START Fund Winners 2022

Pet Aging and Wellness (PAW) products:

Maria Hayes & Paula O’ Connor

Location: Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin & Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy

PAW products is a novel fish protein hydrolysate ingredient produced and formulated using Teagasc patented technology that can be fed to pets to help to prevent high blood pressure, weight gain and potentially inflammation. The target market is the functional ingredients for pets including the pet treat market.

BioHealth Products

Maria Hayes &  Emer Shannon

Location: Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin

This invention includes generation and identification of a novel functional food ingredient from an edible seaweed for use as a prebiotic (‘food for gut bacteria’) to enhance gut health.   The target markets that this technology addresses is the Functional ingredients for human market, immune health and the animal feed prebiotic market.

ProSwine - Mapping a path to market for a novel probiotic feed additive for pigs

Peadar Lawlor, Prof Gillian Gardiner, Dr Ruth Rattigan

Location: Teagasc Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark

ProSwine is a technology that reduces the need for antibiotic interventions. The market entry strategy is to target the animal feed additive sector, valued at at US$ 40 Billion in 2021.

Clean Green Packaging

Shivani Pathania

Location: Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin

This project seeks to optimise a semi-automatic machine with gas flush capabilities for clean green packaging of ready to eat/heat food products.  This represents a commercial opportunity to develop and commercialise clean and green packaging solutions for small food manufacturers.