About SeniorDeli

Restoring dignity and joy in eating for those with swallowing difficulties.

Our story

SeniorDeli was founded in 2013 and entered the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park (HKSTP) incubation programme after 18 months of clinical research with HKU and HKUST. Today SeniorDeli operates across 200+ GBA care homes and hospitals (as of Q2 2026), co-authored the T/SATA 094-2025 dysphagia food standard in 2025, and holds 7 proprietary care food processing patents. The company is a registered social enterprise and an active HKU industry-academia-research collaboration.

Unlike Western approaches that rely on pureed textures, SeniorDeli's core technologies preserve the original look, flavour, and nutrition of food. People with dysphagia can finally enjoy a normal eating experience again — food they can see, smell, and taste.

Today, SeniorDeli serves 200+ care homes and hospitals across Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. In Hong Kong, distribution is handled by Getz Bros, committed to making dysphagia care food accessible in a commercially sustainable way.

SeniorDeli's entrepreneurial journey has been written up as a Harvard Business Publishing teaching case study (W33928), used by leading business schools worldwide as research material on social innovation and care economy entrepreneurship.

200+

Care homes & hospitals (GBA)

as of Q2 2026

7

Invention patents

17+

Awards won

Illustrative

SeniorDeli's IDDSI 4 thickener became standard issue for our 80-bed nursing home — staff training was effortless and residents accepted the texture from day one.

Care Home Operations Manager

Operations Manager · Nursing Home, Greater Bay Area

Key milestones

  1. 2013

    Founded in Hong Kong

    Asaptic Ltd was incorporated with a mission to use technology to improve the diet of people with dysphagia.

  2. 2014-16

    Cambridge ideaSpace & Imperial College incubation

    Joined the University of Cambridge ideaSpace and Imperial College London entrepreneurship programmes, laying the foundation for our core enzyme-based softening technology.

  3. 2017

    HKU iDendron incubation

    Joined HKU's iDendron entrepreneurship programme to deepen R&D and clinical validation.

  4. 2018

    Joined HKSTP

    Set up an R&D and operations base at the Hong Kong Science Park with the support of HKSTP.

  5. 2019

    Entered the mainland market

    Expanded into the Greater Bay Area through the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone and opened a Shenzhen office.

  6. 2021

    Future Food Asia champion · Angel round

    Won the Future Food Asia Award in Singapore and closed an angel round led by Singapore-based ID Capital.

  7. 2025

    GBA & dysphagia standards drafter

    Led the drafting of three GBA care food group standards: T/SATA 084-2025, T/SATA 085-2025, and T/SATA 094-2025 (General Requirements of Dysphagia Food for Elderly Care) — published in September 2025 by 深圳市分析測試協會.

  8. Today

    200+ institutional clients · 12K+ family caregivers

    Serving 200+ hospitals and eldercare homes across the Greater Bay Area (as of Q2 2026), with an active cross-border caregiver community via the 康乐龄 WeChat Mini-Programme.

SeniorDeli at Hong Kong Age Tech Expo 2024 (香港樂齡科技展 2024)

SeniorDeli at Hong Kong Age Tech Expo 2024

Academic & research partners

University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

University of Cambridge

Imperial College London

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Sun Yat-sen University

China Agricultural University

Harvard Business School case study

The founding team's entrepreneurial journey has been written up as a Harvard Business School teaching case, discussed in classrooms at leading business schools worldwide as a model for social innovation and food-tech entrepreneurship.

Incubators & accelerators

United Kingdom

  • Cambridge ideaSpace
  • Imperial College London

Hong Kong

  • HKU iDendron
  • HKSTP
  • HKUST
  • HKIB Stars Programme

Mainland China

  • CAS Incubator
  • Qianhai Dream Factory
  • HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute Laboratory

See also

Real-World Case Studies →Clinical Evidence →Our Technology →

Want to learn more?

Our team would be glad to discuss how SeniorDeli can supply care foods to your institution.

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