Work packages - Marmade

Lead Beneficiary: CTAQUA

WP1:

Sourcing of biomass from circular processes and sustainable cultivation

Objectives

To ensure sustainable sourcing of crustacean residues and seaweed for downstream processing.
To assess the effects of storage and handling on biomass quality and yield
To address regulatory and administrative requirements for biomass sourcing
To establish reliable and stable biomass supply chains through Month 30

Lead Beneficiary: Fraunhofer

WP3:

Validation of food and feed ingredients building blocks in targeted market application

Objectives

To identify nutritional gaps and select promising food and feed ingredients
To co-design and develop innovative food and fish feed prototypes with health-optimised formulations
To validate scalability, reproducibility, and market acceptability through pilot-scale production tests

Lead Beneficiary: SDU

WP5:

Environmental, social, and economic assessment including SSbD approach

Objectives

To evaluate environmental impacts through a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
To assess social impacts of MARMADE processes using Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA)
To analyse economic viability through Techno-Economic Assessment and identify cost-reduction opportunities

Lead Beneficiary: ENA

WP7:

Communication, dissemination, exploitation

To maximise visibility and public awareness of MARMADE and its activities
To ensure broad dissemination of results and effective knowledge transfer following open science principles
To develop an exploitation strategy to enhance the market potential of Key Exploitable Results.

Lead Beneficiary: UNICAM

WP2:

Advanced biorefineries: sustainable processing of marine biomass

To develop advanced and sustainable biorefinery processes for marine biomass
To apply a zero-waste cascade approach to maximize biomass valorisation
To optimize innovative extraction technologies for higher efficiency
To scale processes from lab to pilot level to supply ingredients for WP3
To integrate Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) principles throughout the process

Lead Beneficiary: UGR

WP4:

Quality, Safety, Nutritional and Health assessments

Objectives

To characterise the nutritional, functional, and health-related properties of biomass, ingredients, and prototypes
To ensure compliance with relevant standards, regulations, and EFSA guidelines
To assess safety, stability, toxicity, and allergenicity of all formulations
To evaluate bioaccessibility and nutrient absorption using in vitro gastrointestinal models

Lead Beneficiary: APRE

WP6:

Stakeholders’ engagement, consumer acceptance and multi-actor approach (MAA)

To map and engage key stakeholders across the marine bioeconomy value chains
To involve end-users and consumers early to align ingredients with market and societal needs
To support market acceptance and readiness of MARMADE food and feed ingredients

Lead Beneficiary: UNICAM

WP8:

Project Management and Coordination

Objectives

To ensure smooth and efficient project coordination across all activities
To implement project and quality management measures to deliver results on time and within budget
To guarantee proper research data management through a robust Data Management Plan.