KITRO seeks to raise awareness and tackle food waste, designing sustainable products that enables the food & beverage industry to take measures to address the growing issue.

Our vision is to bring back the value of all food, so it is appreciated and not wasted. Developing technology to measure each restaurant's impact, we provide the industry with a benchmark through data collection, a starting point from which to tackle food waste.

Our story

Founded in 2017, KITRO is a Swiss startup embarking on a global challenge by harnessing the power of technology and using it for sustainable change. With artificial intelligence as the foundation, KITRO offers an automated food waste data collection and analysis solution that can be adopted by food and beverage outlets worldwide.
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Created by hospitality insiders, the company strives to bring back the value of valuable resources, so they are appreciated and not wasted.

During their studies at the École hôtelière de Lausanne and working in restaurants and hotels, cofounders Naomi and Anastasia saw the tremendous amount of perfectly edible food that is thrown away every single day in the hospitality industry.

With first-hand experience in the hospitality industry and computer science, the KITRO team is committed to bringing an innovative solution to food waste, integrating technology into commercial kitchens, and bringing actionable insights to the issue of food waste. We continue to build KITRO together with industry professionals to create a user-oriented product that is easy to use and makes sense.