IMPROVED VALORIZATION OF MARINE SOURCES AND PROCESSING WASTE FOR RESOURCE EFFICIENT BLUE FOOD/FEED AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT

SEAREFINERY aims to establish a novel bio-based blue food/feed and blue food packaging materials production platform by embracing marine-based sources and wastes targeting five seas.

The SEAREFINERY concept will be designed within a multidisciplinary and smart collaboration platform considering the local sources, economic and social perspectives at transnational level within the EU.

The specific aims of SEAREFINERY includes extraction of high value-added compounds from invasive species, low trophic organisms and marine derived by-products, utilisation of marine-based extracted materials for development of blue food analogues (meat and cheese), functional bread, and smart and active food packaging materials, valorisation of aquaculture and fish waste for blue feed production and and environmental, economic and social evaluation of the products.

At the end of the project, this novel approach will fulfill the needs for restoring and preservation of the marine ecosystem and valorisation of marine resources, the needs of society as well as allowing new business models and investment schemes.

KTH will be the coordinator of the SEAREFINERY project and  will also investigate single cell protein production from fish waste through two-stage fermentation using specific microorganisms.

The produced single cell protein will be one of the bio based products of SEAREFINERY that will have a potential to be used in fish feed.