Customer-led services, independence, confidentiality, integrity, and commitment are the core values of the organization. The organization provides technological assistance and applied research and development services to companies in the food, pharma, chemical and cosmetic sectors. It has over 1,100 associated companies, 200 staff members, and 12,000 square meters of facilities including 7 laboratories and 10 pilot plants.

1. customer-led services · independence · confidentiality · integrity · commitment
We give support and add value to companies, leading innovation and technological development in a responsible and committed way
00_ | More than 1.100 associated companies | More than 20 years of experience in applied R&D |
| A staff of 200, mainly technologists | 12.000 m2 of facilities |
01_ We work for the Food, Pharma, Chemical and Cosmetic sectors
02_ We are specialists in Food Technology | Biotechnology | Nanotechnology | Electronics and Communications | Chemical Technologies | Environmental and energetic technologies |
03_ We provide Solutions for Food & Health | Food Quality & Safety | Design and Industrial Production | Sustainability | Packaging |

2. Our infrastructures are prepared to respond to the technological needs:
7 laboratories:
Chromatography | General Chemistry | Physical Tests (food and packaging materials) | Microbiology | Molecular Biology | Cell Culture Laboratory | Bio-Security Level P3 Laboratory |
10 pilot plants:
Unit Operations in food Processing | Biogas | Supercritical Fluid Technology (scf) | Packaging | New Product Development | Water | Hygiene | Bio-Production | Spectroscopy | Vision |
5 polyvalent and multifunctional rooms Researchers' room (100 people) 12.000 m2 of facilities Assembly hall (120 people)

3. 01_. TECHNOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE: FAST & EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS
Technological assistance activities are aimed at providing technical or managerial solutions for:
productivity improvement, cost reduction, risk minimisation or assessment, or innovation management
Technological solutions for cost reduction
• Cost reduction in packaging
• Cost reduction in production: process engineering, process automation
• Efficient use of energy
• Valorisation of byproducts
• Biogas. Energy recovery from waste and byproducts
• Cost reduction in water treatment. Optimisation and design of treatment systems
• Cost reduction in analytical processes
• Integration in the food supply chain
Technological solutions for risk minimisation or assessment
• Risk assessment: shelf life, microbiological risks, online detection of contaminants, traceability
• Hygienic Engineering Design for equipment and facilities
Technological solutions for innovation management
• Innovation management systems
• Online consumer knowledge system
• Support for the development and marketing of new products: research and evaluation of alternatives for new product
development, feasibility studies, assessment in food labelling and food law.

4. 02._ R & D: PRIORITY OBJECTIVE
Technological Areas Industrial applications
Biotechnology
Food & Health
• Biological diagnosis means of molecular and biochemical tools
• Development of potentially useful active compounds for food and related products • Ingredients bioactivity
• Industrial production of microalgae • Food reformulation for a better effect on health
• Evaluation of bioactivity by means of “in vitro” systems • Inmunonutrition
• Environmental improvement by means of biomethanization processes, biodegradation and advanced • Food antioxidant capacity (ORAC)
biological depuration of water
• Functional food
Nanotechnology
Food Quality & Safety
• Development of new packaging materials with functional nanoparticles
• Nanotechnology applied to the development of functional food: nano-encapsulation, nano-embryo, • Development of fast techniques for microorganism detection
molecular development of antibodies, nano-vectors of active principles and other technologies • Predictive microbiology
• Adulteration and watering-down of wines using isotopic techniques
Food technology • Food traceability
• Development of new products: prepared food, ready meals, functional food, other trends • Analysis of optical, acoustic and radiofrequency signals
• Transformation and reformulation of food • Measurement of food safety parameters: foreign bodies, pesticides, etc.
• Food preservation and processing technologies
• Food-package interaction
• Food packaging
• Disinfection and enzymatic inactivation techniques
• Hygienic design of equipment and new technologies for cleaning and disinfecting
Chemical technologies Industrial Design & Production
• Supercritial Fluid Technology • Products obtained through biotechnological processes
• Chemical Engineering Operations • Design of elements for biotechnological production
• Physical and Chemical Analytical Technologies • Edible coating
• Advanced oxidation • Package design
• Development of functional materials for food packaging
Electronics and Communications
• Extraction technologies. Microencapsulation, Nanoencapsulation
• Rapid techniques for quality control: infrared spectroscopy, hyperspectral imaging, ultrasounds and others
• Information Management Systems: interoperability, artificial intelligence, etc.
Sustainability
Environmental and energetic technologies • Biomethanization of agrifood waste
• Technologies for biological treatment of water • Sustainable cleaning and disinfection of facilities
• Water purification based on adsorption process • Effluent treatment using advanced oxidation
• Ozone and other oxidizing agents used in cleaning operations • Minimization of packaging waste
• Biomethane production • Life-cycle analysis
• Biofuell Cell
• Best Available Technologies (BAT)

5. 03._ ANALYTICAL SERVICES
The laboratories' activities are aimed at perfecting the fastest, most efficient and precise analytical techniques, to guarantee
food safety.
• ainia offers more than 400 different analytical tests
• +100 techniques accredited by ENAC, national entity of accreditation of reference in Spain
• 80.000 analytical tests a year
• Laboratories with the most advanced equipment
• Interpretation of results to meet the specifications of the supplier and / or international legislation
• New and adapted analytical techniques according to the needs of each company
04._ SPECIALISED TRAINING FOR THE FOOD SECTOR
ainia offers training services, specialised and adapted for the needs of the Food & Beverage Industry, as well as governmental
bodies and other institutions, in three different formats: e-learning, blended learning and in-classroom training. Thanks
to the online training, ainia comes to the whole world. The close relationship and deep knowledge of the Food & Drink
Sector adds value to our training activities. ainia also participates in innovative European Projects at international level, in
partnership with other institutions and a variety of stakeholders.
Further information: http://formacion.ainia.es
05._ FOOD LEGISLATION ACTIVITIES
We are a team of advisors and consultants on food legislation, advising to companies of the Food Sector, Administrations
and public institutions in Spanish, European and International food legislation. Our services are: Studies, opinions and
legislative consultations, preparation and elaboration of legal-technical information, advice and support in activities related
to the demands of the Food Sector Public Administration and similar sectors, update and interpretation food legislation,
attendance for the import/nutritional product export as far as the fulfilment of the legal requirements, research and legislation
projects in the regional, national and international scope.
06._ TECHNOLOGICAL FORESIGHT
ainia continuosly adapting technology to necessities of the market, for this reason it needs to understand the future of
technology and define strategies to act accordingly. ainia has a broad experience in prospective studies development and
is a reference in Technology Foresight in the food sector.
07._ CONSUMOLAB
Consumolab is the sensory and consumer research unit of ainia which provides a wide range of methodologies and tailored
solutions to help companies to identify consumer desires and help to develop innovative products in the market. Our
services are trained panels for descriptive sensory profiles, consumer product testing to anticipate consumer preferences,
qualitative research using focus group and creative lead user groups, and training in the sensory and consumer area.
Further information: www.consumolab.ainia.es

6. www.ainia.es
We are near the companies, reaching technological solutions of quality
· HEADQUARTERS Benjamin Franklin 5-11 Technology Park E46980 Paterna Valencia Spain Tel.: +34 961 366 090 Fax +34 961 318 008 info@ainia.es