PROJECT CODE COMPETE2030-FEDER-01495500, ALGARVE-FEDER-01495500

Main Goal

Develop new microalgae biomass with optimized characteristics for human consumption.

PROJECT INFORMATION

Intervention Region: North, Centre, Lisbon, Alentejo, Algarve
Project Approval: 2025-01-07
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Total Eligible Investiment: 980.646,48 €
European Union financial support: 772.864,83 €

Frulact Partners

ALLMICROALGAE || COLAB4FOOD || GREENCOLAB || UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO || UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO

Description

ALGAELICIOUS aims to optimise the nutritional, techno-functional and sensory properties of Chlorella microalgae. It therefore combines research with industrial production to enable the integration of microalgae into everyday food practices. The project focuses on innovation in nutrition, functionality and flavour through the development of new ingredients and food prototypes to promote the sustainable inclusion of microalgae in human food.

Algaelicious aims to evaluate and select new cultivation and processing methodologies that will improve the organoleptic, techno-functional, and nutritional properties of chlorella biomasses and thus develop at least three significantly improved products for the B2C and B2B markets:

  • Chlorella with better flavor and color;
  • Chlorella fortified with micronutrients;
  • Chlorella with gelling or emulsifying capacity.

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