Best Kids Meal Delivery Services

Best Overall: Nurture Life

Key Specs

• Starting Price: $7.49 per serving
• Delivery Area: 48 states
• Products Arrive: Fresh

Why You Should Try It

Nurture Life makes delicious, nutritious food for babies, toddlers, and kids and delivers meals created with dietitians that are freshly made every week, never frozen. Testers loved how well-balanced and flavorful the meals were.

Pros and Cons

Overview

Nurture Life wins as our favorite overall for its commitment to sourcing sustainable animal proteins and organic produce, and to using as much recyclable packaging as possible. We love that you can order snacks and smoothies, too, for the ultimate grab-and-go sustenance, and that Nurture Life isn't shy about loading kids up with veggies. A range of dietary preferences can be accommodated; meal development is overseen by dietitians; and nutrition information is easy to find.

Meals We Tried

• White mac and cheese
• Chicken and mac
• Beef taco pockets
• Tortellini Bolognese
• Chicken dumplings
• Pesto and cheese ravioli

Best Value: EveryPlate

Key Specs

• Starting Price: $4.99 per serving
• Delivery Area: 48 states
• Products Arrive: Fresh

Why You Should Try It

HelloFresh started EveryPlate as a service that offers delicious and affordable meal kits. For those looking for meals that are classic, easy to make, and affordable, this is our top pick.

Pros and Cons

Overview

When you order from EveryPlate, you can select among meals that are categorized as quick and easy, meat and veggies, family-friendly, and/or veggie-focused. Meals are geared toward two or four people. Your family can expect lots of homestyle, crowd-pleasing meals such as tacos, pasta, salads, soups, and one-bowl meals.

Meals We Tried

• Crispy Caesar chicken
• Steak frites
• Blackened shrimp salad
• Hotel butter barramundi

Best for Younger Kids: Little Spoon

Key Specs

• Starting Price: $5.99 per serving
• Delivery Area: 48 states
• Products Arrive: Fresh

Why You Should Try It

This is the meal kit that will take your child from their first solids through their toddler years and beyond. We like Little Spoon because the company excels with organic purees and what they call "plates" for older kids, as well as with smoothies and supplements. Offerings are creative and packed with veggies.

Pros and Cons

Overview

When you order from Little Spoon, you can select your child's stage of eating—early, intermediate, or advanced—and your options are adjusted accordingly. The company's goal is to help you ease your child's transition to solids and then feed your growing toddler and young child, too. Kids need variety in the early years, and the menus feature up to 100 ingredients, so they aren't being exposed to the same flavors and textures repeatedly.

Meals We Tried

• Broccoli bites with sweet potato carrot poppers and green beans
• Breaded chicken and veggie nuggets, sweet potato carrot poppers, and broccoli
• Whole wheat penne with veggie marinara and mini turkey kale meatballs
• Mac and three-cheese with invisible butternut squash carrots
• Chicken pot stickers with brown rice, quinoa veggie stir fry, and edamame
• Turkey rice balls with sweet potato mash
• Three-cheese egg bites with sweet potato hash
• Turkey kale patty bites with veggie millet poppers and carrots

Best for Older Kids: HelloFresh

Key Specs

• Starting Price: $8.99 per serving
• Delivery Area: 48 states
• Products Arrive: Fresh

Why You Should Try It

HelloFresh offers more than 30 meals across a wide range of cuisines to choose from every week. Opting for the kid-friendly plan results in tried-and-true, flavorful meals that kids old enough to hold a knife can help create—and then be excited to eat.

Pros and Cons

Overview

HelloFresh has built a reputation on fresh, easy-to-prepare meals, and our testers agreed it was both easy and the ingredients were very fresh. The company offers a market from which you can also order groceries, which is helpful for busy parents. Testers especially liked the fact that you can contact customer service seemingly around the clock—including weekends—and receive a very quick response.

