Blue food - close project on IVA's top list
Stabilizing seafood side-streams and Nordic Seafarm are two projects closely related to Blue Food that the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences has included in its list of 100 current research projects "with the potential to create benefits, through commercialization, business and method development or societal impact".
The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) publishes an annual list highlighting a variety of research projects from Swedish universities on the theme of technology in the service of humanity. This year's list includes two projects closely linked to Blue Food. By comparison, the universities that can boast two research projects are ranked 10th on the list.
More food from the same amount of fish
Today, almost only the fillets of fish are used for food, representing less than half of the fish. The project Stabilizing seafood side-streams has developed a method that makes it possible to use more of the fish as mince or protein products and to increase sustainability. The project is led by Ingrid Undeland, Chalmers, Blue Food's research coordinator.
From nothing to a rapidly growing algae farm in Sweden
Unlike Asian countries in particular, there was no commercial seaweed farming in Sweden ten years ago. But research at KTH and the University of Gothenburg led to the company Nordic Seafarm, which operates a - in many ways - rapidly growing Swedish seaweed farm. Fredrik Gröndahl, KTH, Blue Food's coordinator for skills enhancement and asset management, was the project manager for the Seafarm project that laid the foundation for Nordic Seafarm.