Hong Kong’s healthy meal delivery services for the time-challenged
Eating healthily in Hong Kong has never been easier, even for time-pressed professionals, with at least 15 healthy food delivery companies operating, and customised meal plans widely available
You can’t exercise away a bad diet, and fortunately an increasing array of healthy food options in Hong Kong in recent years has made healthy eating much easier. These days, you hardly need to lift a finger to have healthy food on your plate, thanks to the city’s growing healthy food delivery scene.
There are at least 15 such companies operating in the city, with many offering customised meal plans that can cost more than HK$1,000 for a week’s worth of meals. Vanessa Ruzzica, a 33-year-old global communications manager, has tried five delivery companies.
“If you’re spending HK$1,000 a session on a workout, it doesn’t make sense to waste all that effort on bad food which is going to undo all your hard work,” says the Frenchwoman, whose fitness regime includes weightlifting and muay Thai.
Ruzzica thinks it’s a lot of money, but well spent. She used to spend more than four hours a week preparing healthy meals that fit her “macros” – a specific amount of fat, protein, carbohydrate and calories tailored to her fitness regimen. Now, she saves time and stress by leaving it to a food delivery company.
“When you have a very precise goal – from weight gain, to weight loss or performance-related goals – not eating the right thing, or not knowing what you’re eating next, can be quite stressful,” says Ruzzica.
Peter Fok, 52, signed up for weekday lunch and dinner delivery from Nutrition Kitchen as there were few healthy eating options around his workplace in Lai Chi Kok. “My main aim was to eat healthily and watch my sodium and carbohydrate intake so that, in conjunction with exercise, I could slowly lose weight,” says Fok, who works in logistics. In six weeks on the programme, Fok lost four kilograms.
