Supported Projects

Technological platform that provides personalized agricultural predictions through artificial intelligence. Without the need for proprietary hardware, it makes it possible to anticipate risks such as frost, pests or water imbalances, helping to optimize crops and agronomic decisions.

Brand of Galician canned seafood that incorporates QR technology to connect each product with its origin, recipes, audiovisual content and tourism experiences. Its proposition integrates tradition, digitalization and territorial promotion in a single business model.

Fishnet is the first online channel for marketing opportunity frozen fishery products, speeding up the clearance of stuck stocks by turning them into business opportunities for an exclusive club of specialized traders. Through digital tools, it connects companies in the sector under principles of transparency, reliable information, exclusivity and respect for negotiation timelines. Its goal is to make the sector more sustainable by reducing food waste, cold-storage time and the associated energy costs.

A commitment to the valorisation of Galician coastal fish through freeze-drying processes. This technique preserves its properties with no additives and no need for refrigeration, making it easier to market in gourmet and health-focused markets, including destinations with logistical barriers.

Project for the production of liquid sourdough and dehydrated sourdough made with Galician ingredients such as chestnuts or grapes. It combines baking tradition and technological innovation through a vacuum-drying process that maintains its fermentative activity.

Platform based on artificial intelligence for the predictive optimisation of feeding on dairy cattle farms. It collects and interprets field data to improve feed efficiency, reduce waste and promote animal welfare.

Development of an affordable mobile robot adapted to the environment of food factories. It will be designed to operate in tight, humid spaces, with resistant materials and special wheels, thereby improving internal logistics and reducing operational risks.

A line of 100% plant-based vegetable spreads, with a high protein content and a long shelf life without refrigeration. It reinvents classics such as sobrasada or pâté with natural ingredients, creamy textures and intense flavours, designed for flexible, healthy consumption.

The Agrolink project develops a range of services for agricultural producers through the complete digitalization of the field notebook and the optimization of shared machinery use, reducing production costs and generating a new marketplace for producers.

This project aims to develop a new sustainable packaging solution for the dairy sector using paper created from food by-products that increases the shelf life of foods and their sustainability.

The NIUFLY project from Beniu Soluciones, S.L. presents solutions for crop diagnosis and the application of plant-protection treatments using drones.

Using AI-based models and a digital twin, Empromar will implement a new toxic-episode prediction system to optimize response times in the mussel industry and among its producers.

FRUIWA is a new healthy powdered soft drink packed in 3-gram sachets with all the flavour of fruit and ready to mix with half a litre of water to obtain your fruit water ready to drink. FRUIWA also contains functional ingredients such as Vitamins C and D, Zinc, Magnesium and probiotic/postbiotic strains that help people with metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance or diabetes.

The IMPACT Upcycled Foods project develops functional and upcycled products by valorising food industry by-products.

The Ntente project provides a new communication solution between consumer and manufacturer, optimising the shopping experience and maximising brand visibility, as well as their location across different points of sale.

Pastoral integrates cutting-edge technology with regenerative agriculture to help farmers produce low-carbon meat and dairy. Using IoT and AI, it enables sustainable grazing practices, monitors animal health and accurately measures soil carbon levels.

This project develops new solutions to combat food waste by creating new distribution channels for production surpluses so they can be reintroduced into sales channels and reach the consumer.

Simbiosis Acuícola is a project by Bioremed Algae, S.L. that proposes the development of an algae cultivation solution to combat water eutrophication and obtain compounds of high commercial interest for the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and food sectors, among others.

Having continuous analysis of dissolved oxygen, pH levels or water turbidity is essential to achieve optimal health and growth of species in the marine environment. The ACUIOT project aims to monitor all those values that contribute to improving aquaculture production. Thanks to the project’s software, patterns are identified and knowledge is generated about behaviours that occur or may occur in the marine environment, which affect the product or water quality.

Logic Melt’s ANFOOD project develops a plug & play computer vision system that automatically learns to detect anomalies in food images. Its value proposition is that, with its tool, anyone without knowledge of artificial intelligence can use a foreign-body detection system autonomously.

Verme Ditoso, through its Biocrops project, is dedicated to the development and marketing of organic fertilizers obtained from a by-product of rearing Tenebrio Molitor larvae or “mealworm”, with the aim of mitigating the impact of agrochemical overuse in farming. Due to its plant-fortifying properties and because it is a dry, stable, odour-neutral product, it is ideal for indoor plantations and urban surroundings. The product is currently sold in physical and online retail outlets.

