Identification & Background 

Project name: BIOma – Integrated solutions of BIOeconomy for the Mobilization of the Agro-food chain

Code of the project:
POCI-01-0247; LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-046112

Main objective: To strengthen research, technological development and innovation

Region of intervention: North, Center, Lisbon and Alentejo

Beneficiary entity(s):
CAMPOTEC IN – Conservação e Transformação de Hortofrutícolas, S.A. (project leader)
ANSELMO MENDES Vinhos, Lda.
SGS PORTUGAL – Sociedade Geral de Superintendência, S.A.
DEIFIL Technology Lda.
SORTEGEL – Produtos Congelados, s. A.
FOODINTECH LDA
SILVEX – Indústria de Plásticos e Papéis, S.A
ITAU – Instituto Técnico de Alimentação Humana, SA
BRIDGEPOINT Engenharias de Sistemas LDA
Inova+ – Innovation Services, S.A
ACUSHLA, S.A.
SONAE MC – Serviços Partilhados, S.A.
TJA – Transportes J. Amaral, S.A.
LIPOR – Serviço Intermunicipalizado de Gestão de Resíduos do Grande Porto
Universidade do Porto – Faculdade de Engenharia
Universidade do Porto – Faculdade de Ciências
Universidade do Porto – Faculdade de Farmácia
Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
MORE – Laboratório Colaborativo Montanhas De Investigação – Associação
Instituto Politécnico Santarém
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo
Universidade de Évora
Universidade Católica

Approval date: 2020-06-09
Start date: 2020-07-01
Completion date: 2023-06-30

Total eligible cost: €6,397,556.25
Financial support from the European Union: 4,319,243.93 €

  • 1. To contribute to national strategy for Bioeconomics.
  • 2. Contribute to the national and European strategy of digitalization of industry.
  • 3. Supporting the priorities and aspirations of global sustainable development for 2030
  • 4. (sustainable development goals – SDGs).
  • 5. Increase the competitiveness of economic actors in the agri-food value chain.
  • 6. Standardize the sustainability assessment of the agri-food value chain.
  • 7. Reduce food waste through technological solutions.
  • 8. Valuing agro-food waste and by-products for the development of bio-based products.
  • 9. Track all stages of the agri-food value chain.
  • 10. Promote the adoption of technological solutions in the agri-food value chain.
  • PPS 1: siBIO- Digital sustainability assessment solution for the agri-food value chain
  • PPS 2: BIOsave – Solutions to combat food waste
  • PPS 3: BIOvalue – Solutions for the recovery of waste and agri-food by-products
  • PPS4 4: BIOtrace – Integrated traceability solution for the agri-food value chain
  • PPS 5: BIOecosystem – Bioeconomy solutions for the market through the Digital Innovation HUB ecosystem
  • PPS 6: Management and dissemination of BIOma project

MORE CoLAB participates in two segments: in PPS2, where it is leader of Activity 4 (Demonstrators – Case Studies) and three tasks related to the demonstration (PPS2.A4.T1) and scale-up (PPS2.A3.T5 and PPS2.A3.T6) of the development and use of natural ingredients with preservative capacity, also participating in the development of technologies that promote the reduction of food waste (PPS2.A2.T5, PPS2.A2.T6 and PPS2.A2.T7); in PPS3, where he is leader of Activity 4 (Demonstrators – Case Studies) and five tasks related to the demonstration (PPS3.A4.T1), monitoring and elaboration of composted products (PPS3.A3.T2, PPS3.A3.T3 and PPS3.A3.T4), and scale-up (PPS3.A2.T6).

  • Metodologia de avaliação de sustentabilidade – Índice de Sustentabilidade para a Bioeconomia (siBIO);
  • Ferramentas digitais para a aplicação de Sustainability Index For Bioeconomy (siBIO);
  • Modular platform to support the reduction of food waste “FoodSaver”;
  • Natural preservatives without toxicity (fruit preparations, jams and sweets);
  • New natural preservative films for coating interno de películas e embalagens de produtos alimentares com libertação de conservantes;
  • New bioactive ingredients with functional properties extracted from agro-industrial waste
  • New biostimulants and organic soil correctors
  • Traceability solution for all CVAA, modular (primary production, transport/ logistics, transformation, retail/ restaurant and consumer) supported by an integrative, interoperable and tamper-proof digital platform.
  • Digital Innovation Ecosystem HUB for the agri-food value chain supported by digital platform – BIOecosystem
  • Maturity diagnosis methodology for the Bioeconomy
  • Modular marketplace for the agri-food value chain: 1) Technology 2) By-products 3) Test Before Invest (experimental fields) 4) New bio-based products
  • Demonstration open field methodology – Test Before Invest