Activate Foods vs My Muscle Chef vs Workout Meals

All three sell ready-made meals. Published ongoing prices: Activate Foods $14.00 a meal, My Muscle Chef $11.95 a meal and Workout Meals $11.88 a meal on a 8-meal order.

Activate Foodsready-made
My Muscle Chefready-made
Workout Mealsready-made
Prices checked 24 August 2026

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Price and ordering	Activate Foods	My Muscle Chef	Workout Meals
Ongoing priceBefore delivery fees and first-order offers	Activate Foods $14.00per meal	My Muscle Chef $11.95per meal	Workout Meals $11.88Lowestper meal, on a 8-meal order
What the price is based on	Activate Foods A la carte single meals priced individually, typically $13.00 to $15.50 each; no box sizes or bulk discounts, so $14 reflects a mid-range main meal	My Muscle Chef A la carte per meal pricing with no fixed box size: most main meals list at $10.95, premium PRO meals at $12.95, so roughly $11.95 for a typical mixed order	Workout Meals 8 meal Airfryer Meal Pack at $95.00, which works out at $11.88 per meal; single meals ordered a la carte are mostly $12.50 to $12.95
First-order offerNot included in the ongoing price	Activate Foods	My Muscle Chef Up to 40% off your first two orders: 30% off the first order and 40% off the second	Workout Meals
Minimum order	Activate Foods $75 minimum	My Muscle Chef $99 minimum for Black Friday offer; $140-175 per week for meal plans	Workout Meals
Delivery fee	Activate Foods $15 flat rate for orders $75 to $179.99, free for orders $180 and over. Minimum online order $75.	My Muscle Chef Free shipping available on qualifying orders, conditions apply	Workout Meals Flat rate delivery fee of $15.90 per order stated on the delivery page, with product pages quoting $14.99. Free delivery for weekly or fortnightly subscription orders over $99, excluding WM360.
Order without a subscription	Activate Foods Yes	My Muscle Chef Yes	Workout Meals Yes
Delivery	Activate Foods	My Muscle Chef	Workout Meals
Delivers to	Activate Foods NSWMetro areas only	My Muscle Chef NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT	Workout Meals NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, TAS, ACT
Delivery days	Activate Foods Monday	My Muscle Chef	Workout Meals
Order cut-off	Activate Foods Midnight Sunday for Monday delivery	My Muscle Chef	Workout Meals Order before 11pm for the next delivery
Food and nutrition	Activate Foods	My Muscle Chef	Workout Meals
Meal type	Activate Foods Ready-made mealsHeat and eat	My Muscle Chef Ready-made mealsReady to eat	Workout Meals Ready-made mealsHeat and eat
Fresh or frozen	Activate Foods Fresh and frozen	My Muscle Chef Fresh	Workout Meals Fresh
DietsTinted where not every service compared offers it	Activate Foods High protein Low carb Vegan Vegetarian or vegan Gluten free Paleo Halal Diabetic friendly Dairy free	My Muscle Chef Weight loss High protein Low carb Vegan Vegetarian or vegan Dairy free	Workout Meals Weight loss High protein Low carb Gluten free Halal Dairy free
Calories published	Activate Foods Yes	My Muscle Chef Yes	Workout Meals Yes
Full macros published	Activate Foods Yes	My Muscle Chef Yes	Workout Meals Yes
Typical protein	Activate Foods 35g to 48ga meal	My Muscle Chef 36g to 65gHighest minimuma meal	Workout Meals 27g to 62ga meal
Menu size	Activate Foods 87+ items	My Muscle Chef 75+ items	Workout Meals 93+ itemsLargest
Ratings and checks	Activate Foods	My Muscle Chef	Workout Meals
Customer rating	Activate Foods	My Muscle Chef 4.3/53,233 reviews, ProductReview	Workout Meals 4.2/5277 reviews, ProductReview
Our score	Activate Foods 61/100Scored on 65% of our criteria	My Muscle Chef 76/100Highest	Workout Meals 72/100
Prices checked	Activate Foods 24 August 2026	My Muscle Chef 24 August 2026	Workout Meals 24 August 2026

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Activate Foods

Coeliac safe, gluten free meals with no subscription in NSW

Full macros and calories shown on every meal, plus a nutrition panel image
No contracts or subscriptions: order as often or as rarely as you like
Entirely gluten free kitchen, which suits coeliac customers
Delivery limited to Sydney, Newcastle and the Central Coast in NSW
One delivery day only, Monday, with no tracking or delivery notifications
Minimum online spend of $75 and a $15 delivery fee unless you spend $180 or more

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My Muscle Chef

High protein, macro tracked meals for training and body composition goals

Large menu of 155 listed items including 70 plus meals, snacks, drinks and bundles
Calories, protein, carbs and fat are shown on every meal tile, plus filters for calories, carbs and protein type
No subscription required: meals can be bought individually and cart contents changed each order
Standard meal prices of $10.95 to $12.95 sit at the higher end for ready meals
Premium PRO range costs more again at $12.95 per meal
Delivery is suburb by suburb rather than truly nationwide, so remote addresses need a postcode check

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Workout Meals

High protein meals for training and muscle gain

Full macro and calorie breakdown, plus ingredients and allergens, shown on every meal
Genuinely high protein, with many mains between 32g and 54g per serve
Free delivery on weekly or fortnightly subscriptions over $99, with skip or cancel at any time
No delivery to WA or NT
Flat delivery fee of about $15 on one-off orders, which lifts the effective cost of a small box
Priced at the higher end for prepared meals at roughly $12.50 a meal a la carte

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How to read this comparison

Prices: The ongoing price at a typical order size: per meal for ready-made meals, per serving for meal kits. First-order offers and delivery fees are not included. Prices checked 24 August 2026. Confirm at checkout.
Highlights: Green cells mark the lowest published price, the highest customer rating, the largest menu, the highest minimum protein, our highest score, and a Yes where the services differ. A row is only highlighted when every service compared has a value for it. Prices in different units and ratings from different review platforms are not highlighted.
Customer rating: Out of 5, with the review count and the platform the rating is from. It is a customer rating, not our score.
Our score: Out of 100: customer rating (35 points, weighted by review volume), disclosure of macros, calories and a real price (20), price against services of the same type (15), menu size (10), ordering flexibility (10) and delivery reach (10). Where a provider publishes nothing for a criterion, it is dropped and the rest are rescaled.

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