Food shopping and cooking at home is often seen as a necessary part of a healthy lifestyle, despite the effort required.
However, as standard life style has changed such as a lot of moms have a full time job, needs of reduction of housework time have increased.
As a result, there are more food delivery companies to choose from and their quality of meals have been improved.
In this article, I will introduce 7 food delivery services which provide a "meal kit".
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What is Meal Kit?
”Meal Kit" is a cooking kit that includes ingredients and recipes for a single meal.
There are two main types:
① One that you are required to cut/prepare for ingredients and
② One that you can simply cook by getting out the ingredients from the bag and cook (stir-frying) them.
The main feature of meal kit is that there is no need to plan a menu and go shopping, and you can enjoy homemade meals while saving time.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of using Meal Kit
Here is some advantages and disadvantages of using meal kits.
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
|---|---|
| Save time from thinking menu, shopping, and cooking | More expensive |
| Homemade meal | You can't choose menu |
| Portion Control | |
| Necessary nutrients are considered | |
| No food loss | |
| No failures thanks to recipes. | |
| Can try new food |
Unless you ...
- like to cook
- don't mind planning menus
- want to keep food expenses as low as possible
there are more advantages than disadvantages to utilize a meal kit!!
Think about what your life will be if you don't need to spend much time for preparing meal everyday...
As a working mom, I can spend more time with my kids or get more time to rest which I really need!
7 best meal kit delivery services in Japan
I will introduce 7 best meal kit delivery services in Japan.
I excluded Co-op because their services vary depending on regions.
The services being introduced below is the services that being provided throughout Japan.
If you live on base...
You need to make sure if companies offering their own delivery service (Yoshikei, あっ！とごはん, PAKUMOGU) have access on U.S. military bases.
Japanese major delivery companies have access to some U.S. bases, in Okinawa, Yokosuka, and Sasebo.
(could be more bases... please check it at your station.)
In order to view the website introduced below, use google translate or any other translation tools.
Registering and placing order don't work at translated pages, so make sure to do so at original pages by refering translated pages.
7 meal kit delivery services
- Oisix
- Yoshikei
HelloFresh- あっ！とごはん
- PAKUMOGU
- あおいの給食
- Tasty Table Food
| Company | Price | Delivery | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oisix | 699 yen per meal, per person (2 people, 5 meals/ a week) | Yamato (Varies on region and total amount spent) delivery fees | ・organic vegetables and other healthy foods ・Collaboration items with resta urants and chefs available ・can choose menus ・variety of food other than me al kits ・available: need-by-basis |
| Yoshikei | 600 yen per meal, per person (2 people, 5 meals/ a week) | Own service (Free) | ・daily delivery ・One time portion of seasonin gs and cut vegetables to redu ce time for cooking ・Free rental box to receive the delivered meals |
| 758 yen per meal, per person (2 people, 4 meals/ a week) | Yamato (330 yen) | ・can choose menus ・fresh and reliable ingredients ・exclusive chefs | |
| あっ！とごはん | 559 yen per meal, per person (2 people, 4 meals/ a week) | Own service (Free) | ・can choose between 2 menus ・daily delivery ・recipe on the website ・Free rental box to receive t he delivered meals |
| PAKUMOGU | 559 yen per meal, per person (2 people, 4 meals/ a week) | Own service (Free) | ・can choose between 2 menus ・daily delivery ・recipe on the website ・menus kids will enjoy ・Free rental box to receive the delivered meals |
| あおいの給食 | 571 yen per meal, per person (2 adults, 1 kid, 4 meals/a week) | Yamato (Free) | ・domestic ingredients ・prepared by a dietitian ・calculated with the nutrients necessary for children ・video on how to cook |
| Tasty Table Food | 1,080 yen per past sauce (16 packages) | Yamato (1,200 yen) | ・pasta sauces from various res taurants ・homemade ・good for 2 months in freezer ・available: need-bay-basis |
Each company offers great discount deals for the first time user.
Oisix
Oisix is a meal delivery service that focuses on organic vegetables and other healthy foods.
In addition to food ingredients such as vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, and milk, Oisix also sells their original meal kits.
You can set up a "regular delivery schedule" so that foods are delivered on the days and times of your choice.
You can change or cancel your delivery schedule anytime.
You can also purchase food items on a need-by-basis.
Four different meal kit courses are available allowing customers to make purchases that suit their individual lifestyles.
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Yoshikei
Yoshikei offers four types of menus to choose from, and I recommend "すまいるごはん(Smile Gohan)" for a family-friendly, time-saving meal.
Even in the category of “すまいるごはん“, there are several plans.
You can choose a meal plan based on you need.
