European research & development department

European research & development department
REZOS BRANDS ANONYMI EMPORIKI ETERIA IDON DIATROFIS

Organisation type: 
Research organisations
Food chain
Advisory organisation
Service provider
ICT provider
Country: 
Greece
Short name: 
European R&D
Description: 

REZOS BRANDS S.A. is an agri food SME, with expertise in superfoods and functional food oriented, which established in 1983 in Patras, Western Greece. The company has adopted the vertical business model: “from the Farm to Fork”, which includes cultivation, harvesting, research, process, packaging, warehouse storing, marketing, distribution. We have invested in organic cultivation of superfoods (sea buckthorn, echinacea, mountain tea sideritis scardica, pilot cultivations etc) at our own farm located at the center of the protected area of Natura 2000 network under the name Antichasia Ori-Meteora. (Central Greece), by adopting the principles of Precision Agriculture with soil sensors, smart irrigation systems and other agri-technologies in order to monitor our organic cultivation, analyze our highest nutritional value crops & optimize the functionality of our products. We use the innovative osmotic dehydration technology (non-thermal procedure), cold plasma applications at the farm & crops, so that we keep all & maximize the goodness, vitamins & bioactive compounds of our superfruits. We develop functional foods & juices and we undertake researches regarding nanoencapsulation of bioactive ingredients, byproducts and their use to everyday food products. Philosophy of the company is the continuous improvement in the fields of research & development on farming and food, sales, marketing, distribution, as a long-term investment. Reliability, stability and respect lead its way. Rezos Brands is designing and will invest in the construction of a fully equipped food science laboratory in order to make pilots on extraction, dehydration, preservation, encapsulation but also to proceed with nutritional – microbial analysis of Rezos Brands functional food products.
Rezos Brands is undertaking mentoring and coaching activities towards agripreneurship, precision agriculture, food science, waste management & valorization, circular economy and facilitates startups towards their launching to the market. The company is linking academia graduates to the agrifood industry. One of the main interests of Rezos Brands is to develop smart platforms with digital/virtual & augmented technologies in order to provide full support on consultation, training, specialized recruitment and digital services throughout the agri-food value chain. Rezos Brands is part of the H2020 Smart4All and has undertaken the responsibility to develop a digital innovation Agri hub (DIH Agri) in the Balkan/ Mediterranean area. Our main target is always to develop innovative tools, services and products and follow European priorities & business ethics under the corporate social responsibility rules. Rezos Brands is respecting nature & environment and is trying always to adopt circular economy priorities in the farm and “green” regulations in the everyday function of the company by organizing training courses for the employees in order to fully adapt to the European and ethical rule.

International: 
Yes