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The Red Tecnomifood consortium, accredited as a Cervera Centre of Excellence, is led by Eurecat and includes Azti, Ainia, the Centro Nacional de Tecnología y Seguridad Alimentaria (CNTA) and the Asociación Nacional de Fabricantes de Conservas de Pescados y Mariscos – Centro Técnico Nacional de Conservación de Productos de la Pesca (ANFACO – CECOPESCA). The five centres in the project have an outstanding scientific and technological background which has made them national and European leaders in conducting a large number of food, nutrition and health-related projects. They also embody the state-of-the-art in using omics in food.
The design of the Red TecnomiFood means each partner is essential due to its scientific and technological specialisation and training process. Likewise, the group can generate world-class, applied and applicable scientific knowledge and is an international leader in business transfer of omics in nutrition and health.
The Red TecnomiFood delivers innovative functional solutions to optimise business investment and significantly reduce the time needed to implement the design and validation pipeline of a functional food or nutraceutical, regardless of the company’s starting point.
It adds to the Spanish technology centre system’s scientific and technological capacity to enhance the food business industry’s competitiveness in healthy eating.
Eurecat is the foremost technology centre in Catalonia and the fourth largest private research organisation in Spain in H2020 programme funding. It offers applied R&D projects, technological services, highly specialised training, technological consultancy and professional events to large businesses and small and medium-sized enterprises in all sectors.
With turnover coming to €51 million, over 1,600 customers and a 650-strong workforce, Eurecat is involved in more than 200 high-strategic value domestic and international R&D projects. The technology centre has 81 patents and seven spin-offs and is recognised by the European Commission as a KETs (Key Enabling Technologies) technology centre due to its close partnership with SMEs in innovation and market research activities.
Eurecat sets up cooperation agreements and arrangements with other technology centres which enable coordinated technological research and development drawing on skills and teams available in other centres that is valuable for businesses. Its multi-technological and multidisciplinary capabilities mean that Eurecat can tackle complex challenges in an integrated approach as a world-class partner for the company.
It also has cutting-edge scientific and technological equipment and its own laboratories such as its Centre for Omic Sciences. Eurecat takes part in the TecnomiFood Network through its Omic Sciences, Nutrition and Health and eHealth units.
AZTI turns science into solutions which meet the main challenges of the sea and food value chain. It does this by developing sustainable business products, services and initiatives which drive the industrial network and recover and safeguard natural resources.
AZTI mentors companies from generating innovative ideas to turning them into the food of the future. It works on precision nutrition, which involves tailoring food to the individual’s specific needs. With this in mind, it uses omic technologies to innovate and design a range of specific healthy products for various population groups.
It has a wealth of experience in designing healthy foods from concept generation to evaluation with consumers. In particular, it has expertise in lipidomics and metagenomics for designing nutritional interventions to assess the effect of an ingredient, nutraceutical or diet on the metabolism of numerous population groups.
It draws on its robust network of contacts with hospitals and doctors to perform these clinical interventions. The technology centre has more than 250 employees and €20 million in revenue.
With a track record stretching back over 30 years, Ainia makes enterprises more competitive through innovation. It has one of the largest business memberships of any European technology centre at over 700 associated companies and 1,300 customers.
It is a member of the Spanish Federation of Technology Centres (FEDIT), the Network of Technology Institutes of the Region of Valencia (REDIT), the European Food Institutes (EFI) and numerous other organisations and associations. It also has agreements with domestic and international agencies.
AINIA’s key work strand is nutrition and health and developing and validating functional foods and ingredients is its core business in this area.
The CNTA is a technology centre whose purpose is to be a domestic leader which enhances the competitiveness and quality of the food industry. Staffed by nearly 150 experts, it engages in two main types of operations: knowledge acquisition and technology transfer through R&D projects, technological services and training.
Its research and action areas are geared towards developing healthy foods which will improve people’s diets and prevent disease. The CNTA has a network of over 900 member and customer agro-food businesses.
ANFACO-CECOPESCA is a leading regional and national technology centre for the marine and food industry which has earned the highest recognition from the Spanish government.
Its purpose is to promote quality and R&D in fisheries and aquaculture in particular and in food in general and also to transfer research results to businesses. Its close ties with industry from its beginnings to the present day back the industry’s steadfast and resolute commitment to R&D as a lever for increasing competitiveness.
ANFACO’s R&D track record meets the marine and food industry’s research needs as the main driving force behind business R&D while raising awareness of the significance of innovating and bringing in new technologies.
The key objectives of ANFACO-CECOPESCA’s R&D division include developing healthy and standout quality foods using cutting-edge technology and tapping into biotechnology to generate enhanced nutritional and functional products for specific population segments and/or designed to alleviate various diseases.
It has a workforce of 108 specialists and on average conducts 75 national and international R&D projects a year. Around a third of them are in health related to diet and developing healthy foods, characterising functional ingredients, etc.