High-Quality Ingredients
We are committed to providing high quality, well-balanced, condition appropriate nutrition.
Our meals are medically tailored by registered dietitians, crafted by professional chefs, and thoughtfully selected by clients for every delivery. They align with evidence-based dietary guidelines and are made from high-quality ingredients. Driven by our commitment to quality and ingredient transparency, we continually evaluate our choices to ensure optimal nutritional value. They are also free from ingredients like synthetic food dyes, added MSG, partially hydrogenated oils, high-fructose corn syrup, added trans fats, artificial sweeteners such as sucralose, and preservatives banned in the EU.
Medically Tailored Meals
With nine condition-specific menus and 60+ meal options, there are numerous tasty choices to make. Designed by professional chefs and registered dietitians in USDA-approved kitchens, all our medically tailored meals are made with high-quality ingredients.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are answers to commonly asked questions.
Defining ultra processed foods can be tricky. There is no universal definition of what constitutes ultra processed food. In some cases, ultra processed foods can be defined as industrial formulations that typically include additives, preservatives, and refined ingredients not found in home kitchens. The fact is Mom’s Meals does not produce any meals containing the following ingredients commonly found in ultra-processed foods: synthetic food dyes, added MSG, high fructose corn syrup, non-nutritive sweeteners (e.g., sucralose), partially hydrogenated oils or added trans fats, or synthetic preservatives banned in EU.
Mom’s Meals supports a variety of health conditions and uses evidence-based dietary guidelines to ensure our meals meet the needs of our clients with chronic conditions. For example:
- Meals for people with diabetes or A1C =9.0 meet the American Diabetes Association Standards of Care
- Patients with Congestive Heart Failure or Hypertension receive meals that comply with the NIH DASH eating plan
- Meals for patients with renal disease meet the National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Clinical Practice Guidelines
In addition, meals do not contain excessive sugar or salt. We use the following guidelines, depending on menu type:
| Sodium (salt) | These guidelines follow the recommendations of the American Heart Association, DASH eating plan and the NKF KDOQI for the respective chronic condition menu.
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| Added sugars | On average, meals contain <12 g of added sugar or <10% calories from added sugars; per the DGA. |
The trays Mom’s Meals uses are not harmful. Our trays do not contain BPAs, phthalates, brominated and organophosphate flame retardants which are the harmful chemicals of concern in other black plastics.
Yes. The bioengineered ingredients found in our meals are as healthful and safe to eat as their non-bioengineered or genetically modified (GMO) food ingredient counterparts. In fact, some GMO plants have been modified to improve nutritional value.
The bioengineered ingredients in our meals are:
- Canola
- Corn
- Potato
- Soybean
- Sugar beet
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