Meals We Tried

• Crispy buffalo-spiced chicken
• BBQ cheddar burgers
• Tex-Mex pork with mango salsa
• Pork sausage rigatoni rosa

Best Organic: Green Chef

Key Specs

• Starting Price: $11.99 per serving
• Delivery Area: 48 states
• Products Arrive: Fresh

Why You Should Try It

Green Chef delivers an exceptional combination of easy preparation and big taste, perfect for the budding food lovers in your family.

Pros and Cons

Overview

Green Chefs' organic meal kits get points for sustainability, variety, and quality. You can select from Fast & Fit, Mediterranean, Vegetarian, Keto + Paleo, Gluten Free, and Vegan meal plans. Testers liked the sophisticated flavors and noted that Green Chef "wasn't for the chicken finger and buttered pasta crowd."

Meals We Tried

• Harissa spiced shrimp
• Sesame ginger bavette steak and shrimp
• Middle Eastern-style chickpea bowls
• Maple-glazed carrots with figs

Best for Picky Eaters: Dinnerly

Key Specs

• Starting Price: $4.99 per serving
• Delivery Area: 48 states
• Products Arrive: Fresh

Why You Should Try It

Testers really liked Dinnerly's straightforward, no-frills approach. Ideal for crowd-pleasing meals that won't break the bank, Dinnerly's offerings are made with six ingredients or fewer, making meal prep a breeze and keeping picky eaters happy.

Pros and Cons

Overview

Like many meal delivery services, Dinnerly, an offshoot of Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon, is driven by taste and cost. Yes, these are important considerations, but Dinnerly also understands that when dinnertime is a battlefield, simple meals are the most important factor for parents of picky eaters. In fact, simpler is often better—there's less for fussy kids to take issue with!

Meals We Tried

• BBQ cheeseburger with sautéed onions and smashed potatoes
• Low-cal veggie drunken noodles with broccoli, peppers, and cilantro
• Grass-fed ground beef and cheddar quesadillas with corn
• Caramel chicken stir-fry with snow peas and jasmine rice

Best for Adventurous Eaters: Blue Apron

Key Specs

• Starting Price: $7.99 per serving
• Delivery Area: 48 states
• Products Arrive: Prepared are frozen; kits are fresh

Why You Should Try It

Blue Apron caters to curious omnivores seeking balance and variety. The more adventurous eaters in your household are sure to be satisfied with its 18 to 20 meal choices offered per week, along with add-ons and premium choices.

Pros and Cons

Overview

Blue Apron's plan is flexible—you can opt for its meal kits with recipes or give yourself a midweek reprieve by ordering some of its heat-and-eat options. White bean and poblano shakshuka and togarashi shrimp and veggie fried rice are more appealing than a lot of takeout options and will expand the palates of curious eaters. Testers report that Blue Apron's customer service is very responsive, too.

Meals We Tried

Meal Kits:

• Togarashi shrimp and vegetable fried rice
• Space Ranger chicken enchiladas
• One-pan white bean and poblano shakshuka
• Baked meatballs and romesco mayo

Heat and Eat:

• Sweet and spicy beef bowl with rice, peppers, and edamame
• Chicken alfredo pasta with peas

Best Ready-to-Eat: Yumble

Key Specs

• Starting Price: $5.99 per serving
• Delivery Area: 48 states
• Products Arrive: Ready to eat

Why You Should Try It

Yumble's shelf-stable, grab-and-go "lunchbags" are the ideal choice for zero-fuss meals and snacks.

Pros and Cons

Overview

Many kids' meal delivery services offer prepared meals that require minimal prep. But Yumble's meals, on the other hand, require literally zero prep — you don't even have to microwave them! The company's lineup of "lunchbags" include shelf-stable entrees, snacks, sides, and more that can be enjoyed as is. When ordering, you can either choose from a variety of "Ready to Go" lunchbags, which have everything chosen for you, or you can pick the "Build Your Own" option, which lets you customize the contents yourself.