AZTI
Profile
AZTI, a technology centre with experience stretching back over 30 years, works in applied research and technology development with 400 companies per year, including 36 European projects running at present.
AZTI offers innovative solutions to the food industry to develop new or improved products solutions where prime quality, food safety and identity, respecting the environment and the consumer as its centerpiece.
Competences & Capabilities
Research and innovation focused on offering solutions to the food industry. Managing public and private funded R&D projects: from idea generation to market. Main areas of specialization and technological expertise are:
- Food quality, safety and identity
- New food products
- Efficient and sustainable processes
- Food and health
- Sensory and consumer sciences
The innovation we generate guarantees shortterm competitiveness and long-term economic, environmental and social sustainability of the food sector.
AZTI is part of Tecnalia Corporation (www. tecnalia.es) a strategic R&D alliance with more than 1.800 staff working in multi-disciplinary projects covering 11 highly specialized business areas, among them food
Expertise related to the EIT Food Strategic Pillars
- Innovative point of use tools for the control of food QUALITY, SAFETY and AUTHENTICITY of the supply chain: new receptors, biosensors and fast methods.
- Reduction of risks (i.e. pathogens) through traditional and emerging technologies.
- Effect of NEW PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES on product shelf-life, sensory properties, nutritional impact.
- INGREDIENT SOLUTION for nutritional and HEALTH CLAIMS and improved SENSORY PROFILE. Product formulation, process design and INDUSTRIAL SCALE-UP.
- Eco-efficiency of the food chain. Food quality and process monitoring: Non-destructive sensors.
- VALORIZATION of food industry by-products.
- We promote the communication with society by organizing open sessions for the general public in every scientific and industrial event we organize.
- We focus on current and future demands of consumers by identifying food trends, fostering the public participation of consumers in scientific research (Citizen Science), and integrating both in the cocreation of new products and services.
- We have 800 registered panelists in our consumer database, classified by age (children, adolescents, adults, elderly), and by specific nutritional requirements and occupations (e.g. chefs).
- We interact with an on-line consumer platform with 2.000 registered consumers to carry out qualitative and quantitative studies.
- Backed by public and private funds, we offer specialized incubators, seedbeds and accelerator covering the entire food and gastronomy value chain, to provide all the guidance that entrepreneurs need.
- We provide guidance and support instruments on sources of funding to launch businesses.
- We offer specific education and training to promote the entrepreneurial potential of the primary, food processing and gastronomic sectors from ‘the idea to the market’.
- We collaborate in 10 Masters organized by different European Universities in relation with our specialization in marine and food topics.
- AZTI promotes scientific education and training of students through scholarships and internships.
- We offer the opportunity to acquire practical experience in the food sector through collaboration agreements with the industry.