Acronym ProFuture
Category
Aquaculture
Title Microalgae protein ingredients for the food and feed of the future 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
- LOBA Customer Experience Design (Portugal)
Institutions involved
NA - AFOI KOUTSANTONI EE (Greece) ,
NA - Algosource Technologies (France) ,
NA - Allmicroalgae natural products SA (Portugal) ,
NA - ALVER World SA (Switzerland) ,
NA - APEXAGRI SAS (France) ,
AIDISA - Association for Research Development and Innovation of the Agrifood Sector Association (Spain) ,
NA - AXIA Innovation UG (Germany) ,
NA - CALE - Industria e Comercio Lda (Portugal) ,
NA - Centre for Social Innovation GmbH (Austria) ,
NA - CIVITTA AS (Estonia) ,
NA - Conserva Hijos de Manuel Sanchez Basarte SA (Spain) ,
NA - COOP Italia - Società Cooperativa Scrl (Italy) ,
NA - ENERVIT SpA (Italy) ,
NA - ESU-Services GMBH (Switzerland) ,
EUFIC - European Food Information Council (Belgium) ,
EV ILVO - Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Belgium) ,
NA - Foodcompanions Holding BV (Netherlands) ,
DIL - German Institute for Food Technology EV (Germany) ,
UGent - Ghent University (Belgium) ,
NA - Givaudan Nederland BV (Netherlands) ,
INVE - Inve Technologies NV (Belgium) ,
NA - Necton - Companhia Portuguesa de Cultura Marinhas SA (Portugal) ,
NORCE - Norwegian Research Centre (Norway) ,
NA - Nutrition Sciences NV (Belgium) ,
NA - Oceano Verde Association - Collaborative laboratory for the development of ocean green technologies and products (Portugal) ,
NA - Tradizioni padane Srl (Italy) ,
UT - University of Twente (Netherlands) ,
NA - VITAFORT Co. Ltd (Hungary) ,
NA - VIVA Maris GmbH (Germany) ,
WUR - Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands) ,
NA - WIISE Srl (Italy) ,
Start year 2019 End year 2023 Funding (€) € 9,448,451 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/862980 Summary ProFuture will set the basis for market uptake of innovative, healthy and sustainable food and feed products, reformulated with protein-rich ingredients from Spirulina, Lemon/lightly/Chlorella vulgaris, Tetraselmis chuii and Nannochloropsis oceanica. Multi-factors approach and LCA/LCC will boost sustainability of the microalgal biomass production and processing, by reducing energy/water consumption and the carbon footprint. Implementation of innovative technologies will increase the efficiency and decrease the production costs of biomass, ingredients and foods/feeds. Optimized workflows will be tested at pilot plant, as part of a biorefinery process, to produce single-cell proteins and protein isolates, which will be characterized for their nutritional, safety, techno-functional and organoleptic properties as well as for economic viability & sustainability. Food and feed will be formulated with the novel ingredients at pilot plant level in collaboration with SME and large companies. Single-cell proteins will be incorporated in foods (n=6) and feeds (n=5) which will be produced at industrial scale. The food/feed microalgae value chain in EU will be analysed and improvements will be proposed to increase the economic viability and the communication between actors. Social and economic benefits of innovative food and feed products will be demonstrated by: i) supporting the authorization of novel microalgae protein ingredients for food and/or feed applications in the EU, ii) assessing consumer acceptance of and preference for microalgae protein-based products, iii) preparing a successful market implementation and exploitation of the project results and iv) devising a dissemination and communication plan for maximum outreach to all relevant stakeholders. ProFuture consortium (8 RTDs, 16 SMEs, 8 large industries and 1 association) brings together expertise with a clear market orientation to increase the competitiveness of the EU microalgae value chain.
Keywords
Algae;
Market;
Biotechnology;
Feed quality;
Aquaculture development;
Protein;
Food quality;
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