Mumbai’s new-age meal delivery services think inside the box. Vegan, vegetarian, global and calorie-counting -- these new-age lunch delivery services in Mumbai make the grade. Read the full story on CNNGo.com here.

Until a few years ago, the dabba or the Indian lunch box (transported from residences to offices) was made of steel, stacked three, sometimes five, storeys high and contained a traditional Indian meal of rotis, pulses, vegetables and rice.

Since then, the urban office meal has come a long way. It’s been flattened into ready-to-microwave trays, folded into cardboard boxes and calorie-counted into individual diet dishes.

Filling them is a self-consciously health-conscious brigade of chefs, but the method of delivery is still the same -- the network of some 5,000 local dabbawallahs or delivery men, whose logistics have amazed everyone from business school faculty to Prince Charles.

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For the paranoid eater: Calorie Care

Leave all meal-time calculations to these guys, who deliver breakfast, lunch and dinner in calorie-counted trays.

The menu -- developed by Lisa Sarah John, nutritionist to the National Cricket Academy -- features Indian and international meal plans based on your health goals, including weight loss, muscle gain, and sodium and sugar restrictions.

Co-founder Cyrus Driver recommends the daily gourmet soup and salad plan that he orders himself.

“You’ll find yourself waiting for Niçoise salad day,” he says.

Call +91 (0) 22 24122100 or order online at www.caloriecare.com. Delivery all over Mumbai, Rs 130 for a small Indian dabba and Rs 150 for international cuisine.

For the star-struck: Foodizm

Foodizm benefits from Bollywood film stars, pictured here with their dabba delivery men.

Endorsed by a fistful of Bollywood stars (note the starry speech bubbles on Foodizm's website) this new tiffin service will impress you in one take.

Healthy-chic meals consisting of everything from ratatouille and papaya salad to roasted tomato soup and coconut chicken curry are delivered in sealed, microwaveable trays that travel surprisingly well.

On the website, actor and fitness freak John Abraham calls Foodizm “very healthy and overall well-balanced.” Thanks John. That helps.

Call +91 (0) 22 65118001, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Delivery from Malad to Colaba, minimum five meals, starting at Rs 109 per meal; www.foodizm.in

For the globe-trotter: Love Lunch

It is because of Love Lunch that Mumbai’s hipsters eat at work. The first truly trendy dabba delivery in Mumbai, the family behind this venture whips up Japanese, Burmese, Sri Lankan and other global treats. They don’t however, have an all-vegetarian option, can be reached by email only, are more expensive and usually have a long wait list.

For menu and rates email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , delivery all over Mumbai, Rs 265 per dabba.

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