Cleaner cooking, built around everyday life.
Gastro is a Tanzanian clean-cooking company working to make cleaner, practical cooking solutions more accessible to households and communities.
A Tanzanian company focused on practical clean cooking.
Founded in 2023, Gastro is a Tanzanian clean-cooking company providing ethanol cookstoves, fuel access and customer-focused distribution designed around the realities of everyday cooking.
Gastro was established from a belief that cleaner cooking solutions must do more than exist—they must be accessible, understandable and convenient enough to become part of daily life.
Cleaner cooking will scale when access works.
Tanzania’s growing population and rapid urbanisation are increasing demand for cooking energy. Without accessible alternatives, this growth will continue to reinforce household dependence on charcoal.
Many households understand that charcoal is harmful, but awareness alone does not change how people cook. Charcoal remains dominant because it is widely available and can be purchased in small, manageable quantities that match everyday household spending.
For cleaner fuels such as ethanol to compete, they must offer more than strong performance. Customers need reliable, convenient access to both the stove and its fuel, close to where they live and in quantities they can afford.
This is the missing link Gastro is working to build: connecting practical products, continued fuel access and local distribution so cleaner cooking can become a realistic everyday choice.
The direction we are building toward.
Our mission, vision and operating principles keep Gastro focused on solutions that can become part of everyday life.
To make cleaner cooking more accessible through practical products, dependable fuel access and customer-centred distribution.
A future in which Tanzanian households do not have to choose between affordability, convenience and a cleaner cooking environment.
Practicality
Solutions must work within the realities of everyday household cooking.
Customer Focus
We listen, demonstrate and build around the people using our products.
Dependable Access
Cookstove adoption must be supported by continued fuel availability and distribution.
More than a stove: a practical path to everyday use.
A clean-cooking product creates lasting value only when customers can understand it, obtain it and continue accessing the fuel it requires. Gastro works across that complete journey.
Products
Practical ethanol cookstoves and fuel options designed around different household needs.
Demonstrations
Direct demonstrations help customers understand how the stove works and experience it before purchasing.
Local Access
Retailers and agents bring Gastro products closer to the communities and customers we serve.
Continued Supply
Fuel distribution supports customers in continuing to use the solution after purchasing a stove.
See how Gastro can work for your household, business or community.
Explore our clean-cooking products, discuss a partnership or speak directly with the Gastro team.