consideration to make when choosing between a vegan recipe box and a pre-made meal is time.

Do you have the time and skills to cook, or do you want food delivered because you’re too busy to make it yourself? If you prefer to throw something in the oven or microwave, check out this list of the best vegan ready meals.

It’s also worth thinking about how many people are in your family. Some pre-made meal delivery packages are perfect for one person but would be no good if you have family members and kids to cook for.

Some recipe boxes make enough food for two people in each meal. If you live alone or your family members don’t want to try vegan food that’s no problem as you can save some and heat it up the next day for lunch.

First, let’s take a look at the best vegan recipe boxes…

The Best Vegan Recipe Boxes

If you enjoy cooking, the best vegan food box delivery option would be a vegan box that allows you to cook everything yourself.

In these vegan boxes, you’ll receive all the fresh ingredients, herbs and spices you need to prepare delicious, healthy plant-based meals. You may need to add a few things that you’ll already have at home, such as cooking oil, salt and pepper.

When choosing a vegan recipe box, it’s important to pay attention to how long the meals take to prepare as this can vary from 15 to 90 minutes. If you have a busy lifestyle the last thing you’ll want to do is spend 90 minutes cooking your evening meal!

1. Green Chef

If you want the most delicious vegan meal subscription box there is, then I highly recommend that you try Green Chef. Using only the best quality organic and sustainably sourced ingredients, Green Chef stands head and shoulders above the rest.

Green Chef is a part of the Hello Fresh family. But while Hello Fresh isn’t suitable for vegans, Green Chef is. It’s also healthier, with no fake meat or highly processed ingredients.

Here’s what came in one of my Green Chef boxes…

Green Chef’s vegan recipes are made with exciting ingredients like cashew butter and coconut yoghurt that you simply won’t find in your local supermarket.

There’s zero chance of cross-contamination with animal products and all of the packaging is cruelty-free and vegan, right down to the ink and glue!

Each Green Chef meal has a balanced nutritional profile and contains at least 20g of plant protein to keep you satisfied. I never knew that healthy food could taste as good as a takeaway!

Although it does cost a little more than Gousto, the ingredients are fresher and of higher quality, so I think that Green Chef recipe boxes are totally worth the extra, if you can afford it.

Want to know more? Read my full Green Chef review.

Use discount code ‘GCCHOOSE50’ to get 50% OFF your first box & 25% OFF the for the next TWO MONTHS!

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2. Gousto

As Gousto is the cheapest vegan recipe box, I’ll admit that I didn’t have high expectations before I tried it. However, I was thrilled to discover that Gousto vegan meals are actually very tasty.

Gousto’s plant-based meals cost as little as £1.19 per serving if you’re a new customer and you order the biggest box), yet are packed with fresh, high-quality ingredients. If you’ve ordered from Gousto before, you will have to pay a little more I’m afraid.

Here’s what was inside my vegan Gousto box…

Gousto has over 10,000 glowing reviews on Trustpilot. Vegans like me love the weekly-changing choice of plant-based recipes, many of which can be cooked in as little as ten minutes.

With the backing of body coach Joe Wicks, Gousto has plenty of healthy options on the menu. That said, there are some tempting and indulgent meals with realistic-tasting meat alternatives for those who don’t like to eat a plate full of vegetables for every meal.

Want to know more? Read my full Gousto review.

Gousto currently has a special offer giving 60% OFF your first box and 30% off all boxes in your first month!

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3. Feast Box

Feast Box is a recipe box delivery service that lets you cook the world’s tastiest dishes in your own kitchen at home, using the basic pots and pans that you already own.

There’s a choice of meat, vegetarian and vegan meals, with a weekly changing menu that always includes at least four vegan options.

Here’s what came in my Feast Box…

The Feast Box menu has a focus on exotic dishes from countries like Peru, India, Thailand, China and West Africa.

Each recipe box is packed with ingredients you might have never heard of, let alone tried, such as aji amarillo chillies, the ginger-like root galangal and Chinese Sichuan pepper. When I tried Feast Box I loved trying new ingredients like lotus roots and star anise.

