Marine Bioproducts AS testing viability of marine peptones for high-value products via fermentation

Posted On: October 14, 2012

The commercial viability of the use of marine-derived peptones to produce high-value products via fermentation will be examined through a project led by the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and Norway-based Marine Bioproducts AS(MB).

Referred to as MarineIB, the project began in April 2012 and seeks to establish new supply chains for the production of high-value chemicals, thereby offering a cost-effective, bio-based solution with improved performance in the marketplace.

The process employs co-products of fishing and aquaculture — the peptones used in the study are produced from sustainable marine aquaculture as a co-product from the Norwegian salmon processing sector. MB peptone is manufactured via an enzymatic hydrolysis method, which is a cleaner, more efficient alternative to acid hydrolysis.

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