There are meal kits that include one time portion seasonings and/or cut vegitables that save you time to cook.
Visit Yoshikei Official Website.
On PC, scroll down till the end and click “for beginners” to start.
Click “Trial Smile Gohan”, then click the plan that you would like to try.
(Petit mama, cut meal, variation course, or quick dining course. Only Petit mama and Cut meal offer you 5 days trial course.)
Choose the week and order!
〈google translate doesn’t translate pages from this page, so you need to translate words and sentences one by one. But here is brief instructions.〉
Choose the number of meal from 4 people to 6 people, confirm the menu, and click proceed to next in a red button.
Type your postal code and click search.
Put your information:
Name, Name in Katakana (google translate translates it for you!), Password, Confirm Password, Complete address, Phone number, Email address, Confirm Email address, Birthday, Gender, Questionnaire(check whichever), check the checkbox at the bottom and proceed.
Confirm the information and click register with the red button.
First time user needs to pay with cash at the time of the delivery.
If you decide to be a regular customer, bank transfer and credit card are available.
Meals are delivered every day by their own delivery service.
They don't have a pass to enter US military base right now, but if you are interested in the service, please contact to them.
They are willing to get a pass and start services on base if there are needs.
Hello Fresh
Hello fresh is a meal kit brand that originated in Germany and is available in 17 countries around the world.
Meal Kits consists of fresh, in-season ingredients from carefully selected suppliers.
They provide domestic ingredients as much as possible, so they are reliable and safe to enjoy.
The recipes are created by HelloFresh's exclusive chefs, making it easy to enjoy authentic flavors.
The menu is updated weekly with a variety of Japanese, Western, and ethnic dishes, so you can always find something new to try.
google translate might not work well on this website.
However, you can copy and paste on google translate in stead of translate a whole webpage.
It will work out fine!
As a brief procedure, you will need to choose your plan, register, add your address, choose your payment method, choose menus, and place order!
Visit HelloFresh
Hello Fresh has closed its business in Japan.
あっ！とごはん
With 「あっ！とごはん」, you can choose a menu from two courses according to your preference.
Two courses are available for those who want to save cooking time and those who want to expand their variety with different dishes.
You can see the menus for the week and recipes and ingredients (seasonings) that you need to prepare on the website.
Google translate translates the website (recipes), so it should be easy for you to cook!
It is also nice that each meal per person costs less than 600 yen.
Visit あっ! とごはん.
In your cart, you will see what you added and ご購入手続きに進む with orange button.
By clicking it, you will proceed to the registration page.
click 新規会員登録して次に進む.
Google translate will translates the page for registration, so refer the translated page and put your information.
Then choose your payment method, confirm your order, and place order!
*Delivered by their own service.
For services on base, contact them.
They are willing to deliver their services on base if there is a need.
Contact Form for あっ！とごはん.
PAKUMOGU
PAKUMOGU is a service owned by Watami Group, which is the same company that produces あっ!とごはん.
This service focuses on meals that kids will enjoy.
In my opinion, many foreigners tend to like Japanese meals that kids like.
Even though the service focuses on meals that kids like, meals are prepared for family to enjoy together.
Since PAKUMOGU and あっ！とごはん are owned by the same company, you can use both services with same log in ID and password.
Registering procedure is same as あっ！とごはん.
Visit PAKUMOGU.
あおいの給食
You can enjoy a menu which kids will enjoy that a daycare center dietitian suggests.
The menus are prepared by a dietitian who prepares menus for more than 100 daycare centers, and are calculated with the nutrients necessary for children.
Most of the ingredients are produced in Japan, so you can serve meals with reliable ingredients.
There are also recipe videos.
You'll receive a four-day menu each week.
Visit あおいの給食.
Unless you use your amazon pay, add information to register.
Email address, Name, zip code, address (prefecture, city and town, street number), phone number, payment method are required accordingly.
Then, confirm and proceed your order.
Tasty Table Food
This service enables you to enjoy pasta sauces from various restaurants at home.
All pasta sauces are homemade!
Due to its popularity and the fact that it is homemade and the number of packages made each month is limited, this service is available only to members.
Trial course is 67% OFF!
Visit Tasty Table Food
After you added the trial course in your cart, click 購入手続きへ.
Add email address, name, zip code, address (prefecture, city and town, street number), and phone number.
Click 配送方法の選択へ進む.
Confirm the information added and click お支払いへ進む.
Add credit card information and click 購入する.
Summary
Oisix is one of the most popular meal delivery service companies in Japan and Yoshikei is one of the companies that has a longest history as a meal delivery company.
Now, there are more companies participating in this market and services and quality of meals have been improved.
I hope you will find a meal delivery service that suits your life style and preference.