Bone broth has always been a thing, but more recently it’s graduated from a pantry item/soup starter to a full-blown meal trend, with folks sipping warm broth like an afternoon latte.
Advocates of adding bone broth to your diet point to its health benefits including a high concentration of protein, collagen and nutrients, along with low levels of sugar and carbs as a healthy way to inject your body with important fuel—especially during the winter. For many of these same reasons, bone broth and bone broth cleanses appeal to folks adhering to a keto or paleo diet, too.
With the bone broth fad has come a flood of broth purveyors from the high-end organic bunch to more affordable brands and even bone broths engineered for a keto diet springing up in the market. Most will ship their full arsenal of uniquely flavored broths to your door, and you can even start a bone broth subscription to keep healthy and nutritious chicken, beef and other broth, flowing to your home regularly.
Here are a few of the best healthy bone broths to have delivered to your home and keep on hand this winter.
Best bone broths for winter nutrition
This organic bone broth company separates itself from the pack by offering heartier, more fully formed soups made from a bone broth base. In addition to standard beef, chicken or turkey bone broth, you can get a tomato basil, broccoli cheddar or creamy mushroom that’s still nutrient-packed and low in calories.
Bonafide also offers a line of keto bone broths that contain MCT oil, which is said to aid in ketone production. And none of them are watered down with vegetable stock like some other brands.
Very particular about how and with what they make their all-organic soups, Bonafide includes a massive list of no-no ingredients on their website. You can order these broths individually for about $7.50 per 12-ounce broth or soup (ships frozen), or start a subscription and save 10% on each ($6.75).
Brodo is one of the brands that helped usher in the bone broth revolution several years ago. With five locations in NYC, there was a moment when cups of bone broth seemed to dethrone double lattes during the colder months. Though the fad may have simmered down just a bit, healthy bone broth is still alive and well in New York, and Brodo now makes its signature organic broths available nationwide, either through a one-time order or a broth subscription.
The tasty Brodo broths available for order include chicken; beef; vegan mushroom seaweed; and a hearty blend of chicken, beef and turkey. Sampler boxes broth start at $34 and gets cheaper the more you order.
Bare Bones has convenience at the forefront of its business model, offering powdered bone broth mix or “instant bone broth beverage” along with pouches of liquid bone broth for delivery nationwide. A 16-pack of instant bone broth packets runs $25 for a one-time order and comes only in beef, while its liquid broths, sold in pouches, come in a variety of flavors including beef, chicken and turkey. They’re priced at about $10 per 16-ounce pouch.
This brand launched a line of bone broth based juices (stay with me) to try and capture broth-lovers in those on-the-go moments. Despite the juice aspect of it all, these bone broths are actually meant to be sipped warm. With combinations like chicken bone and beet slush, spicy greens and even a beef broth drink with coffee and cocoa, these boldly flavored broth drinks are probably more for the adventurous.
The broth-juice hybrids start at $69 for a 6-pack of 16-ounce bottles.
If you’re looking to score some of the many health benefits of bone broth but don’t have the space to store all those mason jars, bone broth collagen powder might be a good option. Beloved by paleo and keto dieters for its high-protein, high-fat, low-carb makeup, most people drop it into hot water for a sort of reconstituted bone broth, but it can be added to sauces or mixed with nut milk too. A 12-ounce jar of bone collagen powder runs about $40 and is available in cocoa, vanilla and plain.
This broth company makes a variety of bone broths in fun flavors like turkey cranberry sage broth, and beef jalapeno and sea salt broth. They’re also some of the most affordable of bone broths on this list, with a six-pack clocking in at around $40. Epic’s bone broths are shelf stable and only require refrigeration after opening.
Kettle & Fire is another quality bone broth and soup purveyor based in San Francisco. In addition to bone broths in traditional beef and chicken, Kettle & Fire offers a few more jazzed-up flavors like coconut curry, lemongrass ginger pho and chipotle beef. A 17-ounce box runs about $8 but they become cheaper the more you order, including through a subscription option.
This is one of the more mass-produced bone broths on our list but a good pick, especially if you’re on a budget. Pacific broths come in simple flavors like chicken, beef and mushroom, but don’t seem as engineered to be drunk straight out of the box as some of the others. These broths have a more bland taste but still pack 9 grams of protein per serving and run about $5 per carton.
Bone broth FAQs
What’s the difference between broth and stock?
If you’re wondering exactly what broth is and how it differs from stock, well, things are about to get a little confusing. All the bone broths on the market are actually also stocks, since they are made from animal bones, along with vegetables, aromatics, spices and oftentimes a splash of vinegar. Bones are where broth or stock get most of their healthy collagen — one of the most significant selling points of bone broth — but since “broth” is a larger umbrella category, it isn’t wrong to call them that either.
Bone broth contains a high concentration of protein, collagen and nutrients with low levels of sugar and carbs. No matter what you call it, healthy bone broth makes a warming, protein- and nutrient-packed lunch or mid-meal snack. It’s also something you should have on hand to start a Sunday stew or healthy soup to last you all week.
Does bone broth have too much sodium?
Many bone broths have high levels of sodium, especially those meant for cooking. If you’re consuming bone broth straight as a healthy snack or light meal, look for a bone broth with less than 400 grams of sodium per serving.
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