Not great for coeliacs. Limited options.
I wrote a review previously, which I then changed to be positive simply as the CEO of Grubby kept harassing me via calls/emails and I wanted him to go away.
Updating again to be a fair reflection of my thoughts.
All recipes used to be adaptable for people with a gluten allergy. This was changed and now allergens are displayed and you’re simply told not to select those recipes.
The irritating part of that for me is often the ‘gluten’ part of those recipes is, a bun, or a wrap. Not the core part of the meal, but the side thing. These things are only made with gluten because wheat is cheap and therefore higher profit margins.
Last year, and this we looked at grubby to do our bit in trying to eat less meat, regrettably only the changes around how they handle their recipes with gluten put me off, being coeliac. Often recipes I would enjoy more are now off limits, where as in the past I was able to select them and be provided with gluten free alternative ingredients - for example, a gluten free bun rather than a gluten containing bun.
The move away from this approach, means that my options as a coeliac are a lot more limited and often, those recipes I like the sound of most, such as curries are now not available to me, simply because a chapati is provided.
As a result. I’ll eat more meat as my own vegan recipes are no match to Grubbys. The quality of vegetables is great, the food is always delicious, but having an allergy, I feel that Grubby no longer caters to me as I previously think they did very well.
I understand why the changes were made. To make things more seem less for deliveries in building up their boxes etc, but perhaps. Rather than exclude those with gluten allergies you could have made every box gluten free, every recipe gluten free - all customers receive gluten free buns, wraps etc, then all your customers are happy and in many cases healthier as gluten generally isn’t great for any human, regardless of allergens it contributes to feeling sluggish, boating, bad skin etc. unfortunately, I guess grubby ultimately care more about the underlying profit margins associated to these cheaper produced gluten containing products.
As a company, I appreciate what they are doing and trying to do by reducing meat consumption and as a meat eater this was actually great for me, I would have eaten Grubbys recipes 7 nights a week, until their change around how they handle gluten in their recipes.
Now. It irritates me when I don’t like any of the options available to me, but I do like those recipes that previously were an option for me, but are now not. So, rather than order the recipes that don’t appeal because they’re my only option, I just simply don’t order at all.
If however, you have no allergies. Go for it. Their recipes are great and the meals filling.
December 30, 2022
Unprompted review