Yikuphi * Empeleni * Insizakalo Yokulethwa Kokudla Okuphansi Kunayo Yonke futhi Engabizi kakhulu?

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• Ingabe Banempilo?
• Ingabe Ziyinani Elihle Ngempela?
• Ukuthatha
• Buyekeza kwe-

Khumbula lapho uzwa ngenkonzo yokuqala yokulethwa kokudla futhi wacabanga, "hey, umqondo omuhle lowo!" Yebo, lokho kwakungu-2012-lapho kuqala ukuthambekela-futhi manje, eminyakeni nje emifushane kamuva, kunezinsizakalo ezingaphezu kwezingu-100 zokulethwa kokudla e-US kanye nemakethe eyizigidi ezingama- $ 400 okulindeleke ukuthi inyuke iphindwe kayishumi eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo, ngokusho umbiko okhethekile wemibiko yabathengi. (Kukhona nezinsizakalo eziqondene nokulethwa kokudla okulula manje.)

Ukuthola ukudla okulungiselelwe kusengaphambili kungenza izimanga kunoma ubani ozizwa engenalwazi ekhishini, noma onyanye imigqa yokulwa esitolo noma ukuhlela ukudla kwakhe. Ngokwazi okulula, izinsizakalo ziyi-win-win. Kodwa uma kuziwa ekubeni nempilo enhle futhi engabizi? Hmm.

Ukuze bazihlukanise, i-Consumer Reports ibe nochwepheshe bokudla nokondleka abahlola izinsiza ezinhlanu ezinkulu-Blue Apron, Purple Carrot, HelloFresh, Green Chef, kanye ne-Plated-futhi benza inhlolovo kwabazinikele benkonzo yokudla abangama-57 mayelana nolwazi lwabo.

Ingabe Banempilo?

Ngenkathi izinsizakalo eziningi zinamagama amasha we-über futhi zifaka umkhiqizo omusha nezithako, lokho akubenzeli ngokuzenzakalela kube nempilo. Futhi, kukhona okubi ngokwazi ukungondleki ngqo. Imibiko yabathengi ithole ukuthi i-HelloFresh ibhale uhlu lwama-calories-okunomsoco, amafutha, amafutha agcwele, ama-carbohydrate, amaprotheni, i-fiber, i-sodium, noshukela-kumakhadi abo eresiphi, ngenkathi ezinye izinsizakalo zinikezela kuphela ukubalwa kwekhalori. I-HelloFresh iphinde yabonakala (ngokwesilinganiso) iphansi kakhulu ngamakhalori nesodium futhi iboshelwe noChef Oluhlaza ukuze uthole amafutha aphansi. Baqaphele ukuthi ngenkathi ezinye izinsizakalo-i-Green Chef ngokukhethekile-zinokuphakelwa okukhulu kwemifino, ezinye bezishoda. Izindlela zokupheka ze-Purple Carrot ziyi-vegan futhi ziphezulu kakhulu ku-fiber kepha ziboshelwe kokuqukethwe okunamafutha okuphezulu nge-Plated.

Kodwa-ke, ukukhathazeka okukhulu empeleni bekungukuqukethwe kwe-sodium. Ezitsheni abazihlolile, i-Consumer Reports ithole ukuthi isigamu sine-770 mg ye-sodium (ngaphezulu kwengxenye yesithathu yomthamo ophakanyisiwe wansuku zonke we-2,300 mg) nokuthi izitsha eziyishumi zinenani elingaphezu kwe-1,000 mg ngokuphakela ngakunye. (Ukukhuluma iqiniso, izifundo ezintsha ziphikisana nge-sodium max entsha enconyiwe, ngakho-ke kungenzeka kungabi okwephula isivumelwano.)

Ingabe Ziyinani Elihle Ngempela?

Kuya ngokuthi yini oyibheka njengebalulekile-Imibiko Yabathengi ithole ukuthi ezitsheni eziningi, intengo yekhithi yokudla yayibiza ngokuphindwe kabili kunezindleko zengxenye ngayinye zokuthenga izithako ngokwakho. Isibonelo, ukwenza iBlue Apron's Spring Chicken Fettuccini kungakubiza u- $ 4.88 ukuzithenga uqhathanisa ne- $ 9.99 ngesidlo esilungisiwe. Ungenza i-HelloFresh's Blackened Tilapia ngo-$5.37 ingxenye ngayinye uma iqhathaniswa no-$11.50 ukuze uthole ukudla okuvela kusevisi. Vele, amanani entengo aya ngokuya ngokuthi iyiphi insiza nenketho oyikhethayo. I-Consumer Reports ithole i-Blue Apron ibiza kancane, futhi iPlated iyona ehamba phambili.

Uma ubheka isikhathi sakho namandla ngaphezu kwalawo ma-dollar ayisihlanu noma ngaphezulu, izinsizakalo zokulethwa kokudla zingakufanelekela ngokuphelele lokho. Kepha uma ucindezela ipenny? Kungcono ukufaka i-legwork ne-DIY. (Ngoba, empeleni, kungenzeka ukuthi udle ukudla okunempilo ngo-$5 nje ngosuku.)

Ukuthatha

Kuhle ukuqaphela ukuthi kukhona AMATHINI ezinsizakalo zokulethwa kokudla laphaya nokuthi isampula ye-Consumer Reports ayizange iwahlanganise wonke. (Ubufakazi: nazi ezinye eziyisithupha okungenzeka uke wezwa ngazo.)

Ngokusobala, ingxenye enhle kakhulu ngalezi zinsizakalo zokudla ukuthi awudingi ukwenza konke ukuhlela nokuthatha izinqumo okudingekayo ukushaya ukudla okusha, okumnandi ku-reg-kodwa ukuba nomunye umuntu akwenzele lokho yilokho kanye okungakwenza bagcine benempilo. Sebenzisa ukudla ngokuhlinzekwa okukhulu kwemifino bese uzikhawulele ngososo, isodiyamu, kanye nezimbungulu ngendlela efanayo obungayenza ukube ubungaday DIY-ukudla kwakho okunempilo. Bese uzihlalele, unethezeke, futhi ujabulele iqiniso lokuthi akudingeki ulwe nolayini we-Trader Joe kuleli sonto.

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