Objective
AINIA’s framework of action focuses on 5 major social and business “challenges” on which AINIA will focus its R&D&I activities:
- Food of the future.
- Food Safety.
- Health and quality of life.
- Green transformation.
- Digital transformation.
In each of these challenges, AINIA works in different “areas of action”:
Food of the future
- Healthy and sustainable foods
- Processes
- Packaging
- Consumer and market
Quality and food safety
- Food quality
- Industrial hygiene
- Food safety management
Health and wellbeing
- Health
- People’s well-being
- Clinical equipment and systems
Green transformation
- Bioeconomy
- Circular economy and resource-use efficiency
- Energy transition and climate change.
- Zero pollution.
Digital transformation
- Industry 4.0
- Precision agriculture.
In each of these areas of action, the centre has a broad “technology offer” classified into the following business areas:
- R&D
- Technological assistance and consultancy services
- Laboratory services.
- Education
- Industrial services
These services are aimed at companies in the agri-food chain and other “sectors”, specifically:
- Agri-food
- Chemical
- Cosmetic
- Pharmaceutical,
- Packaging
- Environment,
among others, and also for the public sector and society in general.
Finally, AINIA’s knowledge portfolio, which includes all its technological capabilities and know-how supporting its products and services, is divided into 9 “knowledge areas”:
- Biotechnology
- Environmental and energy technologies
- Physicochemical technologies
- Food technology
- Packaging technologies
- Sensory analysis and market research
- Law and regulations
- Digital technologies
Activities
The non-economic R&D activities fall within the following main lines of AINIA’s R&D&I activity:
- Waste biorefinery
- Hygienic engineering and design
- Environment and water
- Advanced vision
- Spectral sensors
- Laboratories-EMRISK 2023
- Food industries
- Chemical industries
- Consumer-ciencia sensorial
- Food law quality and food safety
- Preclinical studies using in vitro models
- Computing technologies
- Supercritical fluids-ALTEX
- Microbiology and industrial biotechnology
- Market research
- Development of new packaging and materials
Dissemination
Waste biorefinery
- Towards energy efficiency in the agri-food industry through CO2 valorisation World Energy Efficiency Day
- How can biodegradable organic waste be managed more efficiently and sustainably? – AINIA
- What are the main climate change adaptation strategies? – AINIA
Hygienic engineering and design
Environment and water
- Where is the future of wastewater treatment heading? 6th Conference on eco-Technologies for Wasterwater Treatment (IWA)
- The EU wants to boost the algae sector to obtain energy and nutritional resources
- WEBINAR Bioeconomy and Sustainability: Innovation Opportunities in Industry in the Valencian Community
Advanced vision
Spectral sensors
- Challenges and technologies driving digital transformation in the agri-food industry II Meeting -7 June
- CONFERENCE Digital Transformation in Agriculture
- Digital Transformation and Decarbonisation, key topics in the agri-food industry debated at AINIA
- How are companies in the agri-food sector addressing Digital Transformation?
Laboratories-EMRISK 2023
The 10 food risks with the greatest impact in the coming years
- Mycotoxins
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Soil contamination due to the use of waste as fertilisers
- Presence of microplastics (MP) in food
- Tropane and pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food
- Poisonings derived from possible legislative flexibility to modify shelf-life dates in order to minimise food waste
- Adverse effects of the introduction of alternative proteins, such as the presence of allergens, contaminants or residues.
- Presence of Undeclared Allergens in Food: A Scientific, Technological and Regulatory Challenge
- Increase in the Incidence of Marine Toxins
- Microbiological Risks Associated with Minimally Processed Foods
Circular economy and sustainability, challenges facing the meat sector
16 experts will discuss the new food safety challenges facing the sector
I Food Quality and Safety Meeting – 11 May
Food industries
Chemical industries
- How to obtain microbial products with high viability and stability
- Microencapsulation, a key technology for innovation in nutraceutical products
Consumer-ciencia sensorial
- Why is sensory analysis a powerful tool for the cosmetics industry?
- Survival analysis, an agile and simple method to estimate the sensory shelf life of a food product
- Virtual reality and consumer studies: What is coming next
Food law quality and food safety
- 16 experts will discuss the new food safety challenges facing the sector I Food Quality and Safety Meeting – 11 May
- What are the new food safety challenges facing the sector?
- Food safety: Packaging materials, management systems and their differences between the EU and the US
Preclinical studies using in vitro models
- Technological strategies for therapies based on natural biomolecules Bioalmorzo 15 June
- Discover the latest advances and technologies related to 3D cultures 3D Cell Culture Conference
Computing technologies
Supercritical fluids-ALTEX
- Main trends in cosmetic product development that we saw at Incosmetics Global
- Sustainability and efficacy, key aspects at In-Cosmetics Global Barcelona- 28-30 March
- What we saw at BIOFACH 2023: Trends for the organic food and cosmetics sector
- Natural extracts, using pressurised CO2, for organic food and cosmetic products
Microbiology and industrial biotechnology
Market research
- The 7 factors that describe consumers of organic products Consumer Barometer – AINIA
- Rising prices, the search for plant protein and environmental concern shape purchasing and consumption habits AINIA Barometer 2023
- Why has the consumption of food supplements increased?
- Real fooding: Towards more conscious and healthier eating
Development of new packaging and materials
- MeetingPack 2024 presents a programme focused on innovations to achieve sustainability goals by 2030 On 10 and 11 April at the Valencia Conference Centre
- Where is legislation on Packaging and Packaging Waste in the European Union heading?
- III Paper and Cardboard Packaging Conference in the Agri-food Industry
- Which fruits and vegetables are at greater risk of deterioration when sold loose? AESAN Report
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