When looking at Sun Basket vs. Gobble, we took note of how they compare, where they’re different, and which meal subscription service offers the most value overall. While they are both meal kit companies, they each offer something a bit different to their customers.
Gobble is all about value and convenience. They offer a great menu of meals that can be prepared and on the table faster than if you brought home takeout. The quality and variety of flavors that Gobble offers are great.
In the other corner, we have Sunbasket meals, which are crafted using organic produce and nutritious ingredients so that you can make fast, healthy, and tasty meals in the comfort of your own home.
Gobble
Pros
- Meals are easy to cook and can be done and on the table in 15 minutes
- One-pot meals are available
- Fresh ingredients in each dish
- Good variety on the menu
- Affordably priced
Cons
- Uses excess plastic in the packaging
- Fewer options for food intolerances and dietary preferences
- Limited organic options
Sun Basket
Pros
- Clean, gluten-free, vegetarian, paleo, and special diet meals available
- Uses lots of organic and sustainably, ethically sourced ingredients
- Sustainable packaging, with little plastic, used
- Dishes with varied worldly flavors
Cons
- Slightly less variety
- More expensive
- Need to provide personal information to see pricing structure
- Some meals had contrasting flavors or textures
Dietary Options
Gobble
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If you have dietary preferences, then you already know firsthand how difficult it can be to find meals that meet your needs. Both Gobble and Sunbasket offer some meals for special diets, but their approach is a bit different.
With Gobble, you’re able to see on the menu what ingredients that might be troublesome are in the recipe, which works well if you have a food intolerance or allergy to one of the main food allergens. For example, it lists if each contains eggs, dairy, fish, and gluten. Some meals can also be personalized, allowing you to make a swap for different protein options.
With Gobble, each ingredient is individually packaged, so you can also leave out any unwanted ingredients during the cooking process.
Gobble also offers Lean & Clean dinners, which are designed to be nutritionally balanced, relatively low fat, and less than 600 calories per serving. This is a good option for people who are following weight loss diets.
Sunbasket and Gobble are quite similar in how they handle dietary options. Sun Basket also lists allergens and common ingredients that are avoided right on the menu, but they don’t offer customizable options as Gobble does. Sun Basket does offer a decent number of meals that are vegan, eliminating both dairy and seafood ingredients for people who are sensitive to them, as well as options for special diets. These include gluten-free, low-carb, paleo, and more.
Dietary Options Winner
Sun Basket does a good job of offering recipes that work for a range of special diets, including gluten-free, non-dairy, lower-carb, low-fat, vegan, paleo, and more.
Menu Variety
Gobble
- 15-20
- 3 meals for 2 people
Sun Basket
- 20+
- 2 meals for 2 people
When you’re ordering meal kits to be delivered every week, you probably want some variety to choose from (at least we do) rather than choosing from the same limited weekly menu. Fortunately, that isn’t a problem with both Gobble & Sunbasket.
Gobble offers a menu of about twenty dishes each week to choose from. This includes meal kits from their Classic Menu and their Lean and Clean menu. They also offer a few selections of premium meals and meal kits designed for four. This is a great choice if you’re looking for a meal kit service with a family menu, although the selections in this category are a little limited.
Something that increases the variety offered by Gobble is that, with some meal kits, you have the option to change the protein source. So, if you’re not a fan of pork but love chicken, you can enjoy a delicious meal with easy prep with the type of protein you prefer. Gobble also offers salads and a la carte sides and desserts. Plus, there are about 5-6 breakfast items on the menu each week, too.
Sun Basket offers about twenty meal kit options each week, give or take. Sun Basket also offers about ten fully prepared oven-ready meals in addition to the kits you prepare yourself. We think this is a great option to have, but for the purpose of this review, we’re comparing Sun Basket & Gobble on their meal kits only.
Sun Basket does offer a few a la carte items. This includes items like pasta sauce, fresh pasta, and a la carte meats for easy prep.
Menu Winner
Both Sun Basket and Gobble have a decent variety of dishes to choose from; both offer healthy meals, including vegetarian and vegan dishes in the mix. Gobble wins our vote because, overall, we think they offer a better variety of flavors – with dishes ranging from steak and mashed potatoes with a delicious sauce to porcini mushroom ravioli and harissa shrimp with carrots and mandarin oranges.
