Kitro vs Winnow

KITRO is a Swiss food waste tracking service for professional kitchens. Winnow is a food waste system for commercial kitchens. Both are listed under Food Waste Tracking & Reduction. Where the profiles show a difference, it is in price, audience and company background.

Key differences

  • price

    Kitro publishes a starting price of CHF 349 per month. Winnow does not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    Not every audience is shared. Entries that only one product lists: Kitro: Hotel groups and resorts; Winnow: Hotels and resorts.

  • company background

    Kitro was founded in 2017 and Winnow in 2013. Headquarters: Kitro, Zürich, Switzerland; Winnow, London, United Kingdom.

Side by side

Kitro vs Winnow: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldKitroWinnow
What it isKITRO is a Swiss food waste tracking service for professional kitchens.Winnow is a food waste system for commercial kitchens.
Best forHotel groups and resorts; Contract caterers and corporate canteens; Hospitals, care homes and schoolsHotels and resorts; Contract caterers and large foodservice groups; Cruise lines and universities; Smaller kitchens on a budget
Pricing modelSubscription (per property)Quote only
Starting priceCHF 349 per monthNot published
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWebWeb
CountriesAustralia, Croatia, Germany, SwitzerlandNot published
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, SpanishNot published
Number of integrationsNot publishedNot published
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
Founded20172013
HeadquartersZürich, SwitzerlandLondon, United Kingdom
OwnerNot publishedNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Which to choose

Kitro

Choose Kitro if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Hotel groups and resorts; Contract caterers and corporate canteens; Hospitals, care homes and schools.

Weaker fit: Very small kitchens: the vendor says proven return on investment starts from about EUR 400,000 in annual food costs.

Winnow

Choose Winnow if you fit its listed audience: Hotels and resorts; Contract caterers and large foodservice groups; Cruise lines and universities.

Less suited to: Very small kitchens with modest food spend. Winnow describes itself as for commercial kitchens with real food volume, such as hotels, resorts, caterers, cruise ships, casinos and retail foodservice, and prices by quote.

What we could not confirm

Kitro

  • Contract minimum term and renewal
  • Named integrations with POS, inventory or reporting systems
  • Funding history
  • Employee count
  • Security certifications
  • Official list of countries served
  • Setup or installation fees

Winnow

  • Any price, or the size of the one-time configuration fee and per-site subscription
  • Contract length and renewal terms
  • Named integration partners (only a REST API is described)
  • Interface languages: the site has Spanish, French, German and Japanese versions but the product languages are not stated
  • Employee count
  • Security certifications: the site names Certified B Corporation status, which is not a security certification
  • Which countries the product is sold in
  • Vendor performance claims (waste cut by half, food cost down 2 to 8%, 95% retention) are unaudited and were not verified

Go further

Kitro profileWinnow profile

Other comparisons with these products

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.

Kitro, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Positioning and customer resultshttps://www.kitro.ch/
  2. Product overview and fithttps://www.kitro.ch/food-waste-solution
  3. How it works and waste categorieshttps://www.kitro.ch/solution
  4. Pricing and inclusionshttps://www.kitro.ch/pricing
  5. Company story and teamhttps://www.kitro.ch/about-us
  6. Industries servedhttps://www.kitro.ch/industries
  7. Healthcare usehttps://www.kitro.ch/industries/hospitals-care-homes
  8. Aramark case studyhttps://www.kitro.ch/case-studies/aramark
  9. Legal entity and foundershttps://www.kitro.ch/policies/imprint
  10. Zürich addresshttps://www.kitro.ch/contact
  11. Free assessmenthttps://www.kitro.ch/free-assessment

Winnow, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage: positioning, claims, industries, customer quoteshttps://www.winnowsolutions.com
  2. Product range, add-ons, Hub, hardware, API FAQhttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/solutions
  3. Pricing model and FAQhttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/pricing
  4. How it works, who it is for, onboarding, supporthttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/faqs
  5. Founders, offices, mission, B Corphttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/why-winnow/company
  6. Winnow Foresight forecasting producthttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/winnow-foresight
  7. Series Chttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/resources/news/winnow-raises-10-million-in-series-c-funding-to-accelerate-growth-and-further-develop-ai-powered-food-waste-prevention
  8. Series B and EIB loanhttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/resources/news/winnow-raises-a-combined-20m-to-drive-the-global-fight-against-food-waste
  9. 2017 growth roundhttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/resources/news/winnow-raise-7.4m-growth-capital-to-scale-up-global-fight-against-food-waste-in-commercial-kitchens
  10. Series Ahttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/resources/news/winnow-announces-3.3m-series-a-fundraising-round
  11. Lumitics acquisition, officeshttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/resources/news/winnow-solidifies-asia-pacific-leadership-through-acquisition-of-lumitics
  12. Industries servedhttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/industries
  13. Page discovery and language versionshttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/sitemap.xml