The Development of Innovative Value Added Seafood Products

在加拿大大西洋地区，龙虾产业仍然是农村社区的支柱。该地区约有2.5万人受雇于渔船，另有1万人受雇于加工设施。健康的渔业直接关系到这些农村社区的繁荣。在过去的几年里，由于一些挑战，该行业的状况已经恶化。以创新的方式销售大西洋龙虾对加拿大大西洋地区的加工者来说仍然是一个持续的挑战。加拿大的SmartestKitchen （CSK）是加拿大荷兰学院烹饪研究所的研发部门，一直在与新不伦瑞克省的Gourmet Chef Packers （GCP）积极合作，开发基于其最先进的超高压力肉类提取技术和工艺的创新产品。这个为期三年的项目将扩大CSK和GCP目前的合作关系，探索从GCP目前的废物和被低估的产品流中创造新产品的潜在价值，如龙虾油、汉堡和鸡块，以及利用目前在加工中使用的超高压肉类提取技术，从龙虾、螃蟹、扇贝、牡蛎和贻贝中开发新的增值食品。由于利润空间不断缩小，利用废物流和被低估的成分创造新的增值产品在海鲜加工业中变得非常重要。而不是公司处理被低估的产品和废物的费用，收入可以从这些创新的，美味的产品中产生。预计通过这三年的合作伙伴关系，将为GCP创建和开发15个新市场就绪的sku。

In Atlantic Canada, the lobster industry continues to be a backbone of rural communities. Approximately25,000 people were employed on fishing boats and a further 10,000 in processing facilities in the region. Ahealthy fishing industry is directly related to the prosperity of these rural communities. Over the past few years,the state of the industry has deteriorated based on several challenges. Marketing Atlantic lobster in new andcreative ways continues to be an on-going challenge for processors in Atlantic Canada. Canada's SmartestKitchen (CSK), the research and development arm of Holland College's Culinary Institute of Canada, has beenactively collaborating with Gourmet Chef Packers (GCP) of New Brunswick on several innovative newproducts based on their state of the art ultra-high pressurized meat extraction technology and processes. Thisproposed three year project would look to expand on the current relationship between CSK and GCP byexploring the potential value of creating new products such as lobster oil, burgers and nuggets from GCPscurrent waste and undervalued product streams as well as developing new valued added food products fromlobster, crab, scallop, oyster and mussel using the ultra-high pressure meat extraction technology currently usedin processing. Utilizing waste streams and undervalued components to create new value added products hasbecome very important in the seafood processing industry due to shrinking profit margins. Rather than be anexpense for the company to dispose of the undervalued products and waste, revenue can be generated fromthese innovative, delicious products. It is anticipated that through this three year partnership that fifteen newmarket ready SKUs will be created and developed for GCP.