Silgen is an R&D project with over a decade of operation, aiming to develop and commercialise a complex state-of-the-art farming and processing method of European catfish, which is a beautiful, wild, predatory fish with white, boneless, firmly textured filet.

The Silgen vision was based on the solid principles of the core team. The love of nature and animals, the belief that access to healthy food is a fundamental human right, the conviction that the future agriculture must be sustainable, and it must be in balance with the environment, have accompanied the whole project.

After its first decade, the project has resulted in two different product types: a complex farming technology, and a premium consumer product.

This project was coordinated by Dr. Andras Bulkai partnered with 5 leading European SMEs and received funding from the European Unions’ Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no 950964.