EatWell was founded by CEO Dan Wexler and COO Kevin Hall while Master’s students at the Harvard School of Public Health. They were joined by Michelin-trained chef and culinary health coach Adriana Katekawa as Culinary & Education Director. Initially incubated in the Harvard Innovation Labs, much of the development that led to EatWell’s current offering was born out of a community needs assessment with families in Mattapan and Dorchester, evaluating healthy shopping, cooking, and eating barriers, as well as meal kit impact. EatWell began selling directly to consumers at farmers markets and community centers. The time spent in local neighborhoods afforded significant insights into the challenges' food insecure populations face, the impact of EatWell’s solution, and the fit the meal kit and recipes had within a community member’s daily life.

By 2022, EatWell had been reborn as a prescription healthcare tool, serving eligible for patients via Mass Health ACO’s Flexible Services program. Many of EatWell’s early prescription pilots began with health centers they previously collaborated with for emergency food relief. During this time, EatWell also focused on collecting impact evidence, validating the benefits meal kits have on patients’ health and well-being. Today, while still providing nutritious meals to families struggling with food insecurity, meal kits are now purchased by health insurers who want to improve the health of their patients with preventive nutrition.

All of EatWell’s meal kits are made by production team members hired from food-insecure communities. Meal kits are produced in the heart of Dorchester, MA, at CommonWealth Kitchen.