Objective
Strengthening AINIA’s activity and capacity to develop excellence in R&D.
The context facing the food sector in the coming years is shaped by the expected population growth, which will bring with it increased demand for food and, at the same time, a scarcity of resources. This, together with climate change, will have an impact on the sector, especially in terms of agricultural production.
In this situation, industry will need to seek new alternatives, and the response is being focused on technological innovation, placing greater emphasis on production efficiency, the development of new products and research into new protein sources, as well as food safety and sustainability.
AINIA must position itself as a flexible organisation capable of adapting to the demands of the new market, which requires complex solutions.
The thematic priorities of the lines included in this Plan fall within several development axes of the RIS3-CV, mainly in the agri-food sector and specifically within QUALITY OF LIFE:
A. Position the Comunitat Valenciana as a global benchmark in the production of healthy, high-quality food and cosmetics, geared towards people’s needs.
B. Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the agri-food production system through the development and use of technology.
C. Become a benchmark in the sustainable production of food, cosmetics and household products, taking into account economic and environmental factors and the appropriate use of natural resources.
I. Develop personalised consumer products that incorporate added value through differentiated design and features, responding to the individual needs of companies.
J. Incorporate more efficient, sustainable and competitive processes and materials.
Activities
The non-economic R&D activities fall within the following main lines of AINIA’s R&D&I activity:
- Co-creation processes
- Sensory Innovation
- Food Safety
- Development of processes using supercritical CO₂
- Development and application of equipment and materials
- Development and optimisation of biotechnological processes
- Hygienic design
- Spectral sensors
- Preservation through thermal treatments. Predictive shelf life
- Automation and Industry 4.0
- Advanced vision
- Microencapsulation
- Reuse of water and other resources
Results obtained
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Dissemination/Transfer
The project dissemination actions were:
- Co-creation processes
- An app to analyse consumer behaviour
- Online research community. Market research with the value chain.
Sensory innovation
- AINIA CONSUMER platform: How 4.0 technologies can improve traditional consumer research processes
- Applied neuroscience. Better prediction of consumer behaviour
Food Safety
- Anticipation of emerging chemical risks
- Innovation Conference: Emerging risks and food fraud. How can we anticipate them?
- Conference video under editing
- 10 key points on Emerging Risks and Food Fraud
- Towards a predictive model for food fraud
- 8 chemical risks worth knowing to ensure food safety
Development of processes using supercritical CO₂
- Innovation in supercritical fluids. Market-oriented finalist technology
- Supercritical extraction, useful for cosmetic applications. Technology for conscious beauty cosmetics: CO₂ extracts
- Supercritical extraction technology, present at VITAFOODS EUROPE
- Supercritical extraction, an ally in advancing the Circular Economy and bioproducts
Development and application of equipment and materials
- R&D in sustainable barrier materials: 7 new lines of work at AINIA
- 3 effective measures to integrate packaging into the Circular Economy
- MeetingPack 2019
- The 4th Edition consolidates #MeetingPack as the leading meeting point for plastic food packaging
Development and optimisation of biotechnological processes
- Biofactories. Sustainable molecules of industrial interest.
- Biotechnology and artificial intelligence: what developments is AINIA working on?
Spectral sensors
Automation and Industry 4.0
- Advanced and intelligent user interfaces. A new way of interacting with digital technologies
- Digital Twin. We can reproduce and predict the behaviour that a product or matrix will have
- Biotechnology and artificial intelligence: what developments is AINIA working on?
- Towards cognitive industry: the transformation ahead in the new product development process
- Automation and digitalisation in the meat sector: Solutions presented at the meaTIC Conference
Advanced Vision
- VLC Tech Forum: AINIA photonic technologies. Industrial technology application
- Showroom: “Industrial process automation technologies”
Microencapsulation
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- Microencapsulation and Biotechnology, technological integration. Viable solid microbiological products
- Showroom: “Advanced microencapsulation techniques”
Circular Economy in Water Management
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- III International Technical Seminar – Circular Economy in Water Management in the Agri-food Industries
- Circular Economy in Water Management conference video
- 10 driving forces to boost the Circular Economy of Water
- Presentation at the Techsolids 2019 Conference – Solids Management and Control
- Industrial water: 10 management measures based on the Circular Economy
- Water recycling and resource recovery through membrane technologies
- 5Rs that structure the circular economy in water management
Technology transfer
