IATA

Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technologies (CSIC)

info@iata.csic.es (+34) 963 90 0022

Introduction and objective

The Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA) is a research center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) that was created in 1966.

With more than 50 years of history, IATA is an institute of the CSIC with the character of an 'extended faculty center', which means integrating researchers from the University of Valencia into its scientific faculty.

Its main objective is excellence research on the sustainable production of quality food, its safety, the impact on health and acceptance by the consumer.

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Main research programs

Its scientific-technical objective is to carry out research of excellence on sustainable quality food production, safety, health impact and consumer acceptance. IATA's research can be grouped into the following lines of research:

Programs

Food and process innovation
Food safety and preservation
Diet, microbiota and health
Food biotechnology

Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technologies (CSIC) news

IATA, IFIC and ICMol, among the centers that organize the 100xCiencia.9 congress with the motto "Science for Society, Touching consciences"

IATA publishes in "Nature" a study that claims that the gut microbiome conditions the effects of diet on the body and determines its impact on health

Biodriven Technologies, an IATA-led startup, receives the SECOT Award for Most Impactful Project 2025

Effects of intestinal bacteria on innate immunity open a new way to prevent obesity, according to IATA study

IATA team uses waste mushrooms for a device that transforms light into electricity more efficiently

IATA turns a by-product of rice into a high value biotechnology resource

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