9 Companies That Are Revolutionizing Healthy Frozen Meals Think all frozen dinners are all the same? Well they aren’t anymore! Mar 15, 2016 | 5:29 pm By Dan Myers

Frozen meals don't look like they used to. Frozen meals get a pretty bad rap these days. In this era when eating “real” food is a major priority for consumers, microwaving a plastic container of pallid-looking turkey and mashed potatoes with ingredients like disodium guanylate and L-Cysteine Monohydrochloride is about the last thing many of us want to do. Thankfully, however, there’s a whole new market emerging: healthy, natural frozen meals, made by startup companies that prioritize healthy eating and quality ingredients. We’ve rounded up nine of these companies, and they should definitely be on your radar. 9 Companies That Are Revolutionizing Healthy Frozen Meals Sales of frozen meals have been declining recently, largely due to the public’s perception that they’re simply not healthy. But while plenty of freezer meals still aren't good for you, there are many choices that actually are. With good ingredients and low levels of sodium and fat, frozen meals can be the great idea they're meant to be, combining convenience with nutrition. These new companies are making organic frozen dinners without preservatives, entrées with no artificial ingredients, and meals that actually have vegetables with nutrients (and some snap) left in them. MORE ON FROZEN FOOD Frozen Food Makes a Comeback 10 Unusual Frozen Foods From Around the World 6 French Frozen Foods We Need in America Will Frozen Foods Ever Be Better than Fresh? In Defense of Frozen Food No longer are we stuck with a three-compartment tray of mystery meat, potatoes, and a vegetable. Ethnic foods, organic dinners, vegetarian, and even gluten-free entrées are just some of the options available now. There’s still a market for healthy and convenient prepared foods, and more and more new companies are stepping up to the plate to fill that need with frozen entrées. 9 Companies That Are Revolutionizing Healthy Frozen Meals So from a company that’s mastered the art of the healthy frozen burrito to another that ships restaurant-quality frozen entrees for the whole family across the country, read on to learn about 9 companies that are revolutionizing the frozen food game. Click here for 9 revolutionary frozen food companies. RATE THIS STORY Give it 1/5 Give it 2/5 Give it 3/5 Give it 4/5 Give it 5/5 Tweet It Pin It TAGS FROZEN FOOD FROZEN MEALS More Stories by Dan Myers Dan Myers is the Senior Eat/Dine Editor for The Daily Meal, where he's been since November 2012. He lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and the best meal he ever ate was at Jacques-Imo's in New Orleans. Read more @sirmyers Around The Web http://www.thedailymeal.com/healthy-eating/11-healthiest-frozen-food-brands?slide=2 The 11 Healthiest Frozen Food Brands Wholesome, natural ingredients make for healthy frozen meal options Mar 4, 2016 | 3:26 pm By Christian Kogler Editor Frozen food comesin a wide variety of styles. Look for healthy brands that make vegan, organic, and high protein meals. If you’ve joined the camp that firmly believes that frozen meals are unhealthy, we can’t really blame you. In the past, frozen dinners have been packed with a veritable smorgasbord of unhealthy buzzwords. Some of the unhealthiest frozen dinners include nasty preservatives, unnatural ingredients that are full of fat and sugar, and more salt than the Pacific Ocean. Now that we’ve reached what feels like a high point in awareness regarding food sourcing and dietary health, though, more and more health-conscious frozen food brands are staking their claim in freezers across the country. MORE ON FROZEN FOOD Global Frozen Food Market Will Grow 31.3 Billion Kg by volume and $156.4 Billion by value in 2020 : Persistence Market Research Frozen Food Makes a Comeback Will Frozen Foods Ever Be Better than Fresh? 10 Unusual Frozen Foods From Around the World 6 French Frozen Foods We Need in America The 11 Healthiest Frozen Food Brands Click here to see The 11 Healthiest Frozen Food Brands. You’ll see a direct correlation between this list of the healthiest food brands and a list we made in the past, The 15 Healthiest Frozen Dinners. The brands included in that piece, published in 2013, are still around today. Why, you ask? The reasons that these healthy frozen food brands have survived in the constantly shifting food environment America is home to are vast: They’re convenient. They have a good nutritional profile. Their ingredients are from great sources, and, most importantly, they taste good. The convenience of frozen foods is felt around the world. Fortunately, there are clear-cut ways to select healthy frozen produce so that you aren’t forced to buy something that isn’t as nutritionally sound as it seems. If you’re looking for frozen meals and not frozen produce, though, then look no further than the following brands. We present to you our list of The 11 Healthiest Frozen Food Brands. Click here for The 11 Healthiest Frozen Food Brands. http://www.thedailymeal.com/healthy-eating/11-healthiest-frozen-food-brands-slideshow