Projects

NRGene Canada, Farmers Business Network Canada, Inc., Pulse Genetics and Manitoba Harvest are developing new pea and hemp varieties for use in food and ingredient processing, including a new pea-hemp flour blend.

New School Foods and Liven Proteins partner to develop plant-based seafood products — focusing on developing a whole muscle, plant-based fish filet that emulates the same texture, taste and cooking experience of fish — creating a product that appeals to the mass-market consumer.

Merit Functional Foods, TWC Nutrition, Daiya Foods and Grand River Foods are partnering to use Merit Functional Foods’ pea, canola and blended pea-canola protein ingredients in new plant-based products, which could include alternative meat products, alternative dairy products and other beverages.

In this second phase, partners Farmers Edge, OPIsystems and TrustBIX will improve traceability and marketing opportunities by creