The "Centre Estudis i Recerta en Tecnologia dels Aliments" (CERTA) is a research center at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, dedicated to the development research and transfer of technology to food industry. Our main field is the application of emerging technologies and processes for the improvement of food safety and nutritional value of the products. Our intention is to transfer this technology to food enterprises to help them become more competitive and profitable, so that they may produce and commercialize new products that are safer and more healthy with an improved stability.