Protein Parmo® Collection
The Protein Parmo® is Macro Based Diet's own high-protein version of Teesside's most famous dish, created by Mike Hind MBE and cooked in our Middlesbrough kitchen. A takeaway parmo can run to 2,000 calories or more. Ours is built the other way round: lean chicken breast, lightly breaded and oven baked rather than deep fried, topped with a low-fat béchamel and mature reduced-fat cheese, and finished so the parmo itself comes in under 500 calories with over 50g of protein.
The flagship is the Protein Parmo® Chicken Parmo Meal, a complete plate with garlic and herb infused white potatoes and a pot of our garlic dip, delivered chilled and ready to heat. Calories and macros are printed on the label like everything else we make, so it fits a cut, a bulk or a maintenance week without guesswork.
Why a healthy parmo, and why us
Every time Teesside is mentioned on national television it is for the calorie count of its parmo. We wanted to give the dish a proper evolution instead of an apology: the same comfort, the same Saturday-night feel, with the numbers of a training meal. It is made in-house, in small batches, by the same team that cooks the rest of our menu, and it is only available from Macro Based Diet.
Protein Parmo is a registered trade mark. After a long fight it was entered on the UK register in August 2025 (trade mark number UK00004184887, owned by Mike Hind MBE), so when you see the name Protein Parmo® you know it is the original, made by us. Read the story behind it.
How to order it
Add it on its own, or add it to any meal prep order so it arrives with the rest of your week. Local orders across every TS postcode come out on our own van on Sunday evening, Monday or Thursday. Everywhere else in mainland UK it travels with DPD on Wednesday, wrapped and packed with ice packs in a keep-cool liner. Just heat and eat, or freeze it on the day it arrives.
The range is growing. Sides and sauces developed to sit alongside the parmo, including our infused potatoes and garlic and yoghurt dip, appear here as they launch. Every online order earns 5% back in Meal Money towards your next one.