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Alpine Bio

Alpine Bio is a molecular-farming biotechnology company (formerly Nobell Foods and Alpine Roads), founded in 2016 and based in South San Francisco, California. It produces next-generation protein ingredients and bioactives from plants using advanced purification and molecular farming, having expressed more than 15 complex proteins including the world's first plant-derived casein, fractionated soy protein isolates, and activated iron-loaded lactoferrin. The company sells high-purity, clean-label ingredients to food and beverage formulators for applications such as protein shakes, bars, coffee creamers, iron supplements, yogurt, and clear protein sodas, and markets animal-free dairy products under the Nobell Foods brand. It is a portfolio company of a16z surfaced in the API Evangelist network; Alpine Bio publishes no public developer API, SDK, or developer portal at this time.

Alpine Bio is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Biotechnology, Molecular Farming, Food Ingredients, and Protein.

Alpine Bio’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 5 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyBiotechnologyMolecular FarmingFood IngredientsProteinSustainabilityAlternative DairyBioactives

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Composite quality — 9.3/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Resources

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Contact
Contact

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About
 Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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name: Alpine Bio
description: Alpine Bio is a molecular-farming biotechnology company (formerly Nobell Foods and Alpine Roads), founded in
  2016 and based in South San Francisco, California. It produces next-generation protein ingredients and bioactives from plants
  using advanced purification and molecular farming, having expressed more than 15 complex proteins including the world's
  first plant-derived casein, fractionated soy protein isolates, and activated iron-loaded lactoferrin. The company sells
  high-purity, clean-label ingredients to food and beverage formulators for applications such as protein shakes, bars, coffee
  creamers, iron supplements, yogurt, and clear protein sodas, and markets animal-free dairy products under the Nobell Foods
  brand. It is a portfolio company of a16z surfaced in the API Evangelist network; Alpine Bio publishes no public developer
  API, SDK, or developer portal at this time.
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created: '2026-07-17'
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tags:
- Company
- Biotechnology
- Molecular Farming
- Food Ingredients
- Protein
- Sustainability
- Alternative Dairy
- Bioactives
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- type: About
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- type: Blog
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  name: Alpine Bio Intel (News & Insights)
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.alpbio.com/privacy
  name: Privacy Policy
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  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alpinebio
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