The Mediterranean is our identity. Our brand, products and gastronomic culture, based on one of the healthiest patterns in the world: the Mediterranean diet. And from here we’ve been leaders in reaching strategic markets, such as China or the US, and more than 60 countries on the five continents.
Half a century moving forward with you, with quality and warmth, in order to offer you the food solutions you need.
The Mediterranean diet: a wise heritage that was proclaimed Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2013 and is endorsed by authoritative voices from all cultures of the world.
“Best diet overall” for the second year running.
US News and World Report, 2019US News and World Report, 2019
USA TODAY, 2019A Mediterranean-style diet can help you achieve the American Heart Association’s recommendations for a healthy dietary pattern.
American Heart Association, 2020Weight-loss fads and eating trends come and go, but the so-called Mediterranean diet has stood fast. “Among all diets,” Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health concluded in an email, “the traditional Mediterranean diet is most strongly supported for delivering long term health and wellbeing.”
The New York Times Company, 2018Best diet for healthy eating, best plant-based diet, best diet for diabetes and easiest diet to follow.
CNN Health, 2019It's more than a diet, it's a lifestyle, it also encourages eating with friends and family, socializing over meals.
Atlanta, registered dietitian Rahaf Al BochiThe Mediterranean diet has been shown to reduce risk of heart disease, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, certain cancers, depression, and in older adults, a decreased risk of frailty, along with better mental and physical function.
Hardvard Health Publishing (Hardvard Medial School, 2019
Necessary for our muscles
Necessary for good bone development
Participates in the proper formation of red blood cells
Important for oxygen transport
Necessary for good bone maintenance
Contributes to normal DNA synthesis
Necessary for bone development
Participates in the proper maintenance of teeth
It plays a role in cell division processes
It is involved in the proper functioning of the immune system.
Help to reduce tiredness and fatigue
They are involved in the proper functioning of the metabolism
The control of our own agri-food chain guarantees traceability, food safety and quality from farm to table. Our specialised production plants are equipped with microbiology laboratories that carry out constant product analysis. X-ray control and artificial vision guarantee absolute reliability with regard to labelling.
We understand quality as a common endeavour for continuous improvement in all areas.
In the production processes, we apply a Product Governance policy that places food safety and quality at the centre of its attention. With these premises in mind, we verify health and hygiene at all stages of production through the Analysis of Control Points (APPCC) and the Standard Hygiene Control Plans (PNCH). In order to respond to any possible emergency, we establish and exercise incident management plans. We follow a Responsible Marketing policy, providing truthful information about our products, with transparency, in a complete and unambiguous manner, responding to consumer communications with confidentiality and completeness.
Certified to the IFS FOOD Standards, one of the world's highest standards for food quality and safety, we guarantee the best product to our customers and end consumers.
Certified with the BRC global standard specific to the safety of agri-food products. We thus ensure the quality and safety of the food products we offer to consumers.
The ISO 14001 standard provides the necessary requirements to be able to implement an Environmental Management System. Therefore, we focus our efforts on complying with and improving our Environmental Management System.
Traceability is a basic requirement to ensure food quality throughout the food distribution chain. OCA Instituto de Certificación, S.L.U. periodically audits us to certify that we comply with the regulations established in the technical document Pork Traceability System and with the EC-178/2002 Regulation (article 18), in each of the stages of our production and distribution.
IRTA's new certification scheme, developed together with AENOR and based on the Welfare Quality protocols, guarantees our interest in complying with Animal Welfare regulations.
The ISO 14001 standard provides the necessary requirements to be able to implement an Environmental Management System. Therefore, we focus our efforts on complying with and improving our Environmental Management System.
The ISO 14001 standard provides the necessary requirements to be able to implement an Environmental Management System. Therefore, we focus our efforts on complying with and improving our Environmental Management System.
We have two Halal-certified production plants. Halal-certified products add value to the product and guarantee its quality during the production, handling, storage, transport and distribution process.
Certified centres:
- Frigoríficos Cárnicos Las Forcas SLU
We were the first Spanish company to be approved for the export of meat products to the United States. USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) is the federal agency in charge of supervising the US agricultural food industry, regulating the entry of products of this type from abroad into its territory.
