Nogam

What Nogam does

Nogam, Unipessoal Lda is a Portuguese agro-industrial company headquartered in Torre de Coelheiros, Évora, and operating as the nuts-focused subsidiary of the SOGEPOC family group (whose flagship SUGAL is the world's third-largest tomato concentrate producer). Founded in 2020 and incorporated as a private limited company, Nogam operates a vertically integrated business spanning a 50,000-tree-per-year walnut nursery, 615 hectares of walnut orchards, 170 hectares of almond orchards, and a 6,000-ton annual-capacity walnut processing factory inaugurated in 2021 that the company describes as the largest of its kind in Europe. The processing line uses state-of-the-art American hulling, drying, calibration, and cracking technology designed to minimize defect rates and extend shelf life to 12 months.

The commercial model is B2B enterprise field sales targeting food retailers, distributors, and processors across Portugal, Germany, Spain, and Italy, with an explicit strategy of displacing American walnut imports — which account for an estimated 70% of Portuguese walnut consumption. Revenue streams include in-shell walnuts, walnut kernels, in-shell almonds, processing services for third parties, and plant-production services (rootstocks and varieties such as Chandler, Howard, Tulare, and Trompito). Pricing is quote-based on bulk polypropylene bag units (5–25 kg) for commercial buyers.

The company's strategic differentiator is a partnership with Chilean producer Frunut (~1,400 hectares) that integrates harvests across hemispheres, enabling two crops per year and year-round fresh supply to European buyers. Certifications include GLOBE Green, BRCGS, and Produção Integrada. SOGEPOC has committed over €50 million in total investment, and management projects €20-25 million in annual turnover from the walnut processing unit at full ramp, against a current headcount of 29 employees with a planned expansion to 80-100.

Name

Nogam

Legal name

Nogam, Unipessoal Lda

Website

https://nogam.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nogam is the nuts-focused agro-industrial subsidiary of Portugal's SOGEPOC group, operating Europe's largest walnut processing factory and 615 hectares of walnut orchards to supply fresh walnuts and almonds to B2B food retailers and processors across Portugal, Germany, Spain, and Italy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Torre de Coelheiros, Évora

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Walnut Sales: Sale of walnuts including in-shell and kernel products. Vertical integration from nursery to processing to commercialization.
2. Almond Sales: Sale of almond products including in-shell almonds.
3. Plant Production Services: Production and sale of walnut rootstocks and varieties including Chandler, Howard, Tulare and Trompito for commercial orders.
4. Processing Services: Hulling, drying, calibration and cracking services for walnuts with high processing speed to improve final product quality.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Nogam is an agro-industrial producer that cultivates, processes, and commercializes walnuts and almonds for European food-industry buyers. It runs a 50,000-tree-per-year plant nursery, manages 615 ha of walnut orchards and 170 ha of almond orchards, and operates Europe's largest walnut processing factory with 6,000 tons of annual capacity. The company also supplies walnut plant material and processing services to third parties.

Product overview

Nogam operates as an integrated agro-industrial company producing and processing walnuts and almonds. The company manages a vertical integration model comprising plant nurseries (Walnut-tree Nursery producing 50,000 plants per year), walnut and almond production across 615 hectares of orchards, and industrial processing services. The product portfolio includes three core agricultural products: Walnut Inshell, Walnut Kernel, and Almond Inshell. Processing services cover hulling, drying, calibration, cracking, and packaging operations. Nogam also provides plant production services for walnut rootstocks and varieties. Through a partnership with Chilean company Frunut, the company integrates harvests from both hemispheres to provide fresh walnuts year-round.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Walnut Inshell Whole walnuts in their shell, produced from Nogam's own 615 ha of European walnut orchards and processed at Europe's largest walnut factory. Supplied in bulk to European food retailers, distributors, and food industry buyers.
• Walnut Kernel Shelled walnut kernels produced at Nogam's 6,000-ton-capacity walnut processing factory in Portugal. Sold to European food industry buyers for retail packing and ingredient use, with year-round availability enabled by the Chilean Frunut partnership.
• Almond Inshell Almonds in their shell produced from Nogam's 170 ha of European almond orchards and supplied in bulk to European food industry and retail customers.
• Walnut Plant Production (Nursery) A plant nursery service producing 50,000 walnut trees per year for sale to fruit and nut growers, cooperatives, and agricultural enterprises establishing or expanding walnut orchards.
• Industrial Walnut Processing Services Outsourced walnut cracking and processing services delivered through Nogam's 6,000-ton-capacity factory, available to orchard owners and agricultural operators needing large-scale cracking and processing capacity.

Quantifiable outcome

• Expected annual turnover of €20-25 million from walnut processing unit
• +4 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FrunutcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2021Strategic partnership between Nogam (Portugal) and Frunut (Chile) to integrate harvests across both hemispheres. The project involves integration of orchards, processing, technical management and human resources. This enables two annual harvests providing fresh walnuts year-round to the market. Frunut cultivates approximately 1,400 hectares of walnuts in Chile.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Diamond Foods: US-based branded nut and snack company with Diamond of California walnuts. The dominant incumbent Nogam is positioning against; broadly comparable walnut processing capability but at much larger scale and with established North American supply chain.
• Olam Food Ingredients (ofi): Global food-ingredients business of Olam Group with a large nuts and edible nuts platform (cashews, almonds, hazelnuts). Provides a comparable but much larger-scale reference point for vertically integrated nut processing and B2B distribution.
• Cargill: Global agribusiness giant with significant tree-nut origination, processing, and ingredient operations serving European food manufacturers. Not a direct walnut specialist but a key broad incumbent in the European nut supply chain Nogam serves.

Direct peers

• Mariani Nut Company: US family-owned walnut and almond processor (Mariani Premium) with multi-generation expertise in cracking, drying, and packaging. Closely comparable product portfolio and processing technology stack.
• Frunut: Chilean walnut producer with ~1,400 ha of orchards; Nogam's actual strategic partner under the dual-hemisphere model. Operates the same core business — walnut farming and processing — at comparable scale and targets the same European end-markets.
• La Morella Nuts: Spanish nut processor and supplier to European industrial and bakery customers. Similar walnut/almond product portfolio and direct overlap with Nogam's stated Spanish export market.
• John B. Sanfilippo & Son: US nut processor (Fisher Nuts, Orchard Valley Harvest) specializing in walnuts, almonds, pecans, and other tree nuts. Comparable walnut cracking/processing capability and bulk B2B customer mix.
• Select Harvests: Australia's largest vertically integrated almond producer and marketer (Renshaw, Lucky, Solato brands). Closely comparable business model — orchard-to-processing-to-market integration — in the almond category Nogam also operates in.
• Noberasco: Italian dried-fruit and nut company supplying Italian and European retail with almonds, walnuts, and mixed nuts. Comparable target geography (Mediterranean/European retail) and product range.
• Borges Agricultural & Industrial Nuts (BAIN): Spanish vertically integrated nut producer (almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts) selling into European retail and food-service channels. Highly comparable product mix, customer base, and Iberian/Mediterranean origin positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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