Susten vs Gousto
Gousto delivers measured ingredients for 2 to 5 recipes a week, from a menu of over 200. Susten plans breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for your whole week, then writes your shopping list. Choose Gousto if you want a large menu and no shopping. Choose Susten if you want the whole week planned around your goals.
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Which suits you
Choose Gousto if
- You don't want to do a food shop.
- You want to choose from over 200 recipes a week.
- You want every ingredient measured out for you.
- You cook for one and want dinners delivered.
Choose Susten if
- You want breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks planned together.
- You eat to calorie or macro targets.
- The people at your table eat different amounts.
- You already do a weekly Tesco or Sainsbury's shop.
Susten plans up to 28 meals a week. Gousto's largest box has 5 recipes.
Gousto sends 2 to 5 recipes a week. Susten plans breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for every day, and puts all of it on one shopping list.
28 of 28 meals
Every meal, planned to your goals. Leftovers cover some lunches. One shopping list for all of it.
From an earlier dinner
5 of 28 meals
Gousto's boxes have 2 to 5 recipes a week. You can add desserts and drinks from Gousto Market, and its menu has ready meals.
In the boxYou plan and shop for it
Each person gets their own portion.
In Gousto's 2- and 4-person boxes, every portion of a recipe is the same size. Susten gives each person at your table a small, medium or large portion. Your shopping list covers every portion.
Beef chilli with kidney beans
- You, small384 kcal
- Alex, large769 kcal
- Ella, medium514 kcal
A small portion is about three quarters of a medium. A large is about one and a half. The shopping list covers all 3.
Box for 3Smoky chilli con carne with rice
- Serving 1726 kcal
- Serving 2726 kcal
- Serving 3726 kcal
Gousto's figure per portion, from its menu for the week of 10 October 2026. Its 2- and 4-person boxes use the same portion. Its 1-person box has larger portions.
What you pay
Gousto charges for each box. The price of a portion falls as the box gets bigger. Susten charges nothing during early access, and you buy your food at Tesco or Sainsbury's.
- Susten is free during early access. You don't need a card, so nothing charges you when it ends.
- You pay your supermarket for your food. Susten shows its shelf prices. With a Tesco Clubcard or a Nectar card, you can switch to their member prices.
- You buy whole packs. Cupboard items like oil and spices last longer than one week.
- Any delivery or collection charge is extra.
Price per portion, before delivery- 1 person, 4 recipes£7.82
- 2 people, 2 recipes£7.00
- 2 people, 4 recipes£4.82
- 2 people, 5 recipes£4.65
- 4 people, 5 recipes£3.20
- Delivery is £3.99 a box. For 4 recipes for 2 people, a week costs £42.51 with delivery.
- Some recipes cost £0.50 to £3.50 more a portion.
- New customers get 50% off the first box, 40% off the second and 20% off boxes 3 to 8. Full price starts at box 9.
- Full prices from Gousto's box prices page, 7 October 2026.
Point by point
What it is
sustenA meal planner. It plans your week and writes your Tesco or Sainsbury's shopping list.
A recipe box. It delivers ingredients and recipe cards for the recipes you choose.
Meals it covers
sustenBreakfast, lunch and dinner for every day you plan, and snacks if you want them.
2 to 5 recipes a week. You can add desserts, drinks and ready meals.
Who it feeds
sustenYou and up to 10 others. Each person gets a small, medium or large portion.
1 to 5 people. In its 2- and 4-person boxes, every portion of a recipe is the same size.
The menu
susten180 recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.
215 recipes on its menu for the week of 10 October 2026, 46 of them with a surcharge.
Your goals
sustenPlans each day to your own calorie and macro targets. Without targets, you pick your portion size.
You choose recipes, with filters such as Under 600kcal and 30g+ Protein.
Diets and allergies
sustenVegetarian, vegan or pescatarian. It leaves out allergens such as gluten, dairy, nuts, egg and sesame. A shared meal leaves out what anyone eating it avoids. Always check the label on the pack.
Filters for vegetarian, plant-based, gluten-free and dairy-free recipes.
The shopping
sustenYou add the list to your Tesco or Sainsbury's basket, in about three minutes.
None. The ingredients arrive measured. You need a few cupboard staples, such as oil.
Cost
sustenFree during early access. You pay your supermarket for the food you buy.
£3.20 to £10.25 a portion, by box size, plus £3.99 delivery a box.
Commitment
sustenNo box to skip or cancel. You plan the weeks you want.
Skip, pause or cancel at any time, by noon three days before delivery. It also sells one-off boxes.
Delivery
sustenYour supermarket delivers, or you collect. You book the slot with them.
Any day, 8am to 7pm. You don't need to be in.
How Susten works
- 1
Tell Susten about your table.
Your goals, your diet and who you cook for. Each person gets their own portion size.
- 2
Susten plans your week.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, to your targets and how you like to cook. Swap any meal you don't fancy.
- 3
Susten writes your shopping list.
Susten matches each item to a Tesco or Sainsbury's product and shows its price. You add them to your basket in about three minutes.
It's free while we build it. You don't need a card.
Tesco Chicken Breast Fillets 320gIn 3 recipes · £3.50/ea×2£7.00
Tesco Pure Vegetable Oil 1LIn 2 recipes · £1.85/ea×1£1.85
Big & Fresh Barn Eggs Large 10 PackIn 1 recipe · £2.15/ea×1£2.15
Tesco Plain Flour 1.5KgIn 2 recipes · £0.85/ea×1£0.85Questions about Susten and Gousto
A good week starts with one decision, not seven.
Answer a few questions. Susten plans your first week.
- No card needed
- Free while we build it