The Healthiest Choice alternative · Barcelona
Looking for an alternative to The Healthiest Choice?
The Healthiest Choice does macro-balanced meal delivery for Barcelona expats. HealthyFoodBCN does the same job a different way: a real private chef cooks each plan individually, fresh twice a week.
The Healthiest Choice has built a clean, English-language meal service for the Barcelona expat market — fitness-aware, macro-conscious, easy to navigate. The 40/30/30 macro pitch lands well with anyone who's tracked food before. What it's not is personalized: every subscriber picks from the same menu. HealthyFoodBCN works the other way around — your macros, your allergies, your week, cooked by Frank around you specifically.
At a glance
| The Healthiest Choice | HealthyFoodBCN | |
|---|---|---|
| Per meal | Not published | €7.50–15 |
| Who cooks it | The Healthiest Choice's kitchen team | Frank Diaz, ex-Can Roca, Madrid Fusión 2019 |
| Freshness | Cooked in batches, weekly delivery | Cooked fresh, delivered twice a week (Mon + Wed) |
| Control | Choose meals from menu, filter by macros | Plan built around your goals, allergies, family |
| Languages | English | English, Spanish, Catalan, Russian, Ukrainian |
Where The Healthiest Choice wins
- Specific 40/30/30 macro framing that resonates with fitness-aware expats
- Established Barcelona expat community presence
- Clean menu UI — easy to pick what fits your day
Where HealthyFoodBCN wins
- A named chef cooks every plate — Frank Diaz, Madrid Fusión 2019. The Healthiest Choice doesn't surface a chef.
- Personalization at the plan level — your macros, allergies and family — not just per-meal macro labels
- Five-language onboarding (English, Spanish, Catalan, Russian, Ukrainian). The Healthiest Choice runs in English only.
- Two deliveries a week of fresh-cooked food, not weekly delivery of pre-packed meals
HealthyFoodBCN is for the same person — but the one who'd rather hand off the menu-picking entirely. You tell us your goals (cut, recomp, performance, general health), your allergies, your training load. Frank designs the plan, cooks it, and we deliver twice a week. Five-language flow, including Russian and Ukrainian, in case English isn't your only working language.
The price math
The Healthiest Choice doesn't publish per-meal pricing on their landing page, typical of choose-from-menu services where price varies with what you pick. HealthyFoodBCN is transparent: about €44/person/day for two meals and about €60/person/day for a full day, roughly €20 per eating occasion. If you assemble a 40/30/30 lunch + dinner pack with The Healthiest Choice you're probably landing around €10–15 per meal, so we cost more per plate. The difference is that they cook one shared menu you pick from, while Frank cooks each plan individually around your macros, allergies and dislikes. If you want cheap meals off a list, they win on price; if you want a chef cooking your actual plan, that's the premium.
Best-fit recommendation
If you want to assemble your own meals from a transparent macro-labeled menu: stick with The Healthiest Choice. If you want a real chef to design your plan and cook it: try us.
Common questions
Are the meals macro-balanced like The Healthiest Choice's 40/30/30?
We target your macros, not a fixed ratio. Tell us your daily protein and calorie goals (e.g. 2,400 kcal / 180g protein) and Frank builds the plan to hit them. If you want a strict 40/30/30 split or any other ratio, just say so on the form.
Can I see exactly what's in each meal?
Yes. We share calorie and macro breakdowns per meal so you can log them in MyFitnessPal or wherever you track. Easier still if you've given us specific daily targets upfront.
Do you serve the expat community in Barcelona?
Most of our clients are exactly that — busy professionals and expats who don't want to think about food. Site available in English, Spanish, Catalan, Russian and Ukrainian, and Frank handles English-speaking onboarding directly.
Find the plan built for you
Different lives, different plans. Pick the one closest to yours and see how Frank designs the food.
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Want a plan built around you?
Tell us how you eat in a normal week. Frank designs a plan and we deliver twice a week, fresh.