The national Olivebiome project, led by the Cantabrian company Maslina, will take a decisive new step between May and October 2025 to consolidate its proposal for sustainable biotechnological solutions for animal health. This phase will focus on three strategic lines of work: the nutritional characterization of fermented raw materials, the optimized modeling of probiotic growth, and its subsequent industrial scaling up.
Modeling and optimization of bacterial growt
In parallel, the Andalusian Biotechnology Foundation (FABT) will address the fermentation of raw materials and the growth modeling of the two best identified combinations of raw material and probiotic strain. Applying advanced Response Surface Methodologies, they will optimize critical parameters such as pH, temperature, aeration, and glucose levels in fermentations of up to 2 liters or 2 kilograms of raw material.
Industrial scaling
Subsequently, the AINIA technology center will be responsible for industrially scaling up the fermentation of the best raw material-strain combination, according to the data obtained by FABT in its modeling tasks, for the manufacture of the first batches of final product for use in the subsequent in vivo evaluation stage in animals.
Nutritional characterization of fermented raw materials
The Instituto de la Grasa-CSIC will evaluate the nutritional profile of fermented raw materials, which are fundamental for the design of new functional ingredients intended to improve the intestinal microbiota in poultry and pigs.
A step towards the next generation of animal health
This new phase of OLIVEBIOME will not only consolidate scientific advances, but will also pave the way for a revolution in animal nutrition based on natural biotechnology, production efficiency and environmental sustainability. A future in which animal health, food safety and respect for the environment will go hand in hand.