Note: As of July 2024, Fresh n Lean has gone out of business.
Trifecta and Fresh N Lean are prepared meal delivery services that offer healthy meals for a number of healthy dietary lifestyles with health-centered goals. They’re among the preferred meal delivery services for nutritious meals, including keto meals, clean & lean meals, and weight loss meals, especially among those who combine fitness with a healthy diet.
We’ve looked at both services closely in terms of what they offer, how they taste, and how well they may fit into your lifestyle. Here’s our review of Fresh N Lean Vs. Trifecta Nutrition, and how each fared in the areas that are most important to customers just like you.
Fresh N Lean
Pros
- Mostly organic and 100% gluten-free
- Seven specially designed plans to choose from
- Great variety of flavors on the menu
- Affordable pricing structure
- Choose from breakfast, lunch, and dinner options
Cons
- Bolder flavors might not be for everyone
- The selection of meals is narrowed once you choose a plan
Trifecta
Pros
- Includes options for dinner as well as breakfast
- Mostly organic meals
- Six meal plan options to choose from
- Quality packaging
Cons
- Plans are designed so that you can’t pick your own meals
- A bit pricier than Fresh N Lean
- You have to also order breakfast with their smallest plan
- More limited in terms of variety and flavor
Dietary Options
Fresh N Lean
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Meal delivery services like Fresh N Lean and Trifecta Nutrition are designed to offer clean, fully prepared meals to enhance your healthy lifestyle. Many of their customers are health and fitness minded and follow special dietary plans like keto, low-carb, paleo, and Whole30. Others are simply looking to follow a more balanced diet without the fuss of constantly shopping and meal planning. Keeping this in mind, both Fresh N Lean and Trifecta Nutrition develop their meals with thought to special dietary needs and preferences.
Trifecta Nutrition offers several meal plans that are each designed to meet the needs of specific dietary goals. They offer a Keto Meal Plan, which includes low-carb meals that contain the right amount of healthy fats and protein to meet keto-macronutrient requirements. Their Paleo Meal Plan is completely dairy-free and grain-free, making it a good choice for those who want or need to avoid dairy or gluten. Trifecta Nutrition’s most popular meal plan is their Clean Meal Plan, which features classic meals made with clean, healthy ingredients that are also packed with exceptional nutritional value.
In addition to these meal plans, Trifecta Nutrition also offers plans focused on vegan meals, vegetarian meals, and meal prep plans where you, as the customer, have more control over what goes into each individual meal.
Likewise, Fresh N Lean meals are also designed for individuals living their best lives by following some of today’s most popular diets and healthy lifestyles. Fresh N Lean offers meal options that include Protein+ for high endurance, high-performance athletes, Keto, Paleo, Whole30, Mediterranean, and Vegan plans for both standard vegans and low-carb vegans.
Dietary Options Winner
This is a tough category to choose a winner because both Trifecta Nutrition and Fresh N Lean are so intensely focused on meeting the needs of special dietary lifestyles. We chose Fresh N Lean as the winner here because they offer more dietary categories of meals than Trifecta, including Whole30, the Mediterranean diet, protein+, and two types of plans that feature plant-based meals for vegans. Plus, Fresh N Lean offers more meals that are dairy-free and gluten-free for those with intolerance (cross contamination may still be an issue, so contact them directly if you have concerns)
Meal Variety
Fresh N Lean
- 30
- 4 Meals for 1 Person
Trifecta
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Convenience is always a factor when discussing prepared meal delivery services like Trifecta and Fresh N Lean. These types of meals are always super easy, and all you really need to do is heat and eat. With meal prep being equal between Trifecta Nutrition and Fresh N Lean, the difference in this category all comes down to the variety that they offer.
Trifecta’s weekly menu offers more than twenty-five meal choices, including dinner options and meals that are suitable for lunch and some breakfast options. There’s a decent amount of variety on the Trifecta Nutrition menu, which is good because you don’t get to pick your own meals with most of their meal plans.
However, with Trifecta Nutrition, you can choose the plan that will offer meals that are most aligned with your dietary lifestyle. For example, if you’re avoiding dairy or grains, you can pick their paleo meals and know that whatever meals come in your weekly box will be dietarily appropriate. You are also to exclude certain ingredients when choosing your plan. For example, Trifecta Nutrition gives you the ability to exclude meals that contain nuts or shellfish.
