Seaweed biorefinery feasibility project: producing high-value fucoidan from ocean-farmed seaweed biomass for sustainable and resilient net zero UK supply chains

BioMara是一家初创公司，拥有一个新的团队，旨在建立一个成功的、高增长的业务，在英国海藻行业供应链中实现净零创新。通过这个快速启动的创新项目，BioMara将巩固其与海藻种植者的合作伙伴关系，以支持地区社区并锁定可靠的生物质供应。BioMara将确定当地最好的海藻物种作为其第一个目标产品--岩藻多糖的投入，重点放在产品差异化和预测的生物活性上。BioMara将对其岩藻多糖胶产品的可持续提取方法进行初步评估，该产品将针对功能食品/补充剂市场。这项工作将包含一个创新的零废物生物精炼概念，还将对所有非岩藻糖胶生物质成分及其潜在应用进行评估。该项目将支持Biomara进入英国海藻行业，并支持从不断增长的英国海藻养殖业开发可持续的、净零产品。_“苏格兰的海洋生物技术集群专注于价值链的高端，如特种产品、化妆品、营养食品、药品、食品和补充剂。”_(_2019年苏格兰生物精炼路线图)_

BioMara is a startup with a new team motivated to build a successful, high-growth business innovating for net zero in the UK seaweed industry supply chain. Through this 'fast start' innovation project, BioMara will consolidate its partnerships with seaweed farmers to support regional communities and lock in reliable biomass supply. BioMara will identify the best local seaweed species as input for its first target product, the polysaccharide fucoidan, focusing on product differentiation and predicted bioactivity. BioMara will carry out an initial evaluation of sustainable extraction methods for its fucoidan product, which will be targeted toward the functional food/supplements market. This work will encompass an innovative zero-waste biorefinery concept, also valorising all non-fucoidan biomass components and their potential applications. This project will underpin the entry of Biomara into the UK seaweed sector and support the development of sustainable, net-zero products from the growing UK seaweed farming industry._"Scotland's marine biotechnology cluster is focused on the higher end of the value chain such as speciality products, cosmeceuticals, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, food and supplements."_ (_Biorefinery Roadmap for Scotland, 2019)_