Andros

What Andros does

Andros is a Swiss-domiciled, private for-profit company headquartered in Nyon, Switzerland, operating in the fruit-based food products category. According to its own self-description, the company has historically focused on sourcing high-quality fruit and allowing it to ripen properly to produce simple, well-made fruit preparations or "fruit breaks." The founding year of 1910 places the business within a small group of century-old European food entities, suggesting established sourcing relationships and category know-how, though the current scope of operations (product portfolio, distribution, customer base) is not detailed in available sources.

The entity is small, with 11-50 employees per firmographic data, and maintains a dedicated Swiss web presence at andros.ch. No specific product lines, SKUs, pricing, distribution channels, certifications, or customer segments are disclosed in the available source material. The company does not appear to disclose ownership, parent company relationships, or capital structure in the sources reviewed, leaving the relationship to any larger fruit products group unresolved from the data alone.

From a commercial standpoint, the business model is implicitly that of a traditional fruit-based products manufacturer or distributor: sourcing fruit, preparing it into finished goods, and selling through conventional food retail or foodservice channels. No pricing models, GTM motion, technology stack, partnership arrangements, or revenue mechanics are documented in the input data, limiting further operational characterization.

Name

Andros

Website

https://andros.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1910

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Andros is a Swiss private fruit-based food products company founded in 1910 and headquartered in Nyon, with 11-50 employees, focused on sourcing quality fruit and producing fruit preparations for consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fruit Preparations & Jams

NAICS

Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing (3114)

SIC

Canned, Fruits, Veg, Preserves, Jams & Jellies (2033)

akta.pro primary industry

Dried Fruit & Fruit Snacks Manufacturing (AFAKAIAL)

Keywords

• Fruit preparations
• Fruit snacks
• Jams and spreads
• Fruit break pouches
• Fruit-based desserts

Headquarters

HQ city

Nyon

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Andros is a Swiss food manufacturer founded in 1910 that produces fruit-based food products, with its signature 'fruit breaks' — ready-to-eat, portioned fruit snacks made from carefully selected, naturally ripened fruit. The company emphasizes simplicity and quality in its fruit preparations for consumer markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fruit Breaks Ready-to-eat, portioned fruit snacks made from carefully selected, naturally ripened fruit, positioned as a simple, good-tasting fruit-based snack product for consumer markets.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Materne: French fruit preparation and compote manufacturer (GoGo squeeZ brand). Comparable to Andros as a branded fruit-preparations specialist operating across multiple fruit-based formats.
• Hero: Swiss-headquartered jam, fruit spread, and fruit preparation producer founded in 1886. Directly comparable to Andros on geography, product category (jams/fruit preps), and Swiss premium positioning.
• St. Dalfour: French premium jam and fruit spread brand. Comparable to Andros as a focused branded player in the European jams/fruit preparations category with premium positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Kraft Heinz: Global packaged food major with multiple jam and fruit spread brands. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing across the same shelf space as Andros, with vastly greater scale.
• Welch's: Global fruit-based food and beverage brand spanning jams, juices, and fruit snacks. Comparable as a broad incumbent in fruit-based consumer products overlapping with Andros's category.
• The J.M. Smucker Company: Large North American packaged food conglomerate with major jam/fruit spread brands (Smucker's). Comparable as a broad incumbent operating in jams/fruit preparations, though at much larger scale and on a different continent.

Regional players

• Darbo: Austrian jam and fruit preparation manufacturer. Comparable as a mid-sized European branded player in fruit spreads with regional rather than pan-European scale.
• Zuegg: Italian jam and fruit preparation producer with strong regional presence. Comparable to Andros on product category and European mid-sized branded competitor dynamics.

Emerging players

• Bonnysa: Spanish fruit-based product company specializing in tropical fruit preparations and juices. Comparable as a mid-sized European branded player in fruit-based packaged products adjacent to Andros's category.

Others

• Andros Group: The French parent group of the Andros brand, one of Europe's largest private fruit product companies (jams, compotes, juices). Listed as an adjacent/related party rather than a direct competitor given that andros.ch appears to be the Swiss operating entity of this group.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/andros-suisse

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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