Periodic Reporting for period 1 - PLANTIBIOTICS (Functional ingredient from fermented vegetable waste streams to diminish the use of antibiotics in pig husbandry)
Reporting period: 2015-10-01 to 2016-03-31
Provalor has succeeded to isolate an extract of fermented vegetable waste, which showed antimicrobial effects. These findings indicate that the extract could be of extreme high value as a functional ingredient for animal feed. The project ‘Plantibiotics’ was born and further R&D was undertaken to develop Plantibiotics as a feed additive for compound feed starting with pigs.
For the technical and financial viability a number of experiments have been carried out in this phase 1. As the outcome effects the financial viability,a special scheme is developed to calculate the financial effects of the various technical options. The financial viability of Plantibiotics is very acttractive and encourage to go ahead.
The legal investigation did not show any major hick-ups and will be finalized during phase 2. As expected, the marketsearch showed very nice opportunities and indicates that marketing of Plantibiotics should start in NW-Europe followed by other Europe and USA/Canada.
For the technical and financial viability a number of experiments have been carried out in this phase 1. As the outcome effects the financial viability,a special scheme is developed to calculate the financial effects of the various technical options. The financial viability of Plantibiotics is very acttractive and encourage to go ahead.
The legal investigation did not show any major hick-ups and will be finalized during phase 2. As expected, the marketsearch showed very nice opportunities and indicates that marketing of Plantibiotics should start in NW-Europe followed by other Europe and USA/Canada.
Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)
A major EU-manufacturer of feed-premixes containing functional ingredients, is prepared to act as launching customer. Herewith Provalor has bridged ‘the valley of death’ already now. Consequently Provalor will apply for phase 2 of the SME-instrument soon.