Orbisk
AI camera above the bin that tracks professional-kitchen food waste by ingredient.
About
Orbisk is a Netherlands-based food waste intelligence company founded in 2019. Its Orbi device sits above the waste bin and uses AI image recognition to identify 800+ ingredients at around 90% accuracy under real kitchen conditions, automatically weighing and logging each discard with a photo before items mix. The data flows into a dashboard with waste-per-cover, cost, and CO2/water metrics, and an AI Culinary Advisor highlights which changes will make the biggest difference. The latest Orbi Max adds auto-capture so staff throw waste as normal with no buttons or confirmation screens.
Orbisk works with Accor, Hyatt, Fairmont, Novotel, and Marriott properties and entered the US hospitality market in late 2025. The company says customers typically cut waste by up to 70% and earn back the cost in 4 to 8 months with total ROI of 2-10x, and that kitchens save up to 70,000 euros per site per year. Setup is a same-day self-install over WiFi or 4G. Plans run from Insights for single sites through Excellence to Enterprise for multi-site groups, with optional Impact Coaching. Waste-reduction and ROI figures are vendor-reported; the client roster and product generation history are documented.
What it can do
- AI image recognition of 800+ ingredients at ~90% accuracy
- Automatic weighing and photo record of every discard
- Above-bin capture before items mix
- AI Culinary Advisor with prioritized recommendations
- Action Center with quick-win labels and expected impact
- Waste-per-cover, cost, CO2 and water metrics
- Multi-site HQ dashboards and benchmarks (Enterprise)
- CSRD-ready audit reporting
Setup
- Choose a plan (Insights, Excellence, or Enterprise).
- Self-install the Orbi above your waste bin (about an hour, WiFi or 4G).
- Staff discard waste as normal; the AI captures and logs it.
- Act on the dashboard's Action Center quick wins and weekly reports.
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Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (TIER verified, metrics-v1). Evidence: founded 2019, Netherlands scale-up; documented clients Accor, Hyatt, Fairmont, Novotel, Marriott; US expansion Nov 2025 (Grit Daily); independent software-directory listings (SourceForge, Slashdot) describe the product consistently. Strengths: strong enterprise client base, documented US expansion. Docked for: (1) the 70% reduction and 2-10x ROI claims are vendor-reported; (2) proprietary hardware+SaaS, pricing not published. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 8.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 8.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 5.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 8.0/10
- · Founded 2019, Netherlands scale-up; clients Accor, Hyatt, Fairmont, Novotel, Marriott
- · US expansion Nov 2025 covered by Grit Daily
- · 800+ ingredients at ~90% accuracy; waste/ROI claims are vendor-reported
Sources
Every fact above was checked against these sources. Where a claim comes from the provider and couldn't be independently verified, the text says so.