With Fresh N Lean, there are about ten entrees plus a small selection of breakfast items for each of their seven meal plans. When choosing a plan, you’re free to choose any of those meals that sound delicious to you. On their website, Fresh N Lean makes mentions having more than 100 different meals to choose from across all of their meal plans, but you don’t see all of these once you’re in a specific plan.
However, you are free to choose any meals you want, and they do offer an a la carte menu, where you can build your own box as long as you meet a certain dollar amount minimum. The a la carte menu option is best for those who aren’t concerned with dietary restrictions or following the guidelines of a specific diet.
Meal Variety Winner
Both meal delivery services earn high marks for convenience, and they both offer bulk items or meal prep kits so that you can create your own meals easily without worrying much about grocery shopping or meal planning. We give the award in this category to Fresh N Lean because they offer not only a greater variety of meal plans but an overall greater selection of meals on their menus. Plus, you can choose your own meals, rather than have them picked for you, which is important to some customers.
Ingredients
Fresh N Lean
- Non-GMO
grass Organic- Grass Fed
- Wild-Caught
Trifecta
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When it comes to healthy eating, the quality of the ingredients is just as important as the type of ingredients that are used.
Trifecta Nutrition has a great philosophy when it comes to the quality of its meals. They aren’t an entirely organic meal delivery service, but they do use non-GMO, organic ingredients whenever possible and make sourcing the best ingredients one of their top priorities. This means that you’re going to get a good number of clean, organic meals from Trifecta Nutrition, even if they’re not quite at 100% just yet.
Trifecta Nutrition also uses sustainable and ethical sourcing practices when it comes to meat and proteins. Their beef is grass-fed, chicken is free-range, and seafood is responsibly sourced.
Trifecta Nutrition does a great job when it comes to ingredient quality, but Fresh N Lean gives them a run for their money. Fresh N Lean commits to using locally grown and locally sourced ingredients and stays away from processed foods. Their meals have high nutritional value and are made with organic ingredients that are also free of GMOs.
We also like that Fresh N Lean is equally committed to the compassionate and ethical treatment of farmed animals when sourcing animal protein for their meals. They work only with partners who follow humane and ethical practices.
Ingredients Winner
Both healthy meal delivery services do their best to make sure each meal is packed with the freshest, highest-quality ingredients possible. This especially shows since both Fresh N Lean and Trifecta deliver their meals fresh rather than frozen. Still, we have to pick a winner, and in this category, it goes to Fresh N Lean. They simply have a more comprehensive practice in place regarding their sourcing practices and ethical standards.
Taste & Sample Meals
Fresh N Lean
Trifecta
You should be able to eat healthily and enjoy delicious meals without sacrificing one for the other. Here’s how Trifecta Nutrition and Fresh N Lean stack up against each other in the taste department.
Starting with Trifecta Nutrition, we really like that all the meals feature classic, well-liked flavors. This is important since the meals are picked for you, meaning all meals should be well enjoyed, even my picky eaters.
Trifecta gets good customer reviews for the taste of its high-quality meals. Some samples of Trifecta Nutrition meals that you might find on the menu include Kung Pao Chicken Breast with Roasted Sweet Potatoes, served with brown rice, or a simple grilled steak with a mixture of healthy vegetables. For breakfast, you might find something like veggie frittatas or vegan berry oatmeal. These are just a couple of examples of the Trifecta meal options and how they really do aim to keep the flavors simple and likable.
Fresh N Lean meals are just a bit more adventurous in terms of flavor. They still lean toward meals that most people, including picky eaters, are going to enjoy, but they also offer a few meal options that you try bolder, newer flavors.
Some sample meals from Fresh N Lean include chimichurri chicken sausage with roasted potatoes, tomatillo shrimp fajitas with rice and beans, turkey pumpkin chili, and breakfast options like turkey bacon with egg whites and vegetables or chicken fajita breakfast scrambles.
