# Alpine Bio

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/alpine-bio/  
**Website:** https://www.alpbio.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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.

## Kin Score — 7.6 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 7.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 10.5 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Tags

Company, Biotechnology, Molecular Farming, Food Ingredients, Protein, Sustainability, Alternative Dairy, Bioactives

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/alpine-bio/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.