Unibio has announced that they have been selected to form part of the PROVIDE project in cooperation with Innovation Fund Denmark.

The aim of the 5-year research project is to increase the value of residual products and optimize resource utilization. The project has a total investment of DKK 14,780,000 (GBP 1,764,000).

When companies extract certain constituent parts from potatoes, seaweed and single cell protein for use in various food and feed ingredients, large quantities of residual products with very low values remain. The residual products are often sold as animal feed or end up as waste products. However, the residues contain valuable proteins which may be used to produce different additives such as preservatives, flavors and emulsifiers. 

Under the auspicies of the PROVIDE project, scientists from the Technical University of Denmark and Aalborg University, in cooperation with five companies including Unibio, are aiming to develop tools using knowledge about protein sequences to scan residual products for valuable proteins with qualities that make them useful in the production of additives. The scientists are also aiming to develop tools for the cheap and efficient extraction of the exact protein parts which are to be used in this production.

Unibio’s U-Loop® technology allows the conversion of methane gas into a high-value bacterial protein product, Uniprotein®, which can replace fishmeal and soybean meal in animal and fish feed. 

"Taking part in the PROVIDE project is a big opportunity for Unibio," stated Unibio CEO Henrik Busch-Larsen. ”Besides collaborating with some very knowledgeable institutions and companies, the focus on creating added value from our core protein product holds great potential for the company, as does the feasibility of an already very promising technology.”