Taste Winner
There was a lot to consider in this category. First Fresh N Lean offers plenty of diverse flavors, even more than Trifecta. But, we give the nod to Trifecta Nutrition here because their meals are consistently great tasting and overall tend to appeal to a greater number of people.
Pricing
Fresh N Lean
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PLANS | PRICE PER SERVING 7 Entrees | PRICE PER SERVING 10 Entrees | PRICE PER SERVING 14 Entrees |
Clean Eating | $15.86 | $15.80 | $15.71 |
Whole30 | $15.86 | $15.80 | $15.71 |
Paleo | $15.86 | $15.80 | $15.71 |
Keto | $15.86 | $15.80 | $15.71 |
Plant Based | $14.99 | $14.49 | $13.99 |
Next up is pricing. Both Trifecta and Fresh N Lean are services that are focused intently on meals designed to support nutritional lifestyles, so the price you pay is for the extra nutritional support and not just the meals themselves.
With Trifecta Nutrition, the price you pay depends on the plan you choose. There are slight price differences between the different types of plans, but on average, you can expect to pay in the ballpark of $15-$16 per meal.
Fresh N Lean also prices their meals by the type of meal plan you choose to subscribe to, along with also factoring in how many meals you include in your weekly box.
For example, if you choose the keto meal plan and subscribe for seven days of meals that include breakfast, lunch, and dinner, you’ll only pay a little over $10 per meal, which is a great deal. With the same plan, if you choose to order only five days’ worth of meals and choose to order dinner only, the price jumps to about that of what Trifecta charges per serving.
Other Fresh N Lean plans, such as the Classic Vegan plan, costs a little less, considering that the meals don’t include lots of animal protein, which tends to drive up costs.
Pricing Winner
We chose Fresh N Lean as the winner in the pricing category because even their most expensive plan options cost the same as Trifecta’s average base price. If you choose one of the larger meal plan options, the price of Fresh N Lean is extremely affordable, especially considering the quality and focus on nutrition that you’re getting.
Packaging & Recycling
Fresh N Lean
Trifecta
There’s a lot that goes into packing for meal delivery companies like Trifecta Nutrition and Fresh N Lean. You might see it as just another box, but the reality is that packaging is important for ensuring that the box arriving at your doorstep is at its peak of quality. The other consideration with packaging is that it can be a pain to dispose of, and there are a lot of resources that go into sending out those boxes each week. Both quality and environmental responsibility are important here.
Both Trifecta and Fresh N Lean package and ship their meals in materials that are almost all recyclable. They both average in the ballpark of 98% recyclable packaging materials. Both ship their meals in vacuum-sealed containers, with boxes that are insulated with plant-based materials and recyclable ice packs to keep everything nice and cool. We also noticed that both companies do a great job of including nutritional and macro-nutrient information right on the packaging labels.
Packaging Winner
Honestly, it’s hard to pick a winner here. Both do such a great job with quality and sustainable packaging. Fresh N Lean wins for the reason that environmentally friendly practices are important to them across the board, with the packaging being only one element of their commitment.
Customer Service
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Trifecta
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Winner
Trifecta Nutrition
In the battle of Fresh N Lean Vs. Trifecta Nutrition, Trifecta emerges as our winner. We love the diversity of their meal plans and the types of meals on their menus. We also appreciate that all of their meals are gluten-free and that all but two of their plans are also free of dairy, which eliminates a lot of stress for individuals with intolerances. Plus, Trifecta accomplishes all of this at a reasonable price without sacrificing quality in any way.
Even with our fondness for Fresh N Lean, we also really like Trifecta Nutrition. They’re a leading company in the world of healthy prepared meal delivery service. If you’re thinking of trying one of these food delivery services, you really can’t go wrong with either.
To help you along your journey to eating healthy, here are a few more things to consider.
Choose Fresh N Lean if you:
- Want healthy, nutrition-targeted meals without all the hassle of meal planning and shopping
- Appreciate the diversity of meal options, including keto, paleo, Whole30, and low-carb vegan
- Are avoiding dairy or gluten
- Want an affordable, quality meal delivery option
- Want to choose your own meals
- Want nutritional solutions for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Choose Trifecta if you:
- Prefer to have your meals chosen for you
- Are interested in clean eating
- Like streamlined, simple structured pricing