Valuation of marine resources, through investigation, development and demonstration of new products and the improvement of productive processes through the development of new technologies

The ValorMar Project is an initiative created by Portuguese companies and entities that intend to study new marine applications for the food, biomedical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.

The project has a time horizon of three years and will generate new marine applications for the food, biomedical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. The launch of new healthy products based on resources such as algae and similar, new aquaculture development and optimization technologies and services or integrated traceability of the fish chain, with the capacity to leverage the sea economy and drive opportunities, particularly through the export of goods and services.

To this end, the program is based on four main axes:
1. New sea products, technologies and processes for industry and the market. Among the new products can be R & D of innovative preserves and snacks based on different marine resources, proposing new strategies to extend the shelf life of fish preparations;
2. Development and optimization of new products, technologies and processes for aquaculture production in Portugal and Europe, such as anticipation of the weather;
3. Isolation of bioactive compounds from marine sources, for use in formulations for functional foods or in the biomedical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries;
4. Research and development of the technological traceability platform, to provide information to companies and the end consumer in an integrated way, considering the entire value chain.

Desenvolvimento de soluções tecnológicas inovadoras para a valorização de recursos marinhos, através da investigação, desenvolvimento e demonstração de novos produtos e da melhoria de processos produtivos.