Foodsteps

Foodsteps is a food sustainability platform that calculates the carbon, land and water footprint of recipes, menu items and products, and helps food companies measure and report supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions. It also offers carbon labels and a supplier data-collection hub. It is sold by demo to caterers, restaurant groups and food manufacturers, and has been part of Registrar Corp since its acquisition.

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Best for
Contract caterers and large food service groups, Food manufacturers supplying big retailers
Pricing
Quote only
Runs on
Web

Who it is for

  • Contract caterers and large food service groups

    Measures hundreds or thousands of recipes to reformulate menus and report Scope 3 emissions; customers include Compass Group UK and Ireland and Levy.

  • Food manufacturers supplying big retailers

    Produces auditable product footprints that customers such as retailers and caterers ask their suppliers for.

  • Food businesses facing Scope 3 disclosure rules

    Aimed at companies preparing for CSRD, SBTi FLAG and IFRS reporting.

What it does

  • Product footprints

    Bulk-upload recipes, menu items or products to generate carbon, land and water life cycle assessments automatically.

  • Impact hotspots and reformulation

    Shows which ingredients drive impact so users can swap ingredients and reformulate recipes.

  • Primary data input

    Lets users add their own data to make calculations more specific.

  • Scope 3 assessments

    Cradle-to-gate measurement of indirect emissions from food and beverage suppliers, with supply chain visibility for disclosures.

  • Carbon labels

    Rates a product or menu item on an A-E scale for its carbon footprint.

  • FoodStories

    Longer explanations of the method behind a carbon label, to support credible environmental claims.

  • Supplier Hub

    Sends supplier surveys, collects product assessments (LCAs, PCFs) through guided workflows, and reviews data quality.

  • Footprints for manufacturers

    Calculates and shares product footprints for a manufacturer's range, with a web interface, custom data pipelines and integrations.

  • Emissions database

    Over 45,000 emission factors and 4,800 food classes built from 3,400 academic studies, mapped across 147 countries, per the vendor.

Pricing

Pricing model
Quote only

No prices are published; the site directs buyers to book a demo, and there is an account upgrade form.

Where and how it runs

Customers in
United Kingdom
Platforms
Web

Foodsteps does not list countries served. Customers named include UK companies such as Sainsbury's, Compass Group UK and Ireland and Levy, and after joining Registrar Corp it said it would expand beyond the UK and EU.

The company

Founded
2019
Founders
Anya Doherty
Funding
  • Seed, $4M, January 2021
Customers named by the vendor
Greencore, Sainsbury's, O2, Accor, Bidfood, Oak View Group, Compass Group UK and Ireland, KFC, Ella's Kitchen, Chartwells, Allmanhall, Levy, Wildfarmed, Kew, Azzurri Group, Hej Coffee, Legghorn

Security and support

Security and compliance
LCAs aligned with ISO 14040 and the GHG Protocol Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard
Support
Sold with in-house experts and professional services; the site offers demos and an RFP guide rather than self-serve support.

Listing details

Headquarters
United Kingdom
Built for
Restaurants, Catering, Food manufacturing
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
foodsteps.earth

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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Any price
  • Named integrations
  • Headquarters and legal entity
  • Seed investors and the exact date of the seed round (the post's date and text disagree)
  • Date and terms of the Registrar Corp acquisition
  • Team size
  • Security certifications
  • Interface languages

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

  1. Home, customershttps://www.foodsteps.earth/
  2. Product overviewhttps://www.foodsteps.earth/product
  3. Supplier Hubhttps://www.foodsteps.earth/supplier-hub
  4. Scope 3https://www.foodsteps.earth/scope-3-assessments
  5. Manufacturershttps://www.foodsteps.earth/footprints-for-manufacturers
  6. Food servicehttps://www.foodsteps.earth/solutions/food-service
  7. Teamhttps://www.foodsteps.earth/our-story
  8. Customershttps://www.foodsteps.earth/customers
  9. Methodology, foundinghttps://www.foodsteps.earth/faqs
  10. Databasehttps://www.foodsteps.earth/our-data
  11. Upgrade formhttps://www.foodsteps.earth/upgrade
  12. Acquisitionhttps://www.foodsteps.earth/post/foodsteps-acquired-by-registrar-corp
  13. Seed roundhttps://www.foodsteps.earth/post/foodsteps-raises-4m-green-tech-startup-seed-funding