Oddbox’s wonky fruit and veg subscription service is a game-changer
Oddbox’s wonky fruit and veg subscription service is a game-changer
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A subscription service making it easier to do our bit when it comes to reducing food waste sounds hugely appealing, so, how does it work?. Read more: Best recipe boxes and food delivery subscriptions. Although it’s worth noting it’s not a complete surprise. You’ll be informed of what’s coming ahead of each delivery, and you can swap out up to three items. While we didn’t do this ourselves, you will also be able to add fruit and vegetable extras to your order if you’d like to, so there’s some flexibility, although this will bump up the overall price.
So, what was actually in our box? In addition to one recipe, intel on where everything had come from and why, there was a good bulk of potatoes (about 800g), a bag of Brussels sprouts (275g), one aubergine, one squash, a two-pack of pak choi, six carrots and four parsnips. As for the fruit varieties, we got six clementines, six pears and one melon. Whether this is enough for you will depend on the size of your household and whether or not you’re planning to supplement the items.
Yes, some of the fruit and vegetables were slightly less uniform than we’re used to seeing at the supermarket but, beyond that, there was nothing odd about the quality. From the squash that we whipped up into a warming autumnal soup to the (rather small) pears, everything we ate was fresh and met our expectations in terms of taste.
The packaging was a breath of fresh air, too, seeing as we’re so used to the sea of plastic in the fruit and veg section of the supermarket. The whole lot arrived in a recyclable cardboard box, and, as Oddbox only uses packaging where necessary, the only plastic in our box was for the pak choi, which would have been wrapped before Oddbox rescued it.
