QUALITYFRY SL

Their core work

QUALITYFRY SL is a Madrid-based SME that develops commercial deep frying equipment designed to reduce oil consumption, energy use, and unhealthy compound formation during industrial food frying. Their core product is a redesigned commercial deep fryer that aims to address both the health and environmental shortcomings of conventional frying technology. They successfully progressed through the EU SME Instrument program — from a Phase 1 feasibility study (ECOFRY) to a full Phase 2 development and commercialization project (FC-Unlimited) — indicating a company that moved from concept validation to market-ready product development within a few years.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

QUALITYFRY's two-project history shows a single, focused trajectory rather than a diversification: they developed one core technology concept and scaled it through EU funding stages. ECOFRY (2016) was a short Phase 1 feasibility study to validate the market and technical case for healthier, more sustainable frying. FC-Unlimited (2018–2019) was the Phase 2 follow-through — a full development and commercialization project with 25 times the funding. There is no meaningful pivot in focus; instead, the evolution is one of depth and readiness level, moving from concept to commercial product.

QUALITYFRY appears to have completed their EU-funded development cycle and likely moved into commercialization post-2019; any future collaboration would most likely be around pilot testing, food industry adoption, or scale-up partnerships rather than further R&D.

How they like to work

QUALITYFRY operated entirely as a solo coordinator on both projects — both were SME Instrument grants, which are designed for single-company applications and do not require consortium partners. They have zero recorded consortium partners across their entire H2020 history. This means they are a self-contained product company rather than a collaborative research actor; working with them would likely mean a bilateral arrangement, not a multi-partner consortium role.

QUALITYFRY has no recorded consortium partners across their two H2020 projects, having used the SME Instrument solo track exclusively. Their EU collaboration footprint is limited to Spain, with no cross-border research partnerships on record.

What sets them apart

QUALITYFRY is a rare example of a food equipment manufacturer — not a research institute or university — that drove its own EU-funded product development from feasibility to near-commercialization. They own the full technology concept and IP rather than sharing it across a consortium, which makes them a potential licensing or co-commercialization partner for food equipment distributors or catering industry players. Their niche — making commercial frying both healthier and more sustainable — sits at the intersection of food safety regulation pressure and sustainability mandates, giving the technology real market pull.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FC-Unlimited
  The largest-funded project (€1.27M via SME Instrument Phase 2) represents a full product development and commercialization push for an eco-efficient commercial deep fryer — rare for a two-person-scale Spanish food equipment SME.
• ECOFRY
  A successful SME Phase 1 feasibility study that directly unlocked the much larger Phase 2 grant, demonstrating a clean technology validation pathway from idea to funded product.