Want to know more? Read my full Feast Box review.

Use discount code ‘CVFEAST30’ to get 30% OFF your first two boxes

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4. Mindful Chef

Mindful Chef offers a huge choice of fresh, nutritionist-designed recipes delivered to your doorstep. The company works with small, family-run British farms to bring you only the highest-quality ingredients.

Mindful Chef does offer meat and fish options as well as vegan recipe boxes. The recipes all avoid sugar and refined carbs and are based primarily on using fresh vegetables in innovative ways. Mindful Chef also has a selection of broths, ready meals and smoothies.

In a Mindful Chef box, each meal is packaged separately in a paper bag…

The top-rated vegan recipe kit in the UK by reviews, Mindful Chef has over 10,000 positive reviews on Trustpilot. Celebrity endorsements include Fearne Cotton, Tom Daley and Andy Murray, who loved the food so much he invested in the business.

Want to know more? Read my full Mindful Chef review.

Use discount code ‘VEGANISM’ to get £10 OFF.

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The Best Vegan Ready Meal Deliveries

Do you want healthy plant-based meals but lack the skills, time or inspiration to make them yourself? A vegan meal prep delivery service could be right up your street.

Frozen meals have had a bit of a bad reputation – probably due to the popularity of supermarket ready meals which are often packed with salt and preservatives.

However, that doesn’t have to be the case! It’s perfectly possible to get healthy, nutritious frozen vegan ready meals delivered to your door.

Freezing precooked meals actually locks in all the goodness, making them just as healthy as fresh meals. But, if you’d prefer fresh meals to frozen, there are options for that too.

Using fresh, vegan ingredients, pre-prepared meals are either ready to eat or can be quickly heated in the microwave, in the oven or on the hob.

As meals are pre-cooked and refrigerated and deliveries are made at least twice per week, sometimes daily. You don’t have to be home to accept your vegan food delivery, it will be packed in ice and can be left in a safe place outside your house.

1. allplants

allplants is a vegan company offering pre-prepared frozen vegan meals delivered to your door.

There’s a great choice of 22 chef-made dishes which are instantly frozen after cooking to lock in the freshness. The company has a focus on sustainability – all packaging is either recyclable, compostable or reusable and deliveries are carbon-neutral too.

allplants meals are so tasty, you would have no idea that they’ve been frozen and microwaved. They’re also super healthy, with at least two of your five a day (usually much more), a source of protein, iron and vitamin C.

There’s a huge choice of over 50 plant-based meals to choose from, although my favourites are the ones with Meatless Farm vegan chicken.

Want to know more? Read my full allplants review.

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2. Soulful

You’ve probably seen Soulful OnePots in your local supermarket, but did you know that Soulful Food offers a whole range of fresh plant-based ready meals that can be delivered to your door?

You can choose from over 20 different meals, mixing and matching the ones that you want, or choose a great value Soulful Selection box and get your meals for as little as £2.09 each including free delivery!

You don’t need to subscribe to a regular delivery, but you can make a 10% saving if you do.

Soulful meals are absolutely delicious and the PlantBoxes are larger and more filling than the standard OnePots. Both can be heated in the microwave in minutes, or you can heat the PlantBoxes in the oven or the OnePots on the hob. And, with long use by dates, you won’t have to rush to get through them.

Soulful Food is a Certified B Corp, which means that the company meets the highest standards of social and environmental performance. Plus, for every meal you buy, a donation goes to help those who cannot afford to eat.

For more information, read my full Soulful food review.

Use discount code CHOOSE20 to get 20% OFF your Soulful order

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3. Planty

Planty is a 100% plant-based frozen meal delivery service. You can order vegan meal boxes as a one-off or with a flexible subscription. I’ve tried several meals from Planty and they were all delicious – a great backup to keep in the freezer for those days when you don’t have time to cook.

