Journal
FOODS
Volume 11, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods11182831
Keywords
single-cell-protein; aquaculture; circular economy; sustainable; residues
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Funding
- Ramon y Cajal grant [RYC-2017-22891]
- Jianbo Xiao [RYC-2020-030365-I]
- Juan de la Cierva Incorporacion for Hui Cao [IJC2020-046055-I]
- FPU grant for A. Soria-Lopez [FPU2020/06140]
- Xunta de Galicia for supporting the program [EXCELENCIA-ED431F 2020/12]
- post-doctoral grant of M. Fraga-Corral [ED481B-2019/096, ED481B-2021/152, ED481A-2019/295, ED481A-2019/0228]
- Ibero-American Program on Science and Technology (CYTED-AQUA-CIBUS) [P317RT0003]
- Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking (JU) [888003]
- European Union
- Bio Based Industries Consortium
- national research funding parties in Belgium (FWO)
- France (INRA)
- Germany (BLE)
- Italy (MIPAAF)
- Latvia (IZM)
- Norway (RCN)
- Portugal (FCT)
- Spain (AEI)
- JPI-OCEANS
- FACCE-JPI launched in 2019 under the ERA-NET ERA-HDHL [696295]
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The increasing world population and the resulting demand for food have led to the urgent need for alternative and sustainable resources. Among them, aquaculture has been identified as a promising source of high-quality protein, but it requires significant amounts of fish protein. Single-cell protein (SCP) derived from microbes or algae offers a potential solution to replace fish protein, and its sustainable production can be achieved by utilizing residues from other industries.
The constant increment in the world's population leads to a parallel increase in the demand for food. This situation gives place the need for urgent development of alternative and sustainable resources to satisfy this nutritional requirement. Human nutrition is currently based on fisheries, which accounts for 50% of the fish production for human consumption, but also on agriculture, livestock, and aquaculture. Among them, aquaculture has been pointed out as a promising source of animal protein that can provide the population with high-quality protein food. This productive model has also gained attention due to its fast development. However, several aquaculture species require considerable amounts of fish protein to reach optimal growth rates, which represents its main drawback. Aquaculture needs to become sustainable using renewable source of nutrients with high contents of proteins to ensure properly fed animals. To achieve this goal, different approaches have been considered. In this sense, single-cell protein (SCP) products are a promising solution to replace fish protein from fishmeal. SCP flours based on microbes or algae biomass can be sustainably obtained. These microorganisms can be cultured by using residues supplied by other industries such as agriculture, food, or urban areas. Hence, the application of SCP for developing innovative fish meal offers a double solution by reducing the management of residues and by providing a sustainable source of proteins to aquaculture. However, the use of SCP as aquaculture feed also has some limitations, such as problems of digestibility, presence of toxins, or difficulty to scale-up the production process. In this work, we review the potential sources of SCP, their respective production processes, and their implementation in circular economy strategies, through the revalorization and exploitation of different residues for aquaculture feeding purposes. The data analyzed show the positive effects of SCP inclusion in diets and point to SCP meals as a sustainable feed system. However, new processes need to be exploited to improve yield. In that direction, the circular economy is a potential alternative to produce SCP at any time of the year and from various cost-free substrates, almost without a negative impact.
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