project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
PET TREATS production pilot project to obtain high added-value by-products of slaughter
Proyecto piloto de producción de PET TREATS para dar de alto valor añadido a coproductos de matadero
Context
The most common way to exploit slaughter by-products is the production of meal for animal feed. However, it is not the only one. The conversion of part of the slaughter by-products into "pet treats” has been evaluated. "Pet treats" are usually freestanding products, which are kept without refrigeration. They are obtained from connective tissue, muscle, bone or organs that normally have been processed by thermal processing and/or dehydration, ensuring that the destruction of pathogens and microbiological stability. PADESA’s and MAFRICA’s participation in the project secures a partnership full of synergy and complementarity.
Objectives
- Promote the use of slaughter by-products and the recovery of energy from the main activity to produce "pet treats", in an energetic-efficient way.
- Diversify markets with complementary activities that do not compete with the main activity and generate value and benefits.
- Optimize current product + create new concepts that allow exclusivity and higher margins:
o Adapted for existing distribution structures of pet products
o Offering wide range of animal origins (poultry and pork).
o Recognized as a reward (by pets) and safe and healthy (by animal keepers).
Objectives
- Valorizar sub-productos de matadero y energías reaprovechadas de la actividad principal, para producir "Pet Treats" de forma energéticamente eficiente.
- Diversificar mercados con actividades complementarias que no compitan con la principal y generen valor y beneficio.
- Optimizar los productos actuales + creación de nuevos conceptos que permitan un tiempo de exclusividad y mayor margen:
o Adaptados a las estructuras de distribución de productos para mascotas.
o Ofreciendo una amplia gama en origen animal (aves y porcino).
o Reconocidos por los animales como premio deseable y por los cuidadores como saludables y seguros.
Activities
WP1: Benchmarking of "Pet Treats" products. Review of raw materials available in each of the two slaughterhouses. Review production technologies and residual energy sources available in every slaughterhouse.
WP2: Tests of "Pet Treats" pilot production. Optimization of formulations and processes.
WP3. Validation of food security, products’ stability, and industrial and commercial suitability of the tested products.
WP4. Documentation and dissemination of results.
Activities
WP1: Benchmarking de productos "Pet Treats". Revisión de materias primas disponibles en cada uno de los dos mataderos. Revisión de tecnologías de producción disponibles y de fuentes de energía residual aprovechables en cada matadero.
WP2: Ensayos de producción piloto de "Pet Treats". Optimización de formulaciones y procesos.
WP3. Validación de la seguridad alimentaria, de la estabilidad de los productos, y de la idoneidad industrial y comercial de los productos ensayados.
WP4. Documentación y difusión de resultados.
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
- Barcelona
- Other geographical location
- Girona, Tarragona
EUR 267142.86
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
Contacts
Project coordinator
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Josep Maria Monfort i Bolívar
Project coordinator