HIFAS DA TERRA

sobre cómo filtrar por idioma. It was created in 1999 as a spin-off of the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). The culture of multiple species of fungi with different properties was fully developed, and the design of novel components based on beneficial effects of fungi represents the fundamental activity of the company. Founded by Dr. Catalina Fernández de Ana Portela, Hifas da Terra is Europe's largest biotech company specialising in the research and development of pure mushroom products, offering natural and innovative solutions to enhance health and quality of life. Committed to leading R&D, the company invests 62% of its profits into areas such as gastrointestinal health, immunology, oncology, musculoskeletal health, and mental health, developing products from 100% pure and organic mushrooms. Hifas da Terra currently markets and exports its products to 14 countries, with plans to expand into the Middle East and the United States. Hifas da Terra, the first European biotechnology company founded with a focus on researching and developing mushroom-based products, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The company's core values are quality, science, and sustainability. Since its creation in 1999, Hifas da Terra has made it its mission to expand and apply mycological knowledge, the result of years of studies and projects, to create products for the benefit of the worldwide population. "We research the molecules and their applications in the right concentrations so that people can benefit from everything that the scientific literature and our studies tell us about the effects of medicinal mushrooms," explains Dr Catalina Fernández de Ana Portela, the company's founder. The beginnings of Hifas da Terra date back to the thesis project of its founder Dr Catalina Fernández de Ana Portela, a seed that grew into a small family business founded in Portamuiños, Bora, in the Pontevedra area of Spain, to extract the properties of mushrooms and implementing them in the health sector.