Research laboratory services

Tender description

The Establishment of Three Multi Party Frameworks to support commercially focussed seafood R&D. — Defining and producing commercially relevant techno-functional ingredient opportunities and methodologies for under-utilised species and by-products at laboratory scale; — Developing working prototypes and SOPs e.g. 1 kg prototype formats; — Defining equipment and processes to allow scale-up from laboratory processes. — Producing post-laboratory market-ready ingredient concepts and relevant SOPs at pre-commercial scale; — Scoping commercial process requirements and associated SOPs; — Engaging with SMEs, BIM and ingredient customers to explore market interest in products and associated commercial opportunities. — Carrying out dietary intervention trials (e.g. pig weaner) to test performance (e.g. growth rates, feed intake, feed conversion) of various ingredient seafood diets compared to established diets.