Europa Press named Navarra startup Ingredalia among the winners of the FoodTech Awards 2026, held during Alimentaria FoodTech in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona. Ingredalia won the FoodTech Emprende Awards category titled 'Impacto en la salud y/o bienestar' for a bioactive sulforaphane platform aimed at a new generation of functional foods.
The award was presented at the fair, which runs from 6 to 8 October. Alimentaria FoodTech covers new idea in food and beverages, machinery technology, and ingredients. Europa Press reported that the 2026 event brought together more than 330 companies from 22 countries.
Ingredalia operates from the Viveros de Novedad of Centro Europeo de Empresas e Novedad de Navarra, the public company known as CEIN. Its place in the CEIN network connects the award to Navarra's wider startup support system.
CEIN is attending the fair for the first time, with a stand promoted by the Departamento de Industria y de Transición Ecológica y Digital Empresarial del Gobierno de Navarra. The stand is in FoodTech Innovarena, a space for professionals, companies, startups, and other groups working in the agri-food sector.
Several other Navarra businesses are taking part. Uraphex, another startup based in the CEIN Innovation Hub, reached the final of the FoodTech Emprende Awards. Allbiotech was a finalist in the FoodTech Innova Awards.
Greendur, MOA Foodtech, Nawattia, Nucaps, and Nulab were also linked to the CEIN group at the event. Their presence puts Ingredalia's award alongside a broader group of Navarra projects in food and industrial technology.
An earlier report described the exhibition's focus on automation and artificial intelligence. Ingredalia's prize adds a project focused on health and wellbeing to that mix.
FoodTech Awards 2026 recognised eight business projects. Four won in the Emprende category: Ingredalia, Novameat, Darwin, and IOVI. Four others won in Innova: FPS, Disproquima, Collo, and BrainR.
The programme also added the FoodTech Award al Mérito Científico in 2026. The new award recognised technologies and ingredients used in food production, processing, and storage. Microbiologist Francis Mojica was among those recognised for work associated with the discovery of CRISPR.
CEIN's work at the fair is part of the Agrofood ScaleUp programme. The public company provides specialised services to help new Navarra startups in the agri-food sector expand their operations.
Ingredalia won a category tied to health and wellbeing. CEIN used the Barcelona fair to present several companies from the same Navarra new idea network.
Reports on the award describe the fair's scale and scientific programme, but do not explain how Ingredalia obtains or stabilises sulforaphane. They also provide no information on trial results, dosage levels, patent status, commercial partners, or the precise composition of the functional foods.
