
We share joy with you and the planet
we call home.
Our Purpose.
We know the struggle.
The Founders Behind the Mission.
We're Francis and Matey, the co-founders of Food With Benefits. As fitness enthusiasts and HKUST graduates, we experienced the struggle of staying nourished during a busy day. But we saw a bigger problem - the immense waste of perfectly good produce. We started FWB with a simple belief - what's good for you should also be good for the planet.

We're a food-tech social enterprise.
THE DUAL PROBLEMS WE SOLVE
Health is often an invisible crisis. In Hong Kong, 95% of us don't get enough fruits and vegetables daily, and nearly 30% of elderly face malnutrition. Meanwhile, our food system is broken: 15% of global produce never reaches a plate. Perfectly fresh but "ugly" or oversupplied fruit is wasted at farms, while more spoils during transport. We need a solution that transforms this invisible waste into accessible nutrition for all.
Our Solution:
Healthy Functional Foods
This is where healthy functional foods provide the answer. By upcycling nutrient-rich, surplus produce or food waste and turning them into convenient and accessible formats, we can directly address malnutrition and food waste simultaneously. Our choice of food becomes a powerful tool, nourishing our own bodies while nourishing the planet we call home.
about us
Food With Benefits (FWB), established in 2022, is a food-tech social enterprise incubated at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Hong Kong Science Park (HKSTP). Our mission is to leverage innovative food technology to craft premium functional foods while reducing food waste.
Our philosophy is simple. Healthy. Convenient. Upcycled.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
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Champion | Hong Kong Social Enterprise Challenge (HKSEC) 2024-25
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Winning Team | Start-up Pitching Series at ReThink HK 2025: Innovative Solutions in the Agrifood Sector​
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Awardee | Social Enterprise Supporter Award 2024
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Winning Team | Qianhai Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Taiwan Youth Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition 2023​
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Incubatee | HKSTP Incubation Program
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Awardee | HKUST Entrepreneurship Development Fund​
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Awardee | Chan Dang Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Award​
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2nd Prize | The 8th Hong Kong University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition ​
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2nd Prize | The 9th Hong Kong University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition ​
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Awardee | Well Being·Start-Up Program by Hong Kong Housing Authority



