Is Factor better than Fresh n' Lean?

The question no longer has a practical answer, because Fresh n' Lean shut down in July 2024 and its site does not take orders. Factor is operating, publishes a large weekly menu and lets you skip, pause or cancel, so it is the one you can actually use.

Did Fresh n' Lean go out of business?

Yes. In July 2024 the company posted that it had been forced to shut down by its lenders after 14 years. As of September 2026 freshnlean.com returns a not-found page and we found no relaunch or buyer announced.

What replaced Fresh n' Lean for keto and organic meals?

No single service replaces it. Factor has low-carb, high-protein and vegan filters; Territory Foods filters for paleo, keto and vegan from local kitchens; Snap Kitchen has a fully gluten-free menu and low-carb plan. Check delivery coverage by zip code first.

Can I cancel Factor any time?

Factor says there are no contracts and you can skip a week, pause your subscription or cancel your account at any time. Do it before the weekly cutoff shown in your account, or the next box may still be charged.

Does Factor publish nutrition information?

Yes. Factor says each recipe includes FDA nutritional data, which you reach by clicking the meal on its menu. That means you can see calories and macros before you order, which is useful if you count them.

Factor vs Fresh n' Lean: One Is Delivering, One Has Shut Down

Factor and Fresh n' Lean were once compared as rival prepared-meal subscriptions. As of September 2026 only one of them takes orders. Here is what Factor offers, what happened to Fresh n' Lean, and how to choose between Factor and the services that took its place.

Search for a Factor comparison and Fresh n’ Lean turns up constantly, usually in articles written before the summer of 2024. Those pages treat them as live rivals. They are not, and a comparison built on old data would mislead you, so this page starts by saying what is true today.

Status, side by side

	Factor	Fresh n’ Lean
Operating (September 2026)	Yes, taking new customers	No, closed July 2024
Website	Full storefront and menus	Not-found page
Menu	100+ meals and add-ons weekly	None
Cancellation	Skip, pause or cancel any time (per Factor)	Not applicable
Nutrition data	FDA nutrition facts on each recipe (per Factor)	Not applicable

What happened to Fresh n’ Lean

Fresh n’ Lean was an organic-focused prepared-meal subscription that began in 2010 and sold meals labelled for keto, paleo, vegan, high-protein and Mediterranean eating. In July 2024 it announced on its website that after 14 years it “was suddenly forced to shut down by ‘lenders,’” according to a report from APH Networks. We visited freshnlean.com on September 29, 2026 and it returns a not-found page instead of a storefront. We found no announcement that it has returned. Our full write-up is the Fresh n’ Lean review.

What Factor offers

Everything here is from Factor’s own pages; we did not order or taste the food.

Factor’s menus page describes “100+ dietitian-designed meals and add-on options each week.” Its FAQ gives the count of weekly meals at 35, alongside 60-plus add-ons such as snacks and smoothies. The gap between the two figures is mostly a matter of what counts as a meal versus an add-on, so use “dozens of meals plus add-ons” as the safe description.

Filters cover low-carb, vegan and vegetarian, high-protein and meals under 550 calories, and Factor also lists programs for GLP-1 users and Mediterranean eating. Each recipe carries FDA nutritional data, viewable from the meal thumbnail. Factor says there are no contracts and that you can skip a week, pause or cancel at any time.

Factor shows its per-meal price and shipping fee after you enter a zip code, so we are not printing a figure we could not confirm. At the time of writing the homepage advertises 50% off plus free breakfast for a year for qualifying new customers; that is a promotion, and its terms and end date are the company’s to set. For a full assessment, read the Factor review.

Which one should you choose

You can only choose Factor. The useful question is what to do if you specifically liked what Fresh n’ Lean was.

You want organic, diet-labelled meals. Factor’s filters are broad, but the “organic” emphasis is not something Factor advertises in the pages we read. Territory Foods is a better start; see the Territory review.
You want gluten-free throughout. Snap Kitchen says its entire menu is gluten-free. See the Snap Kitchen review.
You want a bigger menu and a national reach. Factor.
You want the fitness-meal angle. Compare Factor vs Trifecta.

Why the comparison keeps circulating

Search engines rank pages by authority and age, not accuracy. A comparison written in early 2024 that argued about Fresh n’ Lean’s organic sourcing versus Factor’s menu size can still sit on page one in 2026. Readers then click through to a Fresh n’ Lean link that no longer works, or to an affiliate code that expired long ago. This page exists so that a search for the pairing gets an answer that reflects the market as it is.

How to compare prepared-meal services now

With Fresh n’ Lean gone, the useful comparison is between the services that are live. Here is the checklist we use, and it is the same one behind our other head-to-heads, such as Factor vs CookUnity.

Price after shipping. Enter your zip code and write down the per-meal price and the shipping fee for the plan size you would actually buy. A low per-meal price with a large fee can cost more than a higher price with cheap shipping.
Menu size and filters. Check whether the filters cover your diet, and how many meals pass them in a given week. A large menu is worth little if only six meals fit your restrictions.
Nutrition panels. Confirm that calories and macros are published per meal before you order. Factor says it shows FDA nutrition facts on each recipe.
Cancellation. Read the skip, pause and cancel terms, and note the weekly cutoff. Factor says there are no contracts, but the cutoff still governs when a change takes effect.
Coverage. Delivery zones differ. A regional service may not reach you at all.

The best meal delivery services guide applies these tests across the market.

What “dietitian-designed” does and does not tell you

Factor’s menus page describes its meals as dietitian-designed. That is a statement about how the menu is developed, not a guarantee that a given meal suits your health. It tells you the company has nutrition staff involved in recipes; it does not tell you what the person on the other end of your order is qualified to advise. Treat the published nutrition facts as the useful part: they let you check calories, protein and carbohydrate against your own targets before you buy.

The same caution applies to any diet label, including the low-carb and high-protein filters. A label is a starting point. If you have diabetes, kidney disease, food allergies or are pregnant, get advice from a doctor or registered dietitian and read the ingredient list on every meal.

Where each side would have won

To be fair to a service that can no longer answer, it is worth saying where Fresh n’ Lean was strong when it traded. It sold a wide range of named diet plans and leaned on organic ingredients, which is a genuine differentiator in a category that mostly does not. Factor’s advantage is scale and continuity: a large weekly menu, nutrition facts on every recipe and a functioning subscription system that you can pause. Since only one of these is available, the practical ranking is settled, but the organic angle remains an open gap that no single successor fills. Trifecta sits closer to the fitness end of the spectrum, and our Factor vs CookUnity page looks at a chef-driven rival.

What we would do

If you have an old Fresh n’ Lean account, do not expect it to work, and check your card statement for any lingering charges. Then compare two or three live services on price after shipping, not on the headline per-meal figure. Our best meal delivery services guide is the place to start.

This page is not medical advice. If a health condition drives your choice of diet, talk to a doctor or registered dietitian. See how we review for our method.