project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
Grant for the execution of innovative pilot projects. Call 2019 September 2020 Fresh spirulina as a new product of the aquaculture industry
La espirulina fresca como un nuevo producto de la industria acuícola
Context
The pilot project adds value to the cultivation of spirulina microalgae to obtain a new product and place it in the market chain: fresh spirulina.
Objectives
The objectives to be fulfilled in the project are as follows:
- Increase the shelf life of the product prior to consumption (which is only 2-3 days under refrigerated conditions using current methods).
- Guarantee the product's toxicological safety for the end consumer (without being able to use classic disinfectants, as these would kill the spirulina).
- Create a distribution system that means that the product can be distributed directly to the end consumer.
- Increase the profitability of spirulina production farms.
Objectives
Los objetivos a cumplir en el desarrollo del proyecto son:
- Incrementar la vida útil del producto antes de ser consumido (con los métodos actuales sólo tiene una duración de 2-3 días refrigerada).
- Garantizar la seguridad toxicológica del producto para el consumidor final (sin poder utilizar los desinfectantes clásicos, ya que acabarían con la vida de la espirulina).
- Crear un sistema de distribución que permita poner el producto directamente al alcance del consumidor final.
- Aumentar la rentabilidad de las granjas de producción de espirulina.
Activities
The following actions are planned to fulfil these objectives:
- Define a biomass extraction method that does not damage the culture cells.
- Define a method to detect organisms that may be toxic for human consumption.
- Define a disinfection method for spirulina cultures that does not damage their filaments.
- Define a method for sale to the end consumer.
- Define a strategy to valorise the product in the market.
Activities
Con el fin de cumplir los objetivos, está previsto desarrollar las siguientes acciones:
- Definir un método de extracción de la biomasa que no dañe las células de cultivo.
- Definir un método para detectar la presencia de organismos que puedan ser tóxicos para el consumo humano.
- Definir un método de desinfección que no dañe los filamentos de espirulina.
- Definir un método para introducir la espirulina en la cadena de mercado.
- Definir una estrategia para valorizar el producto en el mercado.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
- Rural Development Programme
- 2014ES06RDRP009 Spain - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Cataluña
Location
- Main geographical location
- Lleida
- Other geographical location
- Barcelona
EUR 91 853.00
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
Project keyword
- Equipment and machinery
- Water
- Climate change (incl. GHG reduction, adaptation and mitigation, and other air related issues)
- Energy
- Circular economy, incl. waste, by-products and residues
- Food security, safety, quality, processing and nutrition
- Supply chain, marketing and consumption
- Competitiveness/new business models
- Farm diversification
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Project coordinator
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Joan Solé Guardia
Project coordinator