Factor vs Fuel Meals vs FlexPro: which fits your macros

I’ve ordered from Factor, Fuel Meals and FlexPro. They all put a hot meal in front of you in a few minutes, and they all market themselves as high protein. But “high protein” on a banner means very little when you’re trying to hit a number. What matters is what’s on the label of the meal you actually eat.

So instead of going on memory, we pulled the nutrition label for 114 meals across the three menus, straight off each brand’s own website, and lined them up. This guide is what that data says, and how I’d use it to pick one.

The short answer

• If protein per meal is the priority, Fuel Meals leads on the numbers: an average of 45.2 g per entrée, and no entrée in our set below 33 g.
• If you eat low-carb or want richer food, Factor has the most low-carb options (15 entrées at 20 g of carbs or less), but it gets there with fat: 35.3 g on average.
• If you want smaller, lighter meals, FlexPro sits lowest on calories (average 468 kcal) with a tight, predictable protein band of 29–42 g.

None of them is “best”. They’re built for different days. The table below is the detail.

What the published menus show

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How we got these numbers

Every figure comes from the nutrition information each company publishes for each meal on its own site, collected on September 27, 2026. Nothing was estimated. Where a published label didn’t add up (calories that don’t match the protein, carbs and fat on the same label), we kept the brand’s number and noted it rather than “fixing” it.

• Entrées only. We compared lunch and dinner meals, and left out breakfasts, snacks and desserts. That leaves 38 Factor entrées (of 39 meals collected), 38 from Fuel Meals (of 39) and 25 from FlexPro (of 36).
• FlexPro’s treats and half-portions are out. Its bakery items are labeled per single treat, and four “naked” bowls are labeled per half-container, so they aren’t comparable to a full meal.
• Averages are simple means. Add every entrée’s protein and divide by the number of entrées. They aren’t weighted by popularity or by what’s on this week’s menu.
• “Protein per 100 kcal” is each meal’s protein divided by its calories, times 100, then averaged. It tells you how much protein you get for the calories you spend.

One caveat on Factor: its menu rotates weekly, and some recipes in our set came from past weeks whose pages are still published. The averages describe the kind of food Factor makes rather than one specific week’s menu.

Factor: rich, low-carb and the widest spread

Factor’s entrées cover the widest spread of the three, from 12 g to 55 g of protein and from 380 to 770 kcal. The top end is serious: Grilled Filet Mignon & Creamy Parmesan Shrimp: 55 g protein, 760 kcal. The bottom end is too, the other way: Vegetarian Tamale Bowl: 12 g protein, 470 kcal. On Factor, the service name tells you almost nothing. The meal you pick tells you everything.

The pattern in the data is fat. Factor averages 35.3 g of fat per entrée against 30.7 g of carbs, and 15 of the 38 entrées carry 40 g of fat or more. That’s great if you run low-carb, or you’re bulking and struggle to eat enough. It’s harder work on a cut, where only 3 Factor entrées in our set gave 35 g or more of protein for 500 kcal or less. The standouts there:

• Chicago-Style Italian Beef: 46 g protein, 480 kcal
• Athenian-Style Feta Chicken: 43 g protein, 460 kcal
• Chive & Garlic Chicken: 35 g protein, 380 kcal

Fuel Meals: the most protein per meal

Fuel Meals is the one built most obviously around lifters’ numbers. The average entrée in our set carries 45.2 g of protein, 25 of 38 entrées reach 40 g or more, and the floor is 33 g. It also gives the most protein for the calories, at 8.5 g per 100 kcal on average.

The trade-off is carbs. Fuel Meals averages 45.5 g of carbs per entrée, and none of its entrées in our set came in at 20 g of carbs or less. For most people who lift that’s a feature, not a bug, but it rules Fuel Meals out as a low-carb option.

Watch the comfort-food end of the menu. Pulled Pork Mac & Cheese: 56 g protein, 880 kcal, and Swedish Turkey Meatballs: 37 g protein, 770 kcal. Both are fine meals, but they’re a very different day from Shrimp Pasta Primavera: 39 g protein, 350 kcal.

One label to read twice: Fuel Meals publishes its BBQ Grilled Chicken Meal at 460 kcal with 57 g protein, 63 g carbs and 8 g fat. Those macros add up to noticeably more than the listed calories, so we flagged it rather than lean on it.

FlexPro: lighter meals, a tight band

FlexPro’s standing menu is the most consistent of the three. Protein sits between 29 and 42 g across its entrées, calories between 320 and 620, with an average of 468 kcal. You rarely get a surprise.

That consistency is useful if you’re cutting and want a meal that slots into a day without thinking about it, like Fit & Fancy Power Bowl: 34 g protein, 320 kcal, or Marry Me Chicken: 34 g protein, 380 kcal. It’s less useful if your target per meal is 45 g or more: only 2 FlexPro entrées in our set reached 40 g.

FlexPro is also the only one of the three with a price in our data: its standing entrées were listed at $14.99 each when we checked. That works out to about 2.27 g of protein per dollar on the average entrée, before shipping or plan discounts. The meal prep vs delivery guide shows that math step by step.

How to pick for your macros

Start with your own numbers, not the service. If you don’t have a calorie and protein target yet, the macro calculator will give you a starting point in a minute. Then:

1. Divide by the meals you’ll replace. If your target is 180 g of protein and a delivery meal covers lunch and dinner, you need roughly 90 g from those two meals. That’s about 45 g each, which is Fuel Meals territory or the top of Factor’s range.
2. Check the calorie side. If those two meals also need to fit in about 1,000 kcal, look for entrées near 500 kcal with 40 g+ protein. Fuel Meals had 18 entrées at 35 g+ protein and 500 kcal or less, FlexPro 5, Factor 3.
3. Pick meals, not a brand. Within every menu there’s a spread. The meal match tool ranks every meal we collected against a per-meal target you set, so you can see which ones fit before you order.
4. Re-check when the menu changes. Menus rotate and recipes get reformulated. The label on the meal in your hand is the one that counts.

How the apps use this

Built and Shaped set your calories and macros from an actual TDEE calculation, adjusted by your measured burn rather than an activity guess. When a delivery meal is part of your week, the useful question isn’t “is this healthy”; it’s “what does this leave me for the rest of the day”. Photograph the meal and the app logs its macros, so what’s left for the day is in front of you.

If you want the cut-and-bulk version of this guide, with specific meals for each, read how to use a meal-delivery service on a cut or a bulk.