Alberts
Alberts NV offers an innovative automated healthy snacking solution through its flagship product, the Alberts One blending station. This compact robotic system prepares a variety of fresh blends such as smoothies and soups from IQF ingredients, minimizing food waste and ecological footprint. The solution targets food service, vending, employee and student feeding, and retail sectors, providing 24/7 access to personalized healthy snacks with minimal maintenance. Alberts combines food robotics with AI-driven personalization via its app, enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency. The company is positioned as a sustainable, convenient alternative to traditional food service, with clients including corporate, healthcare, and retail organizations in Belgium.
Alberts
Alberts NV offers an innovative automated healthy snacking solution through its flagship product, the Alberts One blending station. This compact robotic system prepares a variety of fresh blends such as smoothies and soups from IQF ingredients, minimizing food waste and ecological footprint. The solution targets food service, vending, employee and student feeding, and retail sectors, providing 24/7 access to personalized healthy snacks with minimal maintenance. Alberts combines food robotics with AI-driven personalization via its app, enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency. The company is positioned as a sustainable, convenient alternative to traditional food service, with clients including corporate, healthcare, and retail organizations in Belgium.
TL;DR
Product: Alberts One — autonomous blending robot dispensing fresh smoothies, soups and shakes
Market: Food service, vending, employee/student feeding, and retail
Tech: Patented dispensing/blending using IQF (frozen) ingredient cartridges; AI-driven personalization via app
Team size: 34 employees (reported)
Funding: Reported total funding $430,000 (USD); last funding date 2020-08-06; grant involvement by EIT Food
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Reducing food waste and improving access to convenient healthy food options in retail, corporate, healthcare, and vending contexts.
Industry
Food-tech / Food robotics / Vending
Funding Track Record
Crunchbase lists a grant round with EIT Food named as a funder/lead; total funding reported as $430,000 (USD) and last funding date 2020-08-06.
Investor Signal
“EIT Food (grant funder/lead)”