Danish biotech company REDUCED and Royal Greenland, the seafood supplier, have signed an agreement to develop value from side streams.
The partnership aims to transform prawn processing side streams into clean-label, high-performance taste solutions for future commercialisation.
The partnership applies REDUCED’s proprietary fermentation-based platform to prawn shells and heads, which represent nearly half of the cold-water prawn biomass.
Traditionally used for low-cost food and feed ingredients, this material is now being upcycled into a natural prawn concentrate with exceptional flavour and broad application potential.
Kristian Ottesen, director, Royal Greenland, said: “At Royal Greenland, we work every day to use our resources responsibly. Therefore, we are also proud to enter into a collaboration that clearly demonstrates that good taste solutions and circular thinking can easily go hand in hand.
“By upcycling the by-products from prawn production, we not only create new high-quality products, but we also reduce waste and actively contribute to the future of food production. Every time we fish, we have a responsibility to manage the catch in the best possible way.”
Royal Greenland, certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for its sustainable cold-water prawn fisheries, brings scale, supply chain credibility, and a clear route to market to the partnership.
Together with REDUCED’s fermentation expertise, the collaboration shows how circular processing can turn side streams with great potential into high-value taste solutions, demonstrating both strong commercial potential and a clear path toward more resource-efficient seafood production.
“Circularity only succeeds when it creates real value,” says Emil Munck de Voss, CEO and co-founder of REDUCED. “In this partnership, we are proving that by applying our fermentation platform we can not only address side stream utilisation but also deliver a product that chefs and manufacturers genuinely want to use because of its outstanding taste.”