The initiative

Research turned
into reality

Facing climate change, agriculture needs a new vision. HelEx and AGRI4POL are European research projects identifying genetic strategies to adapt sunflower crops to a shifting environment: improving the crop’s environmental footprint and ensuring its long-term resilience.

In collaboration with field and industry partners, we turned that research into something you can hold: three essential products made from our experimental sunflowers, assembled into a single gift box that is the signature of our collective commitment.

Production partners

Moulin de Perrine
Sunbloom
ADA Occitanie
LEGTA Auzeville
What’s inside

Three treasures,
one plant

Each product is made from sunflowers grown within HelEx and AGRI4POL experimental plots: traceable, non-GMO, and crafted in partnership with local producers.

HelEx sunflower oil in labelled glass bottles

Premium Oil

Cold-pressed · Experimental varieties

Pure oil pressed from seeds harvested in HelEx trial plots. Each bottle carries the HelEx label and a note on its scientific origin: a tangible result of four years of breeding research.

Sunflower honey jars ready for packaging

Pure Honey

Pollinator health · Field sites

Produced by bees foraging on HelEx experimental plots with ADA Occitanie, this honey embodies the project’s focus on pollinator ecosystem services: research you can taste.

Sunflower protein powder being filled into jars

Plant-based Proteins

Full value chain · EU crop diversity

A European alternative to soy: sunflower protein-rich meal, produced with Sunbloom. This small jar carries a big promise: the bioeconomy potential of tomorrow’s sunflower varieties.

Complete Made From Sunflower gift box with all three products
Filling honey jar from production tank
Box interior showing HelEx and AGRI4POL partner logos
The packaging

A box that
tells the story

The kraft cardboard box announces itself boldly: Made From Sunflower. Open it, and you find the full story: the inner panel displays all the logos of the HelEx and AGRI4POL consortium, over 30 institutions from across Europe.

This is not a commercial product. It is a collective scientific achievement transformed into something tangible: a communication object born from the field, shaped by research, and offered as a shared commitment to the future of sunflowers.

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Discover the HelEx project: from wild sunflower genetics to European field trials and policy impact.

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HelEx and AGRI4POL receive funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement N°101081974. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA).