Acronym ALEHOOP
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title Biorefineries for the valorisation of macroalgal residual biomass and legume processing by-products to obtain new protein value chains for high-value food and feed applications Programme H2020
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator NA Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
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Institutions involved
NA - Alginor ASA (Norway) ,
NA - Azti (Spain) ,
NA - Biosurya SL (Spain) ,
NA - Biozoon GmbH (Germany) ,
NA - Centiv GmbH (Germany) ,
EV ILVO - Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Belgium) ,
NA - Garlan, S.Coop. (Spain) ,
NA - Indukern Group (Spain) ,
NA - Isanatur Spain SL (Spain) ,
ANFACO-CECOPESCA - National Association of Conservatives of Pescados (Spain) ,
NA - Nutrition Sciences NV (Belgium) ,
TU Dublin - Technological University Dublin (Ireland) ,
UCA - University of Cadiz (Spain) ,
UVIGO - University of Vigo (Spain) ,
VRI - Veterinary Research Institute (Czech Republic) ,
Start year 2020 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 6,718,370 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/887259 Summary As protein demand for both human food and animal feeding increases, the EU requires 30 million t of imported soy each year. Thus, the EU becomes dependent on imported soy. The existing source of protein is becoming unsustainable from an economic and environmental point of view for Europe, resulting in concerns over the future of food security. As a consequence, there is a rising demand for low-cost natural alternative proteins. The EU-funded ALEHOOP project will demonstrate at pilot level sustainable macroalgae and legume-based biorefineries, aiming to extract dietary proteins as natural alternative proteins from algae-based and plant residual biomass for livestock feeding. The project intends to contribute to a reduction of the EU’s dependency on imported proteins and the increase of raw material security.
Keywords
Human health;
Bioprospecting;
Protein source;
Animal feed;
Animal welfare;
Protein;
Biorefinery ;
Human food;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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