Meal kit subscription services and opportunities to improve family vegetable consumption
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22944874 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kylie Fraser (0000-0003-1806-4267, Deakin University, corresponding author), Karen J Campbell (0000-0002-1244-3947, Deakin University), Rachel Laws (0000-0003-4328-1116, Deakin University), Karen Campbell (0000-0002-4499-3396, Deakin University), Alison C Spence (0000-0001-9029-1718, Deakin University), Alison Spence (Deakin University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Promotion International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapro/daad155 |
| PMID | 37991401 |
| OpenAlex | W4388891973 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 51 |
Popular commercial meal kit subscription services (MKSSs) may support families to overcome barriers to cooking and eating at home, and facilitate improved vegetable consumption. The global meal kit market has expanded rapidly creating a gap in our understanding of the health-promoting potential of MKSSs. This paper describes the contemporary MKSS market in Australia and provides a vegetable-specific content analysis of a sample of recipes. A 1-week subscription was purchased for all Australian-based MKSSs (n = 9) and websites were systematically reviewed to document key characteristics and recipe features. Vegetable content of all available recipes within a 1-week period were analysed. Our findings highlight the rapid expansion and evolution of MKSS market offerings over the past decade and their potential to support family vegetable consumption. Across all analysed recipes (n = 179), MKSSs provided a median of 2.5 vegetable serves per person (range 0.7–7.5 serves) and a median of 3 different types of vegetables from 2 vegetable subgroups (i.e. dark green, red and orange, starchy, legumes and all other vegetables). This suggests that MKSSs may support family vegetable consumption if families select recipes with a greater number and variety of vegetables. However, an opportunity remains for MKSSs to improve both vegetable quantity and variety to positively influence population health. Further research is required to describe how families use meal kits promoting a greater understanding of their potential to improve family nutrition.
Business · Consumption (sociology) · Environmental health · Meal · Sociology · Marketing · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
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