SPAROS, Lda.

SPAROS is a spin-off company of the Centre of Marine Sciences of Algarve (CCMAR) / University of Algarve, devoted to innovate in the development of new products and processes for fish feeding and nutrition

We offer the alliance of a strong scientific background in the area of fish nutrition with a flexible pilot-scale feed technology platform to the aquaculture sector

SPAROS is located in the South of Portugal (Algarve region) but aims to serve the whole European market

Batch production of feeds for:

R&D projects
Pilot-scale trials (new species)
Broodstock
Zebrafish
Ornamental fish
Larvae and fry stages

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Tailor-made research trials
R&D Project partnership
R&D Project brokerage and preparation of applications
Optimization of processes in the area of nutrition and feeding of fish

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Successful SPAROS products
SPAROS Lda supplies feeds for R&D nutritional trials and fish broodstock. These tailor-made fish feeds have an increasing demand in several companies, research centres and Universities, across Europe.

Brokerage of R&D projects
SPAROS Lda already assisted SMEs from several European countries in developing their R&D projects in fish nutrition and aquaculture, including integrating them into European projects consortia. Contact us to discuss your ideas and needs.

Project INUTR
SPAROS Lda has recently started project INUTR, which aims to develop a new diet that allows to reduce the winter disease problems in seabream and other fish, and to develop a fast service to test ingredients and additives based on a set of molecular tools, based on genomics, proteomics and metabolomics.