Ingredients
Gobble
- Non-GMO
grass Organic- Grass Fed
- Wild-Caught
Sun Basket
The quality of ingredients is key with all meal services. After all, we don’t want to put the time in to prepare a meal with subpar ingredients that lack nutritional value, and we suspect you would rather not as well.
We’ve never been disappointed with the ingredient quality that we’ve experienced with Gobble. We’ve always received super fresh produce, sustainably raised seafood, and meats that were raised responsibly, along with being sourced by local farmers.
Sun Basket uses mostly organic ingredients, clean, fresh produce, whole grains, and sustainably/ethically sourced meats and seafood. They have a noticeable commitment to using only quality ingredients. With Sun Basket, there tend to be more ingredients used that are gluten-free, dairy-free, and soy-free, which are details that are important to a lot of their customers.
Ingredients Winner
We like that Sun Basket is committed to organic, non-GMO ingredients and animal proteins that are ethically and responsibly sourced. We feel good about the quality and that we can eat clean, gluten-free, vegetarian, and dairy-free meals without hassle.
Taste & Sample Meals
Gobble
- Chicken Scallopini with Creamy Lemon Garlic Sauce & Harvest Rice Medley
- Tuscan Steak with Mushrooms & Fettuccine in Three-Peppercorn Sauce
- Wine-Braised Mushrooms & Leeks with Gnocchi
Sun Basket
- Steaks with Dijon glaze, Lyonnaise potatoes, and wilted spinach
- Latin-spiced sole with warm carrot salad and pumpkin seed dukkah
- Ethiopian berbere chicken with turmeric potatoes and kale-apple salad
One of the reasons that we like to use a meal kit delivery service is that we rarely have leftovers, and there’s so much less food waste (not to mention you can save time in the kitchen). But we need to actually like eating the food for this to be the case, so flavor matters – a lot!
Let’s start by saying that we love the way that Gobble meals taste. They offer a great range of comfort food and lighter dishes, so there’s something for everyone. The comfort food-style recipes are great for families. For example, the seared chicken with creamy polenta and peppercorn sauce was a big hit in our house. Plus, the prep time was practically zero, so that’s a win in our book.
For a dish with lighter flavors, the miso salmon with jasmine rice and fresh vegetables was delicious. We also ordered the seared chicken and autumn pear salad with almond-crusted goat cheese. This is a great light dinner, especially if you want to save time. We ended up making it for lunch, and it was perfect.
For the most part, we enjoy the meals from Sun Basket’s weekly menu. The salmon tacos with salsa roja and chipotle yogurt were really good, as were the steaks with chimichurri sauce. A few other dishes, while they tasted fresh and were easy to cook, left us a little iffy about some of the flavor combinations.
For example, the Creole spiced chicken with pistachio lemon aioli felt like it had too many contrasting flavors. Another one we weren’t too crazy about was the Mediterranean salmon with white bean and artichoke salad. I really wanted to like this dish, but the textures just didn’t mesh together that well, and the white bean salad ended up being a bit bland.
Taste Winner
Overall, our tastes lean towards preferring Gobble meals over Sun Basket. Both Sun Basket & Gobble offer good-tasting meals. However, we had a few misses with Sun Basket, which we didn’t have with Gobble.
Prices & Coupons
Gobble
MEALS PER WEEK | PRICE PER SERVING | PRICE PER SERVING |
2 | $16.99 | $12.99 |
3 | $14.99 | $11.99 |
4 | $12.99 | $11.99 |
5 | $11.99 | $11.99 |
Sun Basket
MEAL | SERVING | COST/SERVING |
Meal Kits | 2 | $11.49 - $24.49 |
Fresh & Ready | 1 | $9.99 - $14.59 |
Gobble’s pricing is largely dependent on how much you order. This pricing structure is typical for many meal delivery services, so it wasn’t really a surprise to us.
Customers can choose from a meal plan for two or four people and then choose if they want two, three, four, or five meals per week. The smallest plan, which would be two meals for two people, costs $16.99 per serving. The largest option, which is the four-person plan, with five meals, costs $11.99 per serving, so you can see there’s a huge per-serving price difference there. Gobble also offers free shipping on your first box.
