AZTI at Food 4 Future 2025

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Efficiently manage your ingredients, processes and R&D trials. AZPilotManager ensures full traceability, streamlines audits and simplifies the introduction of new products.

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At AZTI, we are pioneers in researching the gut microbiota —essentially bacteria— as a tool to advance precision nutrition. We explore how the microorganisms in our bodies impact health and wellbeing. Our goal is to design personalised diets that optimise digestion, promote healthy ageing, improve cancer patients’ quality of life and enhance athletic performance. Guided by science, we tailor nutrition to individual needs.

We develop nutritional recommendations for diverse population groups, grounded in clinical studies. By analysing the composition, diversity and metabolism of the microbiota, we create diets and foods that optimise nutrient absorption, strengthen immunity, support digestive health and contribute to mental wellbeing through the gut-brain connection.

With a robust foundation in both basic and applied research, our mission is to harness the potential of the microbiota to improve health and wellbeing at every stage of life—transforming food into a powerful tool for care.

Lipiwell, AZTI’s new startup, represents the present and future of food. It offers personalised nutrition programmes that help you restore your energy and vitality, tailored to your body’s unique needs.

Our mission is to integrate science and technology to enhance wellbeing, making personalised nutrition accessible to everyone.

We analyse biomarkers that connect metabolism with nutrition in real time, using artificial intelligence to generate personalised predictive models. The LIPIWELL method includes the following markers: body composition, cellular ageing, physical and mental stress, and cell membrane health—integrating this data to design tailored nutritional recommendations.

Additionally, combining AZTI’s scientific backing with the Athletic Club’s performance team, we’ve created Nutrition by Athletic Club—a service that makes these advances accessible to anyone wanting to optimise their fitness, sports performance and wellbeing through personalised nutrition plans.

Phages are natural agents capable of targeting specific bacteria, improving the quality and integrity of food in the food and fisheries industries.

• High specificity and efficacy
• Reduced bacterial resistance
• Safe and sustainable solutions

We offer histamine-free wine, maintaining all its organoleptic qualities while eliminating health risks associated with biogenic amines. This innovation represents a major breakthrough for consumers sensitive to these substances, allowing them to enjoy wine worry-free.

At AZTI, we analyse how emotions influence food choices to optimise products, packaging and campaigns. We use advanced technologies (eye tracking, facial recognition, GSR) to reveal reactions that traditional methods miss. This helps predict product launch success, improve user experience and maximise communication impact.

The Consumer Observatory is a web application developed by AZTI that provides interactive visualisation of food consumption data in Spanish households. This tool supports analysis of various consumption metrics—such as total spending and per capita consumption—broken down by product or product category.

The system allows flexible data exploration over time (from 1999 to the present), with the possibility of segmenting information at different levels:

• Geographical: National, by autonomous communities
• Distribution channels: By consumer access routes
• Sociodemographic characteristics: Social class, household type, and other relevant variables

The data comes from official statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA). AZTI has carried out extensive work to standardise terminology and integrate these datasets into a unified database, ensuring coherence and comparability over the years.

With its intuitive interface and analytical capabilities, the Consumer Observatory is a strategic tool for companies, public administrations and entities interested in understanding food consumption trends in Spain.

AZTI’s EATrends are present-day signals that anticipate the future of the food ecosystem.

Research and valorisation linked to fisheries and aquaculture, aimed at reviving the bluefin tuna fishery in the Bay of Biscay, with a focus on improving social, environmental and economic sustainability.
Partners: Balfegó and AZTI
Investment: €2 million (Phase 1)

Valorisation of wine industry by-products for the production of bioethanol and high value-added bioproducts.
Partners: Destilerías y Biorefinerías Zambrana and AZTI
Investment: €32 million

Digital platform for collecting, analysing and visualising fisheries data in real time, enhancing the sustainability and management of marine resources.
Partners: DataFish and AZTI
Turnover: €1.3 million
Employment: 12 people

Personalised nutrition service based on biomarkers that connect metabolism with nutrition in real time, aimed at improving people’s wellbeing.
Partners:
AZTI, Lipiwell, Athletic, IMQ, Suravitasan (for Nutrition)
AZTI, Lipiwell, Suravitasan (for Lipiwell Woman)
Expected aggregate turnover (2025): €750,000
Estimated employment (2025): 4 people

Research into the impact of marine litter and microplastics on marine and terrestrial ecosystems in the Bay of Biscay.
Promoted by: Data for Science Foundation and Basque Government
Scientific partner: AZTI
Investment: €3.5 million

Company dedicated to minimising the impact of plastic waste in seas and port environments, by collecting, recycling and repurposing discarded fishing nets to give them a second life and promote a circular economy in the fisheries sector.
Partners: Echebastar, Combirop, EuroRed and AZTI