PROMISEANG

PROMISEANG is a 48-month project that aims to develop novel alternative proteins from marine underexploited sources(marine invertebrate and macroalgae discards and industrial biowastes) through biomass fermentation (solid-state andsubmerge processes), generating new microbial protein biomass, meeting market requirements for food, feed, and nonfood(biomedicine, pharma and cosmetic) bio-based applications. A technically and economically viable biorefinery formicrobial-based protein production will be demonstrated during the project, enabling higher production yields, reducedproduction periods, minimized environmental impacts, diminish the imports, and reduced production costs for proteins.PROMISEANG contributes to CBE JU with a translational, multidisciplinary and multi-actor approach, includingcooperation between industries and academia across EU, to achieve a greener bio-based Europe. Following a zero-wasteapproach, PROMISEANG will also recover and biosynthesize interesting non-protein bio compounds and molecules(i.e., polysaccharides, lipids, polyphenols, PHA, etc.) for further use in food, feed and non-food applications. Researchon novel protein streams from sustainable alternative sources will contribute to increase the protein availability in the EU,and reduce the actual dependency on imports. In short, PROMISEANG will upcycle of marine food wastes (WP2), applyinnovative and sustainable technologies (incl. biotechnology, biochemistry, microbial fermentations, digital tools andmachine learning, WP3), validate the nutritious, safety and bioactivities of protein products (WP4), valorise fermentationside streams through nanotechnology (WP5) and design, development and validation of food, feed and non-food productsin relevant environments (WP6) including improvement of environmental, economic and social aspects, and productionefficiencyperformances (WP7), and strong communication, dissemination and exploitation plans (WP8).