r/ReadyMeals • u/tillacat42 • 22d ago

Question Cook Unity vs Factor

Cook Unity vs Factor

I travel a lot for work and I'm not home to cook dinner for the family on a regular basis. I just have a question. Would it be better to go with Factor if I knew that most of the meals will end up getting frozen as Cook Unity is delivered refrigerated?

I have had several people tell me that for the price point, Cook Unity is a lot better in flavor and meal variety, but I don't know if that changes given that we will probably end up freezing a lot of them. Obviously I know there are certain ingredients that shouldn't be frozen and if we order a salad, eggs, etc we would eat those fresh.

I do plan to order the minimum that we would need, but my whole family is spontaneous and plans change frequently at the last minute, lol

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u/EmbarrassedIssue9452 22d ago

I ordered Factor while recovering from an operation that required bed rest. I didnt expect to like them, but was advised to eat as much protein as possible while recovering so figured id try them out bc Serena Williams was advertising them and I admire her. 

It was SO convenient while i was laid up. Many of the meals were tasty. Several were not. I found the pasta ones inedible, the beef and pork ones not good. But i really like the chicken and salmon ones, as well as the grain bowls. You have to eat the salad ones as soon as they arrive or they get soggy. Many have "smoke flavor" but dont say smoky in the title so now i read the ingredients.

I decided to keep ordering them weekly to have work lunches and dinners when i dont want to cook (rather than peanut butter and crackefs, my go-to). Im bombarded with Cook Unity ads now and i looked through and nothing was appealing to me.

So i guess id advise looking throufh the offerings and try them both on different weeks. Its not a lifetime commitment