AENOR certifies the quality and veracity of the "Iberian pig" designation on our products. The certifying company carries out regular checks at our plants associated with the slaughter, quartering, preparation and production of our products subject to this designation.
We have the Certificate of Conformity of the Legal Audit of the Occupational Risk Prevention Management System.
The Audit has been carried out in accordance with the requirements established in Law 31/1995 on Occupational Risk Prevention, the Prevention Services Regulations (Royal Decree 39/1997), modified by Royal Decree 604/2006 and the specific regulations in force.
Certified centres:
- Frigorífics Costa Brava SAU, by Audita Global Service.
The Traditional Speciality Guaranteed seal, like the Consorcio Serrano, ensures that a product possesses some specific differentiating characteristics, such as the case of our Serrano hams, produced according to traditional methods, with curing no less than 210 days and following the stages of salting, washing-brushing, resting or post-salting, drying-maturing and ageing or refining. Our products seek to be as natural as possible with Clean Label. The DLG, ITQI and SABOR DEL AÑO (Taste of the Year) are some of the quality seals which have set apart our cured charcuterie, fresh meat and burgers in recent years.
We adhere to the EU project "Med Diet Declaration", with the aim of promoting and preserving the values of the Mediterranean diet. Our identity is our commitment.
The Traditional Speciality Guaranteed seal ensures a product has specific differentiating characteristics from other food in the same category. The seal guarantees that a product is produced from traditional raw materials or those that have a traditional or artisan composition, production method or processing. In the case of our Serrano hams, produced according to traditional methods, the process cannot be less than 210 days and includes the stages of salting, washing-brushing, resting or post-salting, drying-maturing and ageing or refining.
The Spanish Serrano Ham Consortium (CJSE), international promotion and quality control body, endorses and guarantees that our exported Serrano ham is a high-quality product. Only those Serrano hams which fulfil the strict quality and product regulations of CJSE are analysed and certified. All Serrano hams which pass this selection process are identified with the “ConsorcioSerrano” seal.
Our Clean Label seal is an indicator of commitment to satisfy the trends of the end consumer regarding additive-free products and safe packaging. We place value on the production of “clean” products, produced in a traditional way, without artificial additives, in order to offer completely natural and healthy food.
The Gold DLG is one of three awarded by the DLG Academy (German Agricultural Society in English). Products are awarded according to three categories: DLG in gold, silver and bronze. Products which undergo DLG tests should pass a sensory analysis, laboratory studies and a preparation, packaging and labelling test. This test methodology is officially certified in accordance with ISO and DIN and used in many areas of food quality monitoring.
The Superior Taste Award is awarded annually and recognises excellent taste and quality food and drink. This award is given by the International Taste & Quality Institute (iTQi). Having this award is an indicator of high quality and a taste guarantee for consumers.
This quality seal is based on the rating of real consumers and experts who analyse the products’ taste qualities. In 2019, four of our burgers were awarded the Flavour of the Year seal: the big mixed burger, the mini paprika flavour one, the onion one and the ham and caramelised onion burger.
Our Zero Waste seal recognises us as an organisation which is concerned about correct recycling and management of our organic and inorganic waste, avoiding them ending up in landfill and contributing to a sustainable circular economy. More than 60% of our waste is evaluated and 90% ends up being turned into recycled material. We know fully the traceability of our waste thanks to strict inventories which we perform at all our facilities.
Costa Brava Mediterranean Foods has a long history of innovation, responsiveness and versatility. A background with which we share the values of an increasingly informed consumer, more aware of health.
A team of professionals, equipped with advanced research technology and microbiology laboratories, lead the research for new developments in products, packaging and processes. They follow market trends and guarantee food safety, quality and homogeneity in our products.
And in this endeavor we have qualified partners, research clusters, such as INNOVACC, and technological institutes such as IRTA.
Our Frigoríficos Costa Brava plant is participating in the project to optimise and automate the process of cutting meat or meat derivatives, semi-frozen and frozen, by means of a new design of automatic band saw or with the implementation of a micro-cutting disc, in order to avoid work accidents for the safety of the operator, and thus increase the quality of the product, and to improve the productivity and hygiene of the process. For more information click here.
