Stephen Co

By creating healthy alternatives to Filipino favourites, this Gen.T honouree proves how science and innovation are best showcased through food 

- Ryanne Stephanie Cheng Co

Stephen Co, the co-founder and CEO of WTH Foods, is passionate about gastronomy. He then applied his adeptness at science and innovation to his passion by founding a company that rides on the current demands for healthy eating. Under his helm, WTH Foods has created plant-based alternatives to traditional, well-loved foods such as sisig and longganisa to convince fellow Filipinos that eating well is living well.

In 2020, my co-founders and I created Worth the Health or WTH Foods at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

We are a plant-based alternative protein startup to help feed 10 billion people by 2050 with delicious, nutritious, convenient and sustainable plant-based protein creations. We spent most of 2019 researching local plant-based proteins, which we can turn into plant-based meats. Again, we looked to our farmers for local, sustainable ingredients, such as mung beans, jackfruit, coconut oil and seaweed.