Zyrcular Foods
- Type
- Food & Ingredient Manufacturer
- Location
- Madrid, Spain
- Industries
- Alternative proteins, Food ingredients & products, Food reformulation, Sustainable packaging & plastic alternatives, Shortening supply chain
- Domains
- Ingredients, Proteins, Fish, Animal based primary products, Mycoprotein, Algae, Plant based primary products, Fungi
- Technologies
- Extrusion, Texturising / texturing, Processing, Platform technology, Platform & Service technologies, Physical modification, Fermentation, Biotechnology & sustainable inputs
About Zyrcular Foods
Zyrcular Foods is a Spanish provider of alternative-protein solutions focused on developing, producing, distributing, and advising on new protein sources. The company positions itself as a global partner for food businesses looking to build or expand plant-based and other alternative-protein offerings, combining product development, manufacturing, and distribution under one integrated model.
Its website emphasizes a broad view of alternative protein, spanning plant-based protein and mycoprotein today, while also collaborating on future-facing areas such as algae, microalgae, fermentation, insect protein, and cultivated meat. Zyrcular Foods serves retail, horeca, and industrial customers, and presents itself as a flexible partner that can support projects from an initial idea through to market launch and scale-up.
Core Values
- Sustainability: The company frames its purpose around contributing to a healthier food system with lower environmental impact, using green energy, more sustainable packaging, and efficient production.
- Gastronomy: Zyrcular Foods stresses taste, texture, and aroma, with chefs involved in product creation so that alternative-protein foods are enjoyable as well as functional.
- Nutrition: Nutritionists help shape the nutritional profile of products, and the company highlights cleaner labels and balanced eating as part of its approach.
- Knowledge and expertise: Zyrcular Foods presents itself as a food-industry partner with strong agro-food know-how, international scouting capability, and experience across the alternative-protein landscape.
- Flexibility: Its integrated model is designed to adapt to customer needs at any point in the value chain, from concept development to distribution.
Unique Aspects
- Integrated value chain: Zyrcular Foods combines development, production, distribution, and advisory services in one model, which lets it support customers from idea to shelf.
- Own production facilities: The company operates two plants, including the BRM Protein Site and a dedicated plant for crispy and breaded products, giving it in-house manufacturing capacity.
- Sustainability-certified site: Its main plant is BREEAM-certified, powered only by green energy, and described as partially self-supplied with very low emissions.
- Exclusive Revo Foods distribution in Spain: According to known news, Zyrcular Foods became the exclusive distributor of Revo Foods products in Spain, bringing plant-based fish alternatives such as THE FILET to the market.
- International brand scouting: The company curates a portfolio of international alternative-protein brands for the Spanish market, alongside its own brand Amara.
- Broad innovation scope: Zyrcular Foods participates in co-funded projects on extrusion, insect integration, plant-based meat analogues, and fungi/plant applications, showing active R&D beyond its current commercial lines.