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

The IATA researcher, Fidel Toldrá, awarded with the IFT Research & Development Award 2025

IATA staff develop effective, sustainable and safe method to combat a high-risk food-borne bacterium

The IATA, together with other CSIC centers, mobilized for scientific advisory work due to the DANA

An international study in which IATA-CSIC participates delves into the connection between the intestinal microbiome and diabetes

The IATA hosts the EBTon CSIC Valencia 2024, which awards four grants for the creation of technology-based companies

Including dehydrated vegetables in bread improves its nutritional properties, according to an IATA study

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