Recarbo offers an end-to-end solution for agriculture and livestock farming that makes it possible to manage operations efficiently and meet sustainability requirements. This project encourages environmentally responsible practices through a simple, agile platform aimed at the primary sector, enabling automated process management and the upgrading of farms in the face of competitive and environmental challenges.

Salmoira recovers the flavour of Galicia’s gastronomic identity: that of the salting of seafood and fish from the rías. It researches the result of salting, smoking and pickling different species, with highly sustainable and gastronomically innovative preservation methods. In its R&D process it has two further lines of work: the gastronomic valorisation of discards and industry waste.

Gradhoc is a multiprotocol artificial intelligence (AI) platform for asset monitoring and management, and for the optimisation and automation of refrigeration facilities, with preventive and predictive analysis. The three differentiating factors of this AI platform are the optimisation of energy consumption, automatic facility-maintenance actions, and multiprotocol, multi-manufacturer integration.

Stock Management 4U is software for automated stock management. The tool makes sales forecasts from historical data using AI algorithms, thereby reducing the impact of rising raw-material prices and the degree of uncertainty in delivery times. The software will make it possible to group SKUs by sales frequency and predict the behaviour of each one, digitising and automating the real-time monitoring and analysis of key stock and sales indicators.

Tofu Landeira is based on the production of artisanal tofu in a workshop, together with an organic soya plantation, both located in rural Galicia. Its aim is to close the production cycle, using the raw material produced and revitalising rural areas with profitable productive alternatives. Tofu Landeira’s mission, in line with socially and environmentally respectful and sustainable trends, is to pursue innovation and Galician craftsmanship, creating an artisanal, nutritious and tasty tofu from organic soya.

The YowUp Milk project was born in 2021 from a group of dairy-sector experts eager to create a pioneering product. Behind this project are the company Dairypet, S.L. and the YowUp! brand, responsible for Europe’s first range of fat-free, lactose-free yoghurts, long-life and shelf-stable, with active functionalities for dogs and cats.

Agro NM is born within NEWMIND as a project for the development of a series of technological tools, both hardware and software, that improve the performance of the agri-food sector. Its mission is to universalize digitalization across the entire agricultural and livestock sector at a cost affordable for any professional, transforming the primary sector through technology and data to optimize production and improve efficiency and product quality.

Blue Marine Oil develops antibacterial additives and soluble solutions for aquaculture companies, from marine oily residues and oils from fish and other marine organisms, using a distinctive technology currently in the patent process.

Code Contract is a digital platform to automate processes with a high documentary load, coordinating participants and centralizing the entire information flow in a single environment and guaranteeing transparency and traceability at all times. The platform is developed with Blockchain technology that ensures the immutability of the information.

This project will enable the generation of a new food additive from the cultivation of fungi on chestnuts, a new biotechnological solution that will reduce maturation times for dairy and meat products, cutting production costs in an innovative and sustainable way.

Production of Bacterial Nano Cellulose (NBC) from different sources and substrates or agro-industrial residues. The main novelty of this project is the ability to transform a by-product that is currently discarded into a nanomaterial from which high-impact applications can be developed in foods as nutraceutical ingredients and in phytotherapeutics in the form of dressings and cosmetics.

A project from Nigrán that offers phytopathological diagnosis services associated with fungal species and the prescription of treatments for diagnosed pathogens using sustainable products, avoiding the use of plant protection products and promoting the development of new products from microorganisms, plant extracts or waste valorisation.

The project’s main objective is to advance the development of the AONIR prototype to turn it into a viable, marketable product.

AONIR is a platform based on near-infrared spectroscopy for in-line, real-time characterization of food production. Currently, a first prototype of this platform has been built and tested in a dairy plant. Despite the promising results obtained, the prototype needs to solve several problems, as well as continue testing in real environments before the product reaches the market. This will be the role of AOTECH GALICIA S.L., and to that end the parent company ADVANCED OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES will transfer the knowledge accumulated in the early phases of the project.

Production of drinks from the fermentation of sugars in cheese whey, especially aimed at the HORECA channel and Large-Scale Retail. ASUQUE is an innovation that transforms a residue (whey) into the raw material for creating new high-value-added food products.

INOGANDO S.L. has developed ELITER, a suckling-cattle certification platform (ECBL) that enables the revaluation of calves from dairy farms vis-à-vis the buyer. Through its ear-tag seal, ELITER certifies the origin and the care these animals have received to improve their traceability and marketing. The goal is to enhance the existing solution with blockchain systems that make it possible to include recognized prestige certification bodies in the accreditation process and to extend the functional model to other species and production systems.

