“…In general, research activities are not considered important assets for innovation in the sector. However, the emergence of new technological paradigms in the food processing industry has driven enterprises to develop in-house research, or even contract development through independent enterprises or institutions, increasing expenditures for R&D on one side and technological capacity on the other (Cabral, 2007). Technological capacity has been defined by De Mori (2011, p. 70) as a […] set of efforts, skills (operative, organizational, and relational) and knowledge, anchored in a constant flow of necessary learning to absorb, use, adapt, develop, and transfer technologies.…”