We are creating the world´s
most sustainable avocados
Locally grown, across the globe.
The Avocado Genome Project
As avocado's consumption will outpace production capability in the next 10 years, we believe there is a massive opportunity to create a new type of avocado that can be grown indoors to deliver not just superlative quality but also greater sustainability with lowered impact on the environment, all while adding benefits to both global and local economy. Supercados are hybrid avocados that include the most sustainable and market-transformative genetic traits obtainable through studying a great variety of different avocado genomes.
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NO standard GMO
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Reduced water usage
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Including seedless varieties
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Locally indoor grown: reduction of CO2
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Longer lasting
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Better tasting, some with edible skin
Market Introduction
The demand and consumption of avocados are expected to double in the next 10 years to exceed $32 billion USD a year by 2032. Avocado production, however, is associated with significant water conflicts, stresses and political hot spots, as well as with other negative environmental and socioeconomic impacts on local communities in the main production zones. In considering near-future climatic change in tropical and subtropical areas where avocados are produced, an urgent roadmap is needed to avoid and mitigate negative effects of avocado production.
The EU consumes close to 34% of global avocados and yet it produces less than 2%. With nearly all avocados consumed in Europe being imports, what if there is a way for every EU country to grow avocados domestically for both their own consumption and as a commodity crop for trade with other countries?
This is where we started the journey.
Our grand vision is to create the next generation superfood based on avocados.
Supercados are hybrid avocados that combine many existing health features from different avocado strains in Mexico. These are alternatives to the Hass avocado, which dominates 80% of the avocado market today.
Team of scientists
Three industry-leading scientists have begun building the largest private database of avocado genomes. Meet the world-leading science team behind The Avocado Genome Project:
- PHD Plant Biology University of Belgium
- Professor of Plant/Soil Science, Texas Technology University
- President’s Distinguished Professor of Plant Genomics
- Principal author on the first genome sequences of avocado
- A holder of 15 patents, published more than 180 research papers and 47 book chapters
- PHD University of N. Carolina
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Empire Innovation Professor of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo (SUNY)
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Sr. author on the first genome sequences of avocado
- Published +150 scientific papers, edited 2 academic books, and received research awards from the US, Swedish and Norwegian National Science Foundations
- PHD Center of Research and Advanced Studies IPN
- Sr. Researcher, Institute of Ecology, Mexico
- Co-principal author on the first genome sequences of avocado
- A holder of 2 patents, published more than 80 research papers and 4 book chapters
- Member of the National System of Researchers for Mexico since 2014
The Avocado Genome Project.
There are over 500 varieties of avocados grown in Mexico today, but nearly 90% of what the world consumes comes from one type of avocado – Hass. These domestic-Mexican avocado varieties have different genetic traits, ranging from size, seedlessness, soft and edible to tough skin, and taste - but Hass avocado dominates due to long shelf-life, which is friendly for shipping.
Three industry-leading scientists are building the largest private academic database of avocado genomes. The research goal is to understand the total variety of this superfruit’s genome, which holds the key to sustainable avocado production in the future.
In 2023, we began turning academic research into a commercial venture aimed at creating hybrid avocados that have the best taste, durability, and sustainability to be grown indoors anywhere in the world.