In August 2021, Frigoríficos Costa Brava also began a project to automate the cutting of meat or meat derivatives to eliminate the risk of accidents at work and improve productivity and hygiene, with the help of IRTA, INNOVACC and the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Environment of the Generalitat de Catalunya. For full details click here.
Participating in the OPTINVAS project, we created a pilot team for AI inspection that verifies the quality of packaging. Embutidos Caseros Collell S.L. (for Costa Brava Mediterranean Foods), Esteban Espuña SA, IA Sapiens Innovation SL, INNDEO, NAGRIFOOD and INNOVACC also participate. For more information about the project click here.
One of the most recent projects is the one carried out by Coopecarn Girona, SA, with funding from the Generalitat de Catalunya and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EU) to promote a process for obtaining LegHemoglobin and its industrial viability for preparing vegetable based products. Project financed through Operation 16.01.01 (cooperation for innovation) of the PDR of Catalonia 2014-2020. For more information click here.
Our R&D department of Frescos y Elaborados Delisano, S.A., has collaborated in the SMARTFARM project (File IDI-20210049) which is based on the analysis of critical points and strengthening of integral quality management systems in the food industry through the development of a preventive detection model for Salmonella. This project has been funded by the CDTI and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), with the aim of promoting technological development, innovation and quality research. See more details.
Not only do we comply with current environmental legislation, but we also go beyond the legal requirements by establishing our own protocols for the application of Best Available Techniques (BAT). Applying our Environmental Policy, we work every day to achieve the following objectives: optimisation of water consumption through reuse measures, reuse of materials, recycling through selective collection and reduction of energy consumption.
Some of our new self-consumption improvement projects have received aid through the INSTITUTO DE DIVERSIFICACIÓN Y AHORRO DE LA ENERGÍA (IDAE) Read more details, and the INSTITUTO CATALÁN DE ENERGIA (ICAEN) Read more details, co-financed by the European Union through the FEDER Operational Programme.
Project under the programme of incentives linked to self-consumption and storage, with renewable energy sources, as well as the implementation of renewable thermal systems in the residential sector, in the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU. Full details here.
We are also in the project related to food processing and marketing, of the “Programa de Desenvolupament Rural de Catalunya 2014-2020” co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe invests in rural areas, and also co-financed by the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Read more details.
At Frigoríficos Costa Brava we have received grants from ICAE for two important projects related to our goal of energy saving and efficiency. One of them is based on the automation of the multiformat case packing and palletising system (read more details here) and the other one on the automation of the palletising system for a 3rd phase energy improvement (read more details here).
We are committed to the sustainability of our surroundings through our Environmental Management System, based on the UNE-EN ISO 14001:2015 Standard. We are committed to complying with all applicable legal requirements and others to which the organisation subscribes: environmental protection, progressive reduction of waste generation, reduction in the consumption of natural resources, continuous updating of the Environmental Policy and Programme, establishing the objectives and goals of our Environmental Management System. Read more details.
We invest in the continuous improvement of the Company’s sustainability, as we have recently done in the meat cutting line and in the improvement of the efficiency of the croquettes line. The improvement in the meat cutting line (File E4IN12/2019/84) is a project that is supported by IVACE and FEDER for its energy efficiency improvement. Read more details.
Regarding the improvement of the croquette line (File E4IDIN/2019/11), the vertical packaging machine has been replaced by an automatic vertical packaging system in line, which translates into a clear technical improvement of this process, reducing the consumption of the plant by more than 93,000 kWh/year and avoiding the emission of more than 33,000 kg of CO2 per year. Project supported by the IDAE and IVACE Grants co-financed by the European Union within the ERDF Operational Programme. Read more details.
For our energy efficiency actions in the improvement of technology in industrial equipment and processes, we have received a grant for the project “Improving efficiency in skin plus flow pack line” (File: E4IDIN/2019/230) with the aim of reducing energy consumption in the plant. Project supported by the IDAE and IVACE Grants co-financed by the European Union within the ERDF Operational Programme. Find out all the information here.
We continue to work on improving the energy efficiency of technology in industrial equipment and processes, we have received a grant for the project “Improving efficiency on line 11” (File: E4IDIN/2019/194) with the aim of reducing energy consumption in the plant by automating the boxing of our products. Project supported by IDAE and IVACE Grants co-financed by the European Union within the ERDF Operational Programme. Find out all the information here.
