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. **SeaDNA 从事加工和销售来自海豹丢弃物的海豹肉产品的合作**，并寻求合作**以改进其现有食品并开发新食品加拿大功能性食品市场。**海豹是栖息在大西洋和北冰洋最北端的海洋哺乳动物。加拿大东部部分地区**在 1500 年代初曾以繁荣且利润丰厚的商业海豹产业而自豪，直到 20** 世纪下半叶，动物权利活动人士将狩猎描述为“不人道”行为达到了顶峰。 **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；对加拿大海豹产业造成了严重的影响，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 2000 年代初以来，海豹数量一直呈爆炸式增长，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、虾和对虾；据说，蓬勃发展的鱼群导致了最近鳕鱼种群的枯竭。因此，将海豹丢弃物进行高价值利用将缓解动物权利**问题，允许以某种形式恢复海豹捕猎，保护鱼类种群，维持文化，创造就业机会，并**保护环境。成年海豹长至 5.5-6.5 英尺，重 115-140 公斤。其中包括 44%** 屠体、29% 鲸脂、18% 内脏和 8% 毛皮/皮。毛皮/毛皮被用作覆盖物和皮革产品，**但由于其颜色深、味道快速变质以及普遍**不了解其营养价值，大部分动物并未被广泛食用。在加拿大，从海豹尸体中提取的常见产品包括青贮饲料、**动物饲料；也有少量当地食品，如鳍状肢馅饼、海豹肉干和烟熏海豹肉。**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，可以利用加拿大功能性食品行业的废弃物生产新产品； **SeaDNA 致力于为加拿大和国际市场生产此类保健食品。