Bento begins with food, but it doesn’t end there.

Bento provides free medically-tailored groceries to approved Medicaid patients with qualifying chronic conditions. This food-is-medicine approach improves patient health, reduces costs, and creates engagement that grows trust.

Once we've earned trust, we drive lasting behavior change through a comprehensive treatment plan that includes health coaching and the closing of key care gaps including PCP visits, medication adherence, and more.

And the great news is, Bento is now available in the Capital Region of New York. Counties include: Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Schoharie.

Bring Bento to your Organization

Did you know?

Studies show that medically tailored nutrition can reduce hospital admissions by 63% and healthcare costs by 16%*

Berkowitz SA, Terranova J, Randall L, Cranston K, Waters DB, Hsu J. Association Between Receipt of a Medically Tailored Meal Program and Health Care Use. JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(6):786–793

Why bring Bento to your patients?

Bringing Bento to your patients not only addresses their chronic conditions holistically but also engages them consistently for six months. This long-term intervention encourages lasting behavior change, improves adherence to care plans, and creates more opportunities to strengthen relationships between you and your patients.

If you are a healthcare provider, managed care provider, social worker, or community services provider in the Capital Region, we are here to support your Medicaid patients with qualifying conditions and improve their health outcomes.

Get your patients eating healthier!

The Bento difference

94%

of members have more trust in the organization that offered Bento

Member Support from Real People

Multiple Languages

Power in Choice

Stigma-Free

95%

of approved applicants activate the Bento service

Customizable Programs

Medically Tailored

Nutrition Coaching

77%

of members reported improved nutrition/health knowledge

Powerful Data Insights

Optimize Programs and Services

Cost Savings

70%

of our members order groceries each week

Builds Real Connections to Patients

Food as Engagement Leads to Better Total Health Outcomes

Connect Your Patients to Bento

What comes in a Bento order?

Each Bento order is tailored specifically to the health needs of our members by our team of Registered Dietitians. We include ingredients from around the store - not just produce - that members can use to create well-balanced, healthy meals.

How we engineer engagement

Step 1

Bento Registered Dietitians curate grocery orders that are perfectly aligned with disease-specific nutrition guidelines for qualifying patients with chronic conditions.
This includes items from the whole store: fresh produce, snacks, spices, oils, and pantry items.
Step 2

The Bento software matches members to grocery order options based on their disease risk factors, dietary restrictions, cultural preferences, and location.
Step 3

Members order free groceries each week and realize it’s convenient, customized, and quick. They know Bento is reliable, easy to use, and stigma-free. This grows trust.
This is why Bento members utilize 70% of their full potential food benefit.
Step 4

Trust leads to deeper engagement with services like nutrition coaching and care navigation.
The outcome is better medication adherence, more PCP appointments and follow-up, and deeper engagement with plan resources. In short: meaningful lifestyle change.

Our recipe for success

Low-barrier enrollment + frictionless ordering

Our Registered Dietitians design grocery orders that are specific to each individual’s condition, all via frictionless technology. There’s no app required.

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We protect dignity + grow trust

Our medically-tailored groceries are fresh, convenient, and personalized. No waiting in lines. No hoops to jump through.

We build trust through grocery delivery. Our care coordinators then turn that trust into high-value health actions that address our members’ needs and our partners’ costs.

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Not just another box

Our Registered Dietitians have access to the ENTIRE grocery store to craft each order, not just the produce section. So our orders are well-rounded, appetizing, and seasonally updated. Oh, and they come in grocery bags, not boxes - they’re freshly shopped and delivered with no stigma.

It’s time to approach health differently