Objective Processed meat products have growingly become a popular solution for highly nutritive yet affordable meat for consume,having the global market for these products registered a remarkable increase in the past years. Once the prime cuts andmain pieces of meats have been cut from the carcasses, there is still a substantial amount of muscle tissue attached thebones. The optimal use of this meat would be in processed meat products. In case the residual meat is recovered by hand,the product is considered as meat and legally treated as such. However, if the recovery is done mechanically, the productshould be regarded as mechanically separated meat (MSM), a supposedly lower quality product, and treated as such inaccordance to present EU legislation.Nowadays, mechanical methods are the industry’s preferred approach. Significant technical improvements in the mechanicalseparation processes have been seen during last years, which enable the production of MSM that cannot or can only hardlybe distinguished from manually-processed minced meat. Thus, there is a need to establish an objective and accuratemethod to quantify the degree of degradation of muscle structure, as there are no objective arguments supporting theseparation of MSM and minced meat.Building from this, we have developed a highly reproducible histochemical method for the harmonization of the assessmentof meat quality in laboratory quality control settings as well as fast and objective method to perform online qualityclassification of comminuted meat at the production line.Through the present innovation project, we will demonstrate the economic benefits to end-users and added value of ourtechnology for meat industry market. Moreover, the accomplishment of the project objectives will represent a major businessopportunity, with an estimated 5-year aggregated turnover of almost €23 million. Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy Main Programme H2020-EU.3.2.4. - Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries and supporting the development of a European bioeconomy H2020-EU.3.2.1. - Sustainable agriculture and forestry H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument H2020-EU.3.2.2. - Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector for a safe and healthy diet Topic(s) SMEInst-07-2016-2017 - Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for sustainable and competitive agriculture, forestry, agri-food and bio-based sectors Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator ROBERT DAMKJAER AS Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address Anslet landevej 10 6100 Haderslev Denmark See on map Region Danmark Syddanmark Sydjylland Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 21 429,00 Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all SOFTWARE FOR CRITICAL SYSTEMS SL Spain Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Calle arquitecto francisco penalosa 18 ampliacion campus de teatinos 29071 Malaga See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Sur Andalucía Málaga Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 LIMA SAS France Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Route de rosporden 456 29000 Quimper See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Bretagne Bretagne Finistère Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
