Menu, Dietary Tracks & Add-on Prices

Our four dietary tracks

Every FreshCrate menu is built on one of four dietary tracks, and you pick the one that suits you:

• Standard - no restrictions.
• Gluten-Free - excludes wheat, barley, rye and malt.
• Vegetarian - no meat, poultry, fish or seafood. Contains dairy and eggs unless the meal is also tagged dairy-free.
• Dairy-Free - no milk, butter, cream, cheese, yoghurt, ghee, whey or casein. We use olive oil or a plant spread instead of butter.

Each track offers 8 meals and 5 add-ons each week. Every track costs exactly the same: there is no surcharge for choosing a specialist track. You can set or change your track from Account → Preferences, or just ask in chat.

What every meal costs

Every meal on every track lists at $17.50. The meals included in your weekly plan are free as part of your subscription - you will see the $17.50 list price struck through with "Free" next to it in your orders. That is true on all four tracks.

Extra meals ordered beyond your plan are charged at the $17.50 list price. Add-ons are always charged on top, whether they come with a plan meal or an extra one.

Add-on prices

Add-ons are priced by type, so the price is the same wherever an item appears on the menu:

Standard menu

The eight meals on the Standard track. Standard meals carry no dietary guarantee, so none of them is labelled for a specialist diet.

The five Standard add-ons:

Gluten-Free menu

The eight meals on the Gluten-Free track. All exclude wheat, barley, rye and malt.

The five Gluten-Free add-ons:

Vegetarian menu

The eight meals on the Vegetarian track. None contains meat, poultry, fish or seafood.

The five Vegetarian add-ons:

Dairy-Free menu

The eight meals on the Dairy-Free track. None contains milk, butter, cream, cheese, yoghurt, ghee, whey or casein.

The five Dairy-Free add-ons:

Meals that suit more than one diet

The "Also suits" column on each menu above lists every other diet a meal qualifies for, and each meal in your order history carries the same labels. So a meal can sit on one track and still be safe for another: Wild Mushroom Risotto is on the Vegetarian menu and is also gluten-free, and Chickpea & Spinach Curry is vegetarian, gluten-free and dairy-free.

Meals on the Standard track carry no dietary guarantee and are never labelled gluten-free or dairy-free, even where they contain no gluten or no dairy. A meal is prepared under gluten-free or dairy-free controls whenever it carries that label, so if you need to avoid an ingredient, go by the labels rather than by which track a meal sits on.

Every gluten-free meal

These 16 meals are gluten-free, wherever they sit on the menu:

Every dairy-free meal

These 16 meals are dairy-free, wherever they sit on the menu:

Every vegetarian meal

These 10 meals are vegetarian, wherever they sit on the menu:

Nutrition

Every meal is nutritionally balanced and the figures in the per-track tables below are per serving. Full per-recipe nutrition - calories plus protein, carbohydrate and fat - is printed on each meal's recipe card and shown on the meal's page in your account before you choose it. Add-ons are extra: sides are roughly 180-320 kcal, desserts 320-520 kcal, and drinks 90-180 kcal each; exact values are on each add-on's page.

Standard - nutrition per serving

Gluten-Free - nutrition per serving

Vegetarian - nutrition per serving

Dairy-Free - nutrition per serving

Allergens and ingredient information

Every recipe lists its ingredients and major allergens (such as nuts, dairy, gluten, soy and shellfish) on the recipe card and on the meal's page in your account. FreshCrate prepares ingredients in facilities that handle common allergens, so we can't guarantee a recipe is fully free of cross-contact. If you have a severe allergy, check the recipe card for that week's meal before you order, and contact us if anything is unclear.

Vegan, keto and other diets

We do not offer a vegan track, and we do not certify any meal as vegan. The closest options are the Vegetarian and Dairy-Free menus - some of those meals contain no animal products at all, but others use eggs, dairy or honey, so check the recipe card's ingredient list before ordering. We also do not offer keto, paleo or low-carb tracks, and we can't build a bespoke menu for a diet we don't list. Our four tracks are Standard, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian and Dairy-Free; if none of them works for you, ask and we'll put you in touch with someone who can help.

Choosing your weekly recipes

Even with a track set, you can hand-pick each week's recipes from that track's menu before the Wednesday cutoff. If you don't choose, we auto-select recipes from your track. There's no extra charge for any track.

Halal and kosher

All FreshCrate meals are halal-certified. No pork, pork derivatives or alcohol is used anywhere in our kitchens, on any track, in any meal or add-on. We are not kosher-certified, and our menu includes shellfish and dishes that combine meat and dairy.

Changing your dietary track

You can switch tracks any time, on any plan, and it is free. To move to the Standard, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian or Dairy-Free menu, just ask in chat and we will show you the new menu to confirm. The switch applies from next week's menu, so a box that is already processing or shipped keeps the meals it was packed with. Switching track does not change how many meals you get each week or what you pay - to change that, change your plan.