Jimmy Joy vs Yfood Comparison (2026 update)

Updated on 17/06/2026

Both Jimmy Joy and yfood provide nutritionally complete meals. This comparison will help you understand the contents of each meal so you can make the right choice to support your lifestyle and goals.

Ultimately, you decide what the best meal shake, bar, or drink is!

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• Plenny Shake vs yfood Vegan Powder
• Plenny Drink vs yfood Vegan Drink
• Plenny Bar vs yfood Bar

What are the main differences between Jimmy Joy and yfood?

• Vegan range: every Plenny product — shake, drink, pot, bar, protein — is plant-based. yfood's vegan options are limited to its vegan drink and vegan powder; its bars and classic powder are milk-based.
• Price: yfood is competitive here — a touch cheaper on the powder and the drink per calorie. Jimmy Joy is the better value on bars, where one Plenny Bar is a full 400 kcal meal rather than a snack.
• Ingredients: Plenny uses oats as a whole-food complex-carb base, with real-fruit flavour, inulin and probiotics. yfood's vegan meals are built on soy/pea/sunflower protein, vegetable oils and starches.
• Packaging: Plenny Drink's 330 ml carton ships less water than yfood's 500 ml bottle — a lower footprint, and a carton rather than plastic.

Plenny Shake vs yfood Vegan Powder

Let’s compare our longest standing side by side: our nutritionally complete meal shakes.

There are various points on which we think Jimmy Joy offers a similar experience to yfood but at a much better price point.

 

Per 400  Kcal	Plenny Shake v4.0 (Vanilla)	yfood Vegan Powder (Vanilla)
Pricing in €	€1,75	€1,98
Fat (g)	15	17
Carbs (g)	38	34
Fibre (g)	7,6	6,0
Protein (g)	25	26
Subscription discount	20%	15%
Quick and smooth mixing	✅	✅
100% nutritionally complete	✅	✅
Vegan Prebiotic (inulin) Probiotics	✅ ✅ ✅	✅ ❌ ❌
Vitamins and minerals	26	26

Remarks

• Very close on macros: near-identical protein (25 vs 26 g), carbs and fat. Plenny has a little more fibre (7,6 vs 6,0 g).
• Plenny Shake is cheaper than yfood, for the same nutrition.
• Plenny Shake adds inulin, probiotics and real-fruit flavouring, and uses oats as a whole-food complex-carb base. yfood's powder is built on soy, pea and sunflower protein with vegetable oils and starches.
• yfood's powder is gluten-free; Plenny Shake contains oats (gluten cross-contamination), so it isn't.

Conclusion

A genuinely close match. Plenny Shake leads on fibre, inulin + probiotics, real-fruit flavour, oat-based whole-food carbs and its price.

 

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Plenny Drink vs yfood Vegan Drink

Let’s compare our nutritionally complete Ready-To-Drinks, side by side. There are various points on which we think Jimmy Joy offers a similar experience to yfood, but at a much better price point.

They offer a bigger meal than ours, 500 kcal vs 400 kcal. For an equal comparison, we’ll make a comparison per 400 kcal.

Per 400 kcal	Plenny Drink (Vanilla)	yfood Vegan Drink
Pricing per 400 kcal	€3,19	€2,71
Fat (g)	15	22
Carbs (g)	45	23
Fibre (g)	5,9	10
Protein (g)	20	22
Subscription discount	20%	15%
Packaging	Tetra pack	Plastic bottle
100% nutritionally complete	✅	✅
Packed per	330ml	500ml

 

Remarks

• Plenny Drink's advantage: much lower fat (15 vs 22 g), oat-based complex carbs, and a smaller carton — less water shipped, a lower carbon footprint, and a recyclable carton rather than a plastic bottle.
• Jimmy Joy has more B12, which is important as the body absorbs it in smaller amounts. (Check out this article on our vitamin B12 amounts.)
• Similarly, Jimmy Joy adds more vitamin D to the Plenny Drink because it's considered an often-under-consumed nutrient.
• In the case of vitamin C, Jimmy Joy recognises the value of antioxidants in our diets. Therefore, they add more of it to the Plenny Drink to ensure that consumers receive an ample amount.

 

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Plenny Bar vs yfood Bar

A key difference up front: Plenny Bar is a full 400 kcal vegan meal; yfood's bar is a 180 kcal milk-based snack (not vegan). To compare like-for-like we scale both to 400 kcal.

Per 400 kcal	Plenny Bar (Caramel Sea Salt)	yfood Bar (Salted Caramel)
Pricing per bar	€2,80	€5,91
Fat (g) Of which saturates (g)	18 1,4	12 8,7
Carbs (g)	33	38
Sugar (g)	5,3	5,6
Fibre (g)	7,9	29
Protein (g)	25	31
Subscription discount	20%	15%
Vegan	✅	❌
Prebiotic (inulin)	✅	❌
Probiotic	✅	❌
Vitamins and minerals	26	25
100% nutritionally complete meal	✅	❌

Remarks

• Jimmy Joy uses only plant-based ingredients to sustain our health and the planet. yfood uses animal sources instead
• yfood's bar is a 180 kcal snack, so the per-400-kcal column scales it ~2.2×, which inflates its protein and fibre. One actual yfood bar is 14 g protein, 13 g fibre, 180 kcal — it's a snack, not a meal.
• yfood Bar contains more fibre and more sugar alcohols. Excessive consumption may induce laxative effects, as stated on their product.
• yfood Bar has 6 times more saturated fats compared to Jimmy Joy’s Plenny Bar.
• yfood bars do not contain vitamin C.
• Plenny Bar provides a minimum of 20% of the RI of essential micronutrients, while yfood Bar provides 15%.

Conclusion

Per 400 kcal, yfood's bar works out far pricier (€5,91 vs €2,80), it's a snack rather than a meal, and it isn't vegan. Plenny Bar is a complete 400 kcal plant-based meal with probiotics and inulin — the clear pick for a vegan meal bar.

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Wrapping it up

If you're eating plant-based, the biggest difference is range: every Jimmy Joy product is vegan, while yfood's vegan options stop at its drink and one powder — its bars and classic powder are milk-based.

yfood makes genuinely good products, and on the powder and drink the two brands are close, with yfood slightly cheaper per calorie. Where Jimmy Joy pulls clearly ahead for a vegan eater is breadth (a full vegan meal in every format), whole-food oat-based carbs, real-fruit flavour, inulin + probiotics, and lighter, lower-footprint packaging.

The decision of which nutritionally complete food to use is a personal one, connected to your own goals. Whichever you choose, you're most likely taking a step toward a more sustainable lifestyle.

We're confident Plenny meals taste better and mix smoother — but we'll let you be the judge. That's why we encourage you to try both and see which you prefer.

Unlike many alternatives, we offer a 60-day money-back guarantee even if you've already opened the meals. If for any reason you're not happy, contact us at love@jimmyjoy.com for a full refund — no questions asked.