Through the prize ‘Mercabarna Innova’, Mercabarna wishes to reward the efforts of companies have devised innovative projects in such diverse areas as the development of new products, formats and packaging, the use of new technologies and the search for more sustainable processes, among others.

The winners

• In the first edition, the 'Mercabarna Innova' distinguished the projects of Fruit Friends and Laumont, which presented a semi-hydrated fruit bar and an App of mushrooms for chefs respectively.

• In the second edition, the winning projects were the tomato variety Monterrosa, from Grup Gavà; The Juice Lovers of Talls i més and the trajectory of the agricultural cooperative Hortec.

• In the third edition, the winning projects were a system to reuse the water and fertilizers that are used to irrigate the urban orchards or gardens of Bruesinnova; some bottles of striped tomato to make bread with tomato, from Guzmán Gastronomia and the herb trays to make broth from Grup Gavà.