Planty’s packaging is 100% recyclable, compostable or reusable. Plus, the delivery is carbon-neutral, making ordering from Planty more eco-friendly than buying vegan microwave meals at the supermarket.

Planty’s menu of restaurant-quality dishes has no artificial ingredients, just plant-based flash-frozen goodness.

Want to know more? Read my full Planty review.

Use discount code ‘CV25’ to get 25% OFF your Planty order

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4. PEP Kitchen

Launched in 2020, PEP Kitchen is a newcomer to the vegan meal delivery market. The company offers a range of plant-based meals for one as well as meals for two that you can pair with your own side dishes or rice that’s available to buy separately.

On the menu, there are lots of wholesome dishes which are inspired by cuisine from around the world. There are options for low-calorie meals, gluten-free meals and high-protein meals.

I tried a few PEP Kitchen meals and found some dishes to be better than others, in my opinion. The packing is quite hard to open, meaning that separating the plastic from the cardboard tray for recycling can be tricky.

Use discount code ‘CHOOSEVEGANISM10’ to get 10% OFF your order

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So, which is the best vegan meal delivery service in the UK?

Now that you’ve seen all the details about the various vegan meal delivery options in the UK, which will you choose?

Wherever possible, I’ve chosen vegan-only companies, those that use only organic produce and businesses with a focus on sustainability.

Whether you want recipe boxes that will fill each of your evenings with fun cooking sessions, or microwave meals that are ready in just two minutes, there’s a UK-based vegan meal delivery service for you.

More Vegan Meal Delivery Services

Here are some more vegan meal delivery services and vegan meal subscription boxes to try. I haven’t tried these myself yet, but you might want to have a go…

1. Riverford

Riverford offers organic recipe boxes which include a weekly-changing choice of vegan meals.

Each vegan recipe box uses fresh, organic produce that’s in season at the time. Riverford is an ethically-focused company, with 80% of their vegetables grown in the UK, a ban on air freight and a promise to pay farmers fairly for their produce.

Vegans should be aware that Riverford uses wool as part of the insulation in its packaging. This is unacceptable to most vegans, but if you’re not vegan and are looking for a plant-based recipe kit, this could be a good option.

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2. Fresh Fitness Food

Fresh Fitness Food offers healthy meal prep that’s delivered to your door daily for maximum freshness.

With a focus on fitness, Fresh Fitness Food offers personalised meal plans which are tailored to your unique nutritional requirements, tastes and fitness goals.

Bespoke menus are designed by a Michelin star trained menu consultant and every meal is prepared by a team of expert chefs. Only the freshest, highest quality ingredients are used to create seasonal meals which aim to give you the best chance of meeting your fitness goals.

Use discount code ‘CHOOSEVEGANISM10’ to get 10% OFF your Fresh Fitness Food order

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3. Vibrant Vegan Co.

A decent allplants alternative to consider is Vibrant Vegan Co. This 100% vegan company offers frozen vegan meals which have been specially designed to match various nutritional goals including low calories, gluten-free and slow-energy-releasing meals that will keep you fuller for longer.

The company puts sustainability at the heart of everything it does. And each time you buy a meal, they donate another to a child in need.

On the menu, you’ll find dishes from around the world including a whole host of exotic curries, stews and chillis.

Vibrant Vegan Co. at a glance…

• Type of meal: Frozen pre-prepared meals
• Number of vegan meals to choose from: 18
• Cooking time: 5 to 10 minutes in the microwave
• Cost: £5.40 per meal for one person
• Delivery cost: Free
• Each meal serves: 1 person
• Minimum order: 6 meals
• Delivery area: Mainland UK, excluding Highlands and islands
• Flexibility: Place a one-off order or subscribe with a flexible subscription
• Great for: Vegans looking for a great choice of premade meals
• Wow factor: Each time you buy a meal, Vibrant Vegan Co. donates another to a child in need
• Packaging: Trays are made from compostable sugarcane residue and the film is recyclable
• Be aware: Subscription prices vary depending on how often you receive a delivery

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