Ghop is a Startup dedicated to creating staff-free smart convenience stores, built with a fully sustainable spirit.
Its modular construction is based on the circular economy, mainly on a structure of already used shipping containers, thus giving them a second useful life and versatility when being transported.

Mindsaic is a platform for creating fully customisable conversational artificial intelligences (AIs). These AIs can hold fluid conversations with users and trigger intelligent actions across any of the client’s technological and human infrastructure, making it possible to digitise almost any commercial, industrial and/or business process.

ODS Protein produces alternative protein from the fermentation of the fungus Fusarium Veneratum, with a formulation and texture suited to being incorporated as an ingredient in different food industry products.
The project’s aim is to achieve a first limited production run that makes it possible to determine the protein’s production costs and its technological and economic requirements for doing so at scale.

It is a vertical cybersecurity solution for the agri-food sector. This solution is conceived as an application that provides a comprehensive managed-security framework with a 360º approach and that makes it possible to protect any critical agri-food facility.

Development and validation of Biopraedium Solar GreenHouse (BSG), an autonomous unit for producing food for livestock and people using hydroponic growing technologies, specific LED lighting and an automated shading system, in order to optimize and stabilize the duration of vegetable growth cycles. BSG makes it possible to obtain a greater number of harvests per year, with the lowest possible consumption of natural resources thanks to soilless systems and full use of sunlight.

Galinsect aims to develop the methodology and infrastructure for insect farming that makes it possible to reach a stable production model of: high-value-added proteins for use in food; chitin and essential oils for the pharmaceutical industry; and organic fertilizer with a high biological contribution.

Health in foods will develop an innovative bioactive ingredient consisting of a  DHA liposome with turmeric extract high in curcuminoids and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) that can be incorporated into different food matrices, providing real benefits for consumer health

Herooj will develop a complete range of products and nutraceuticals especially aimed at endurance or high-performance athletes. Our hydrogels, energy bars and hypertonic and isotonic drinks will be made from 100% organic and natural plant extracts, and based on seawater from the Atlantic Ocean; with the option of incorporating other functional natural ingredients with anti-inflammatory and/or muscle-recovery properties.

Hk_coffee is an innovative cloud IoT system for recording multiparametric information from food industry equipment, especially geared towards the HORECA channel. Hk_coffee streamlines management and guarantees the traceability, safety and sustainability of products operating in the HORECA channel, connecting brands with their customers in real time.

Kiwanda Food is an end-to-end solution specifically for the fruit and vegetable sector, providing RFID-based digital control of the production process, from field harvesting through to dispatch to markets, including intelligent control of fruit storage and ripening processes.

SITRAV ATS is the acronym for Advanced Traceability System. It is an end-to-end solution especially geared towards food processing companies that guarantees intelligent management of data related to industrial production systems and visual control of their traceability. The system has proven its worth as a traceability solution linked to production processes in the fishing sector and the aim is to adapt it to the industrial sector of fish derivatives and food processing.

Smart Vitamins seeks to adapt bioactive nanocapsule technology, developed at the USC (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela), for incorporation into food matrices and to validate the biological and/or therapeutic effect of an emulsion of these nanocapsules with bioactive compounds when they are administered orally, integrated into foods.

Cloud-based virtual platform fed through Internet of Things (IoT) systems that makes it possible to replicate any physical manufacturing plant in real time and optimize manufacturing processes, using prediction and prescription algorithms based on advanced analytics and machine learning techniques. Its field of application is ham curing and the improvement of its final texture.

It enables tamper-proof certification of a product’s origin to guarantee its provenance with certainty. It also provides, through augmented reality available via an app on mobile devices, attractive information for the customer that promotes the product and the excellence of its origin.

Development of new food and non-food products from surplus, transforming them with proprietary technology into high-value-added products aimed at customizing consumer needs and maintaining traceability from cultivation or production through to packaging and delivery to the customer.

A monitoring platform that collects data from any source, aggregates it and analyses it in real time. Through all of this, it sets alerts based on historical data and automated actions that help companies optimise their processes and costs, making informed decisions quickly.

Online B2B tool that makes it easier for European food manufacturers to sell in China and for Chinese importers to buy in Europe. By using big data, analytics, web scraping, business intelligence and metasearch engine technologies, it provides an organised, complete and specific method to facilitate internationalisation in Asian markets.

A project that allows farmers, free of charge, to operate and manage their crops more conveniently and efficiently. The system provides three main functions: pest and disease alerts, climate information and a digital field notebook. It offers the possibility of digitising any agricultural production.