Development of Novel Food Products with Improved Health Benefits from Seal Byproducts

利用海豹副产品开发具有改善健康益处的新型食品

• 批准号: 533357-2018
• 负责人: Simpson, Benjamin
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=665251
• 关键词: Development; Novel; Food; Products; Improved

This proposal is to initiate collaboration between the applicant and the industrial partner, SeaDNA Canada Inc.**SeaDNA is engaged in processing and sale of seal meat products from seal discards and seeks the collaboration**to improve its existing food products and develop new ones for the Canadian functional food products market.**Seals are marine mammals that inhabit the northernmost Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. Parts of eastern Canada**used to boast a brisk and lucrative commercial seal industry in the early 1500s till the latter part of the 20th**century, when portrayal of the hunt as an "inhumane" practice by animal rights activists reached its peak.**Anti-sealing campaigns led to banning of seal imports from Canada by EU countries and Russia; causing dire**impacts on Canada's seal industry, in terms of loss of revenue and livelihood, and passing of strict government**rules to regulate the hunt. Nonetheless, the seal population has been exploding since the early 2000s, and the**herd size has been steady around 8 million animals. Seals feed on a variety of high-value fish species including**Atlantic cod, Greenland halibut, shrimps and prawns; and the booming herd is said to be contributing to the**recent depletion of cod stocks. Thus, putting seal discards to high-value use would alleviate animal rights**concerns, allow seal hunt to be restored in some form, protect fish stocks, sustain a culture, create jobs, and**protect the environment. The adult seal grows to 5.5-6.5 ft long and weighs 115-140 kg. This consists of 44%**carcass, 29% blubber, 18% viscera, and 8% pelt/skin. The pelt/skins are used as covering and leather products,**but the bulk of the animal is not widely consumed due to its dark color, rapid flavor deterioration, and a general**unawareness about its nutritive value. In Canada, common products derived from seal carcass include silage,**animal feed; and to a lesser extent, local foods such as flipper pies, seal jerky, and smoked seal meat.**Nonetheless, seal meat is lean (<3% fat); and rich in high quality proteins, n-3 PUFAs, MUFAs, minerals and**vitamins. Thus, new products can be produced from the discards for the Canadian functional foods sector; and**SeaDNA is dedicated to producing such health food products for the Canadian and international markets.

该提案旨在启动申请人与工业合作伙伴SeaDNA Canada Inc.之间的合作。SeaDNA从事加工和销售来自海豹丢弃的海豹肉产品，并寻求合作 ** 以改善其现有的食品，并为加拿大功能性食品市场开发新产品。海豹是一种海洋哺乳动物，栖息在大西洋和北冰洋的最北端。加拿大东部的部分地区在16世纪初曾经拥有一个繁荣和利润丰厚的商业海豹产业，直到20 ** 世纪后期，当动物权利活动家将狩猎描绘为“不人道”的做法达到顶峰时。反海豹运动导致欧盟国家和俄罗斯禁止从加拿大进口海豹;对加拿大的海豹产业造成严重的影响，包括收入和生计的损失，以及通过严格的政府规则来规范狩猎。尽管如此，自21世纪初以来，海豹数量一直在爆炸式增长，种群规模一直稳定在800万只左右。海豹以多种高价值鱼类为食，包括大西洋鳕鱼、格陵兰大比目鱼、小虾和对虾;据说，海豹群的繁荣导致了最近鳕鱼种群的枯竭。因此，将海豹丢弃物用于高价值用途将减轻动物权利的担忧，允许海豹狩猎以某种形式恢复，保护鱼类资源，维持文化，创造就业机会，并保护环境。成年海豹长到5.5-6.5英尺长，重115-140公斤。这包括44%的胴体，29%的鲸脂，18%的内脏和8%的毛皮/皮肤。毛皮/皮被用作覆盖物和皮革制品，但由于其深色，味道迅速恶化，以及普遍不了解其营养价值，动物的大部分没有被广泛消费。在加拿大，来自海豹尸体的常见产品包括青贮饲料，动物饲料;以及在较小程度上，当地食品，如鳍状肢馅饼，海豹肉干和熏海豹肉。尽管如此，海豹肉是瘦肉（<3%脂肪）;富含优质蛋白质，n-3 PUFA，MUFA，矿物质和维生素。因此，可以从加拿大功能食品部门的废弃物中生产新产品;**SeaDNA致力于为加拿大和国际市场生产这种保健食品。