Frescos y Elaborados Delisano, SAU has received aid for the self-consumption project “Photovoltaics for self-consumption” (File: IDAUT2/2021/65) with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. The project is part of the programme of incentives linked to self-consumption and storage, with renewable energy sources, as well as the implementation of renewable thermal systems in the residential sector, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU. Find out all the information here.
In the social field, our plant in Cheste (Frescos y Elaborados Delisano, S.A.) has received from LABORA Servicio Valenciano de Empleo y Formación, a grant of 2.826,24€ to promote the recruitment of people with functional diversity. More information
We have implemented a new project of three recharging points thanks to the aid co-financed by the European Recovery and Resilience Mechanism PRTR-Next Generation EU coordinated through IDAE and managed by the Royal Decree 266/2021 with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. More information
FRESCOS Y ELABORADOS DELISANO SAU, has received aid for its energy saving and efficiency project, project file E4IDIN/2019/443, under I.D.A.E. and IVACE aid, co-financed by the European Union within the ERDF Operational Programme 2014-2020 with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous regions, charged to the National Energy Efficiency Fund, with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. An energy saving and efficiency project has been drawn up, consisting of the replacement of a heat pump for the air conditioning of the offices. The collaboration of the best equipment manufacturers in the sector has been required, which will provide us with great energy and environmental savings in the process. Thanks to the project, 12.12teps per year will be saved.
We developed an energy saving and efficiency project consisting of the implementation of a frequency inverter in the refrigeration compressors, with an estimated saving of 58.89te/year. We have also replaced the ventilation system in the A8 loin dryer to achieve a cleaner and more sustainable economy, which allows us to save 10.61 toe/year in energy. Both projects have been co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE). Read more details.
Our plant Embutidos Caseros Collell S.A. has received a grant for our energy saving and efficiency project “Replacement of the flowpack system in the fuet line”, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. The project saves 20.95 toe per year. Read more details
We have developed an energy saving and efficiency project, co-financed by FEDER and coordinated by IDAE, consisting of the replacement of an A11 dryer with a new highly energy efficient dryer… Thanks to the project we managed to save 17 toe per year. More details
With the same energy saving and efficiency programme of the European Fund, we have implemented a new high-efficiency crate washer, with which we saved 41.13 toe per year. Find out more.
We work every day and go beyond the current legislation in environmental matters, as can be seen in the link below with our Environmental Policy. Find out the details.
We have received aid for the energy saving and efficiency project “Implementation of efficient technologies in production processes”, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous regions, charged to the National Energy Efficiency Fund, with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. An energy saving and efficiency project has been drawn up consisting of the implementation of efficient technologies in the product slicing systems for production processes by replacing existing equipment with high-efficiency systems. The collaboration of the best equipment manufacturers in the sector has been required, which will provide us with great energy and environmental savings in the process. Thanks to the project, 37.96 toe per year will be saved. Read more details.
By means of the Ordren ARP/159/2019, of 12 August, the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda, has granted us an aid of 500.000 € for the project “Technological improvements in a beef slaughterhouse with cutting room annexed in Ovino”. See more details.
We carried out a project under the programme of incentives linked to self-consumption and storage, with renewable energy sources, as well as the implementation of renewable thermal systems in the residential sector, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.
See more details of the project at the Sant Jaume de Llierca plant.
See more details of the project at the Les Planes d’Hostoles plant.
Thanks to this innovative spirit, we’ve become champions of new products, some examples of which are:
Our products bring Mediterranean gastronomy to more than 60 countries on five continents through 5,500 containers/year.
Our long export history, which began in the 70s of the last century, and our renowned quality have made us pioneers in the main strategic markets. Such as China (2008) or the United States (2013), where we were the first Spanish company to export white layer pork. In the latter territory we have also opened our first production plant outside Spain (Toano, Virginia, 2022), where we slice and pack our cured products. In both markets we have a large share of penetration, as is also the case in Japan and in around ten Asian countries.
In 2023 we will expand into the LATAM market (Brazil, Chile, Mexico...) with our sliced cured sausages and frozen pork.