Sun Basket prices are based on a similar structure, but we have to say that we are NOT fans of the fact that you have to hand over some information to Sun Basket before they’ll even consider giving you a peek at their plan pricing. Transparency is important to us, and the fact that they hide pricing until they have an email address or you connect with them through social media is really annoying.
Sun Basket meal kits, which are designed for two people, cost in the range of $11.49 to $24.49 per serving.
Pricing Winner
Gobble wins for two reasons here. First, their pricing is overall more budget-friendly. Not all of their ingredients are organic like Sun Basket offers, but the quality and taste are on point, so we think it’s a good value. Second, we took points off of Sun Basket for their lack of transparency in pricing.
Packaging & Recycling
Gobble
Sun Basket
Gobble’s meal kits arrived packed in a large cardboard, insulated box, which is standard for the industry. They use an insulated bubble wrap liner to keep the meal kit ingredients at the proper temperature during transit but also use recycled denim insulation during the warmer months.
Most of the packaging material from Gobble is reusable or recyclable, but there was a bit more plastic used by them than we’ve seen with some of the other meal kit services we’ve tried. While it’s recyclable, it’s a bit of a hassle, especially if you don’t have a recycling center nearby that takes the different types of plastic.
Sun Basket does a really nice job with packaging their meal kits. Each meal kit recipe is clearly labeled, and they make sure to package meats separately from the other ingredients to eliminate the risk of cross-contamination and food-borne illness.
Sun Basket uses paper insulation and ice packs to keep the ingredients at the right temp during transit and delivery until you’ve had the chance to unpack them. During summer months, Recycled denim insulation is used instead. All of Sun Basket’s packaging materials are either recyclable, compostable, or reusable.
Packaging Winner
Sun Basket just knocks it out of the park with their packaging. Considering their overall commitment to sustainability, reducing carbon footprints, and clean ingredients, it makes sense that their packaging would align with those standards as well.
Customer Service
Gobble
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Sun Basket
- Up to 4 weeks
- Online or Phone
Gobble & Sunbasket both offer good customer service, with the ability to pause, skip, and cancel your subscription without much fuss. We have found that when we have had an issue with Gobble, they were quick to make it right. The promptness and level of customer care is something we really appreciate, especially after trying so many different meal companies where that hasn’t been the case.
Customer Service Winner
We have to give the nod to Gobble here. We had a really positive experience with their customer service department, and that deserves acknowledgment. We haven’t had a negative customer service experience with Sun Basket, but we’re impressed with Gobble.
FAQs
Is Sunbasket actually healthy?
Sun Basket is a healthy meal delivery service with a menu that features recipes for a wide range of dietary lifestyles, including low-carb, paleo, vegetarian, diabetic-friendly, and gluten-free meals. Their ingredients are also clean and mostly organic.
Who is Gobble owned by?
Intelligent Foods acquired Gobble in 2022. Intelligent Foods is the same company that owns the Sun Basket brand. The CEO of Gobble is Ooshma Garg.
Is Gobble still in business?
Gobble is still in business, and we love cooking their meals. Most meals can be on the table in 15 minutes or less and feature healthy ingredients.
Winner
Gobble
In the battle between Sunbasket and Gobble, we named Gobble as the champ. Both meal kit companies are great and offer a weekly menu with good variety. We like Gobble because its classic menu is filled with a great range of flavors and works well as a family menu, too. The recipes are delicious, the ingredients are fresh, and we love how easy it is to cook these dishes – which means more time to eat!
Still, each of these companies is going to appeal to different people, and you may prefer what Sun Basket offers. Here are a few details to consider when making your choice.
Choose Gobble if:
- You love a variety of flavors each week
- Want dishes that can be on the table in about 15 minutes
- You want to get the kids in on the cooking with simple recipes
- You appreciate the option of a classic menu or a fresh and lean menu
- You are looking for a more budget-friendly option to streamline mealtime
- You want the option to add breakfast to your weekly deliveries
Choose Sun Basket if:
- Clean, sustainable, and organic ingredients are important to you
- You want dishes that offer loads of nutritional value
- You want the option to order fully prepared meals in addition to kits
- You follow a special diet, such as gluten-free, paleo, low-carb, vegetarian, or others
- You have food sensitivities
- You like the idea of being able to add snacks to your weekly deliveries.