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Demonstration of innovative functional food production systems based on a sustainable value chain of marine and freshwater raw materials for conscientious European consumers
| Funder | European Commission |
|---|---|
| Recipient Organization | Idener Research & Development Agrupacion de Interes Economico |
| Country | Spain |
| Start Date | May 01, 2023 |
| End Date | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Duration | 1,095 days |
| Number of Grantees | 37 |
| Roles | Third Party; Participant; Coordinator; Associated Partner |
| Data Source | European Commission |
| Grant ID | 101084180 |
Grant Description
NOVAFOODIES will offer novel & competitive functional products to European consumers from a reliable, traceable, and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture value chains.
To reach this, NOVAFOODIES is composed of an international consortium covering the whole value chain and expertise: production, processing, transformation, biosecurity, legislation, consumer associations, experts in business, IT, and sustainability.
NOVAFOODIES will:-Demonstrate at TRL 6-7, in 10 cases studies, cost-efficient and sustainable fish, micro- and macro- algae production processes that will benefit from natural ecosystem services. -Bring to TRL6 an innovative & sustainable microwave-assisted algae drying process to maximising efficiency and lower costs-Upscaling to TRL 6-7 an innovative biorefinery concept for separation of functional extracts from fish and seaweeds which will be optimised for the technoeconomic and environmental validation. 12 functional food prototypes will be prepared using these extracts as well as fish, bycatch & algae for human products, and aquafeeds, which will be assessed in terms of properties, biosecurity, and standards, and will be brought to consumers by educative activities as e.g. showcookings.-Bring to TRL7 an innovative process to make ecological packaging material from macroalgae-Bring to TRL6 a process to convert the beach wracks material to invertebrate biomass for aquafeeds.-Bring to TRL6 a process to valorise fisheries bycatchs to create novel food for human consumptionNOVAFOODIES will develop a MarketPlatform & Mobile App using IoT technologies and advanced data analysis for tracing & wastes optimisation along the value chain, enhacing consumers trust.Partners are committed to the exploitation of developed technologies, being actively involved in the dissemination & exploitation, as well as education and training activities in local areas to promote sociolaboral inclusion and paving the way to the market entry of new products and processes.
All Grantees
Association Nationale Des Industries Alimentaires; The Seaweed Company Green Turtle Limited; Instituto Tecnologico Del Embalaje, Transporte Y Logistica; Tartu Ulikool; Technologiko Panepistimio Kyprou; University of Haifa; Ellinikos Georgikos Organismos - Dimitra; Syndesmos Ellinikon Viomichanion Trofimon Somateio; Spread European Safety and Sustainability Geie; Laser Consult Muszaki-Tudomanyos Es Gazdasagi Tanacsado Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag; Holoss - Holistic and Ontologicalsolutions for Sustainability, Lda.; Lebensmittelversuchsanstalt; Asociacion Nacional de Fabricantes de Conservas de Pescados Y Mariscos-Centro Tecnico Nacional de Conservacion de Productos de la Pesca; Universitatea Tehnica Cluj-Napoca; Yiotis Anonimos Emporiki & Viomixaniki Etaireia; Gospodarska Zbornica Slovenije; Federacao Das Industrias Portuguesas Agro-Alimentares; Fundacion Accion Contra El Hambre; Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum Fur Polar- Und Meeresforschung; Sagremarisco-Viveiros de Marisco Lda; Idener Research & Development Agrupacion de Interes Economico; Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Limited; Potravinarska Komora Ceske Republiky; Fundacion Centro Tecnologico Acuicultura de Andalucia; Kefalonia Fisheries Industrial and Commercial Company Ae; Asociatia de Standardizare Din Romania; Longline Environment Limited; Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences; Universitaet Rostock; Universita Degli Studi Di Genova; Federazione Italiana Dell Industriaalimentare Associazione; Infoteam Srl; Federacion Espanola de Industrias de la Alimentacion Y Bebidas; University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork; Bio-Marine Ingredients Ireland Limited; The Seaweed Company Blue Turtle Limited; Turkiye Sut Et Gida Sanayicileri Veureticileri Birligi Dernegi
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