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Afekta Technologies

Metabolomics analysis of microbial and plant compounds for food manufacturers and academic researchers

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  • New on EvolcAdded 2026-10-28

About Afekta Technologies

Afekta Technologies provides metabolomics services, measuring small molecules in biological samples with LC-MS. Its Microbolome service analyses microbial metabolites, Fytovore measures phytochemicals in plant-based foods, and custom metabolomics profiling covers any biological sample. The company also offers an untargeted lipidomics analysis covering major lipid classes and lipophilic phytochemicals.

Customers include food manufacturers, and industrial and academic research groups that need metabolomics for R&D or research projects. The company sells its analyses as services and provides reports beyond raw data.

Afekta was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Kuopio, Finland. Its team includes scientists with backgrounds in nutrition, pharmacology, analytical chemistry and molecular medicine. It has also hosted doctoral fellows through the EU-funded HoloGen Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network.

Product: Metabolomics analysis services: Microbolome (microbial metabolites), Fytovore (phytochemicals in food), custom metabolomics profiling and untargeted lipidomics.

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Leadership

  • Kati Hanhineva · Person who brought Afekta into life; Professor of Food Development and group leader in nutritional metabolomics
    Source: company website
  • Olli Kärkkäinen · CEO
    Source: company website
  • Ville Koistinen · Chief Operating Officer
    Source: company website

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