The Development of Innovative Value Added Seafood Products

在大西洋加拿大，龙虾产业仍然是农村社区的支柱产业。约有25000人受雇于渔船，另有10000人受雇于该区域的加工设施。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，基于几个挑战，该行业的状况已经恶化。以新的和有创意的方式营销大西洋龙虾仍然是大西洋加拿大加工商面临的持续挑战。加拿大Smartest Kitchen(CSK)是荷兰学院加拿大烹饪学院的研发部门，该公司一直在与新不伦瑞克的Gourmet Chef Packer(GCP)积极合作，基于他们最先进的超高压肉类提取技术和工艺开发几种创新的新产品。这个拟议的三年项目将寻求扩大CSK和GCP之间目前的关系，探索从GCP当前的废物和被低估的产品流中创造新产品如龙虾油、汉堡和金块的潜在价值，以及利用目前加工中使用的超高压肉类提取技术开发以龙虾、螃蟹、扇贝、牡蛎和贻贝为原料的新的附加值食品。由于利润率下降，利用废流和被低估的成分创造新的附加值产品在海产品加工业中变得非常重要。收入可以从这些创新的、美味的产品中产生，而不是公司处理被低估的产品和废物的费用。预计通过这一为期三年的合作关系，将为GCP创建和开发15个Newmarket Ready 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.