Opting for ready meals may seem like cutting corners when it comes to eating well, but the brand new Live Clean range is set to turn that on its head.
Health foods and fitness retailer MuscleFood.com has launched Live Clean, which claims to be the UK’s first ever ready meal range free of additives and preservatives.
The different ready meals are all under 500 calories, and made with nothing but natural ingredients, making them a nutritious and easy meal for busy health fans.
Unlike other ready meals, the Live Clean range has been developed to offer a wide balance of different nutrients through the inclusion of different vegetables, juices and sauces. The range currently consists of beef lasagne with roasted Italian vegetables, an oriental chicken pad Thai with crunchy Asian vegetables, Persian lime chicken with quinoa, balsamic steak with potato gratin and Korean pork with egg fried rice.
The dishes, were designed with taste as well as nutrition in mind, and to bring the best out in every element each meal comes with timing instructions.
Each dish is made up of fresh foods, so to ensure the meal is cooked to its best ingredients are separated with clear and simple timing guidance. This way the meals are cooked to precision and avoid the risk of being disappointingly dry or burned at the edges.
The range caters for a wide variety of customers, including fitness fanatics, health conscious professionals, busy parents and anyone wanting to slim down or get lean. Live Clean meals are designed to be fresh, have less calories, no added sugar and more vegetables without compromising on flavour. 
The ready meals make quick and nutritious working lunches as well wholesome dinners that can be whipped up in minutes. Each cost effective dish includes a nutritional breakdown on the package, and all of them are free of additives and preservatives.
They retail from £4.50 and can also be purchased in groups of seven via the Muscle Food website. More dishes are soon to be introduced, including slim range red Thai fish curry and spaghetti Bolognese.
Darren Beale from Musclefood.com said: “There is a bit of an unhealthy stigma attached to ready meals that we felt sure we could dispel with our Live Clean range. There is no reason why ready meals shouldn’t be packed with nutrition and free of the additives and preservatives many of us try to avoid. Each ingredient has been carefully considered to create a delicious meal that is healthy and balanced, with nothing unnatural.
“Since launching we have already seen a huge number sold, and some of the meals are still selling out. We think this is because they appeal to a wide range of busy yet health conscious people who look for straight forward and tasty dishes with no fuss.
“We’ll soon be introducing some vibrant new additions to the range which we are very excited about, and feel sure will go down just as well.”