Food

Eurecat, a pioneer in the development of autonomous and intelligent agricultural robots for crop care and harvesting

2026-01-30T09:27:14+01:00November 25th, 2025|Autonomous and professional robotics, Food, Functional Printing, Omics sciences, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is showcasing, starting today at the Agrobiotech Innovation Forum in Lleida, autonomous agricultural robots that carry out spraying, fumigation, care and crop harvesting through the integration of technologies such as artificial intelligence, intelligent perception, decision-making algorithms and autonomous navigation. The automation of critical field tasks helps advance towards advanced precision [...]

El Temps d’Avellana addresses the challenges facing the sector and champions this nut as a gastronomic and identity heritage of the region

2026-01-29T13:12:49+01:00October 1st, 2025|Consulting, Food, Press Notes, Tourism|

El Temps d’Avellana has presented the program for its eighth edition, reaffirming its commitment to the hazelnut sector and addressing the challenges it faces, such as the effects of climate change and an increasingly competitive market. The event, coordinated by the Hazelnut Technical Office, managed by the Eurecat technology centre, aims to highlight the [...]

Eurecat innovates in a precision nutrition strategy to help improve the health of elder people

2026-01-29T12:02:39+01:00September 30th, 2025|Food, Nutrition and Health, Omics sciences, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has carried out, in collaboration with the technology centre AZTI, a clinical study involving elder people that lays the groundwork for advancing towards precision nutrition for this population group. The aim is to help combat age-related problems such as the progressive loss of muscle mass, strength and function associated with [...]

Eurecat demonstrates photoprotective and anti-inflammatory potential of compounds from agricultural waste to improve skin health

2025-11-03T16:07:46+01:00August 28th, 2025|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has demonstrated the photoprotective and anti-inflammatory potential of polyphenol-rich extracts from agricultural by-products such as chicory leaves, red onion skins, vine prunings and olive prunings, proving their effectiveness in three-dimensional in vitro models equivalent to human skin exposed to UV-B radiation in a paper recently published in the Journal of [...]

Afrucat and Eurecat to fast-track innovative technology projects for sweet fruit businesses

2025-11-03T15:44:14+01:00July 21st, 2025|Corporatiu, Food, Press Notes|

The Catalonian Fruit Business Association (Afrucat) and the Eurecat technology centre have concluded a strategic partnership to fast-track developing cutting-edge tech solutions which address the main challenges facing the fruit industry. The agreement also encompasses bringing new tech capabilities to businesses in this sector and specific training and talent development initiatives to bolster professional [...]

Eurecat drives technologies to power innovation in food and protein alternatives in the food industry

2025-11-03T15:26:17+01:00July 11th, 2025|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is developing several technologies to drive innovation in food, such as a new automated digester which will enable the food industry to analyse the digestibility and nutritional quality of new protein sources. The digester simulates the human digestive system and allows in vitro laboratory testing of the digestibility and protein [...]

Catalan Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food visits Eurecat, which is helping more and more agri-food and rural businesses to embrace standout technologies

2025-08-27T08:40:56+02:00June 12th, 2025|Corporatiu, Food, Press Notes|

Artificial intelligence, biotechnology and robotics applied to agriculture and livestock farming and improving efficiency in the use of natural resources and food transformation processes are just some of the areas in which the Eurecat technology centre conducts technological innovation projects to make the agri-food sector and rural areas more competitive, where it is helping [...]

Eurecat innovates in validating the efficiency and safety of new nutraceutical ingredients

2025-08-26T14:09:40+02:00May 22nd, 2025|Fires, Food, Health, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

At the Vitafoods Europe trade fair in Barcelona, the Eurecat technology centre is presenting advanced molecular technologies and studies for identifying new nutraceutical ingredients and designing new foods, including evaluating their effectiveness in improving health, to food, nutraceutical, nutricosmetic and pharmaceutical businesses. Eurecat furnishes the industry with technological solutions to assess the beneficial effects [...]

Eurecat makes progress in technologies to drive innovation in food and protein alternatives

2025-08-26T14:06:48+02:00May 21st, 2025|Fires, Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

At Food4Future in Bilbao, the Eurecat technology centre showcased several technologies to drive innovation in food, such as a new automated digester it has developed which will enable the food industry to analyse the digestibility and nutritional quality of new protein sources. The digester simulates the human digestive system and allows in vitro laboratory [...]

Eurecat showcases agricultural robots for harvesting vegetables and applying plant protection products

2025-08-26T13:56:24+02:00May 14th, 2025|Autonomous and professional robotics, Fires, Food, Press Notes|

At Food4Future in Bilbao, the Eurecat technology centre is showcasing robotic solutions for automating tasks in the agricultural industry such as detecting and harvesting vegetables, applying plant protection products, autonomous transport in the field and gathering crop data. Eurecat is exhibiting a robotic arm for detecting and harvesting vegetables such as cucumbers at this [...]

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