{"id":9882,"date":"2021-08-17T16:52:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T16:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mc.sonae.pt\/?p=9882"},"modified":"2023-11-15T11:10:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T11:10:29","slug":"national-companies-and-investors-together-in-a-project-for-the-seas-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mc.sonae.pt\/en\/news\/community\/national-companies-and-investors-together-in-a-project-for-the-seas-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"ValorMar united National companies and investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>From the creation of high-added value marine snacks or smoked fish to the development of new tools for aquaculture, the \u2018ValorMar\u2019 mobilizing project, which ran from October 2017 to July 2021, developed a set of innovative solutions based on scientific knowledge and aligned with market needs and trends. The project\u2019s results were presented last month, at the Leix\u00f5es Cruise Terminal in Matosinhos.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe \u2018ValorMar\u2019 mobilizing project brought together, for four years, 16 national companies and 13 entities of the Portuguese R&amp;D [Research &amp; Development] system and also the \u2018F\u00f3rum Oceano &#8211; Cluster do Mar Portugu\u00eas\u2019 (Cluster of the Portuguese Sea), in a project aimed at the development of innovative products, processes and services that enhance the valorisation of marine resources through the integration of value chains, and in line with the decarbonisation, digitization and circularity strategies of the economy.\r\n\r\nStructured around four main action axes, the first focused on the development of new food formulations, using pioneering combinations of marine resources, including micro and macro algae, giving rise to new nutritionally rich and healthier products, such as p\u00e2t\u00e9s, canned meals and snacks, with clean label formulations and the use of Salicornia instead of salt, for example. New sustainable packaging were also designed and strategies were studied and tested to prolong the shelf life of fish preparations, with a view to fighting food waste \u2013 such as high pressure processing and the application of natural compounds or edible coatings of extracts with antimicrobial action.\r\n\r\nIn the second axis, dedicated to the needs and opportunities for aquaculture companies, digital tools were developed that allow obtaining a series of indicators for decision-making in areas as diverse as water, food, stocks and adaptation to climate changes management.\r\n\r\nA third axis worked the concept of marine bio-refinery, having been analysed and obtained extracts from macro and micro algae with antioxidant activities, for example, for application in animal and human food, as well as functional ingredients for new cosmetic formulations and adsorbents for environmental remediation.\r\n\r\nThe fourth axis of the project focused on the development of a technological platform that integrates data from different agents in the fish value chain, facilitating the traceability process and allowing the final consumer to access this information at the time of purchase &#8211; origin of the fish, capture mode, etc. Currently, at the Antas\u2019 Continente store, consumers can already have access to aggregated and more complete information about the product they intend to purchase.\r\n\r\n\u201c<em>\u2019ValorMar\u2019 represents the collective will to invest in such a resource, as identity defining to the country as the sea is, and take advantage of the best it has to give us. For almost half a decade, and with an investment of around \u20ac8M, dozens of new products and solutions were developed, that the market and consumers will benefit from, directly or indirectly, as a result of a cooperative innovation environment, which would hardly be possible if each entity were to work only individually<\/em>\u201d, explains Marlos Silva, Director of R&amp;D Projects at Sonae MC.\r\n\r\nThe project was co-financed by the Research and Technological Development Incentive System under the Portugal 2020 program.\r\n\r\n<strong>About \u2018ValorMar\u2019<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe \u2018ValorMar\u2019 project, led by Sonae MC, integrates 16 companies, 13 entities from the R&amp;D system and one Cluster, \u2018F\u00f3rum Oceano \u2013 Cluster do Mar Portugu\u00eas\u2019, with a broad national geographic coverage. \u2018ValorMar\u2019 has developed innovative technological solutions that enhance the valorisation and efficient use of marine resources through the integration of value chains, in a circular economy logic, articulating: aquaculture, food industry, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. \u2018ValorMar\u2019 had as its general goal the valorisation of marine resources, through research, development and demonstration of new products and the improvement of production processes, proposing innovative solutions for the creation of new healthy food products, using innovative sustainable and efficient technologies. 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