The Citrus Pear Standard

The Citrus Pear Standard was carefully crafted by our team with support from our Chief Nutrition Officer, a registered dietitian nutritionist. We learned from experience: for years, our kitchen hand-modified thousands of orders for gluten, dairy, nut, and other allergies. We took everything those families taught us and built it into every recipe. It’s our commitment that every meal we make is made with ingredients free of the 12 things families most want to avoid: gluten, dairy, soy, sesame, peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, fish, shellfish, MSG, high fructose corn syrup, and seed oils. It applies to every meal on every menu, so there’s nothing to request when you order.

Every meal is made to the Citrus Pear Standard: made with ingredients free of gluten, dairy, soy, sesame, peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, fish, shellfish, MSG, high fructose corn syrup, and seed oils. Our meals are prepared in a shared kitchen, and we cannot guarantee the complete absence of any allergen due to the potential for cross-contact. If you have a severe or life-threatening allergy, please contact us before ordering.

You don’t need it anymore. Those selections asked us to leave ingredients out of your meals one order at a time; now every meal is already free of them from the start. Ordering is three steps: choose your meal size, choose your meals, choose your plan.

No. We no longer modify individual meals, for allergens or for preferences. Every meal is made the same way for every customer so that every meal meets the Citrus Pear Standard. For mushrooms, onions, spice, and corn, use the filters on the menu page to skip meals that contain them.

There’s one set: Corn Free, Mushroom Free, Onion Free, and Not Spicy. Select a filter to hide meals that contain that ingredient (or some heat), so you can build an order from meals that work for your table. You won’t find gluten or dairy filters because you don’t need them; every meal on the menu already meets the Citrus Pear Standard.

We don’t remove them, so we tell you up front. Every meal page lists whether a meal contains mushrooms, onions, or corn, and marks spicy meals with a 🌶. Most of our meals are mild, and our new recipes are being developed with fewer mushrooms and onions on purpose.

No. Corn isn’t one of the nine major allergens, and true corn allergy is rare. A few meals contain corn, most often as a trace ingredient in the bouillon we use rather than as kernels. Any meal that contains corn says so on its meal page, and you can filter it out on the menu.

Every meal is made with ingredients free of gluten, dairy, peanuts, and tree nuts (and the rest of the Citrus Pear Standard). Citrus Pear is not a certified gluten-free facility. Full ingredients and nutrition facts are on every meal page.

A few favorites, like Garlic Chicken, Cajun Chicken Pasta, and Marry Me Chicken, used to ship with parmesan or cream cheese in the recipe. They now ship without it so the meal meets the Citrus Pear Standard, and the instruction card tells you how to finish it: stir in cream cheese or top with parmesan if you like, or use the dairy-free option we list. Same meal, your call.

Yes. A few meals couldn’t be made to the Citrus Pear Standard without becoming a different dish, so we retired them with the October menu. Everything else stays, several with better ingredients: we now make our own ketchup and enchilada sauce, and we replaced tamari with a soy-free sauce.

No. Pricing, bundle savings, and subscription savings are the same.

No. Any allergen preferences saved on your subscription are no longer needed, because every meal already meets the Citrus Pear Standard. You’ll still get your reminder email before each order to pick your meals; the filters work there too.

No. Citrus Pear is not a certified gluten-free facility. The Citrus Pear Standard is an ingredient standard: it tells you what we don’t put in the food. We operate a shared kitchen with allergen controls in place.

Our registered dietitians, led by our Chief Nutrition Officer. The nine major allergens were the starting point; MSG, high fructose corn syrup, and seed oils were added because they’re the ingredients our customers most often told us they didn’t want.

Tell us. Taste, delivery, anything: we’ll make it right, right away. No questions asked. Email contact@citruspear.com.

On the meal page: full ingredients, nutrition facts, what the meal contains (corn, mushrooms, onions, heat), and any optional add-ins. The QR code on your meal label goes to the same place.

Email us at contact@citruspear.com. If you’re managing a serious allergy, please talk with your physician about whether a shared-kitchen product is right for you.