Contact
Margrét Geirsdóttir
Project Manager
mg@matis.is
Matís and the start-up company Codland have worked on projects where the goal is to utilize skin in valuable products.
Collagen is becoming increasingly popular as an active ingredient in various consumer products, but research indicates that there is a link between regular consumption of the substance and positive effects on the skin and joints. The world market for collagen-containing supplements is large and mainly made from pigs. Estimates assume increased demand for collagen peptides made from wild fish, so this is an ideal opportunity for Icelandic production.
The project Hydrolyzed collagen from the raw material of fish processing was recently funded by the Nordic Innovation Center and worked in collaboration with the Norwegian company Biomega, the Danish University of Technology (DTU) and Biosustain also in Denmark together with Matís and Codland. The aim of the project was, among other things, to develop new enzymes to process collagen from extra raw materials from white wild fish such as cod and fatty fish such as salmon.
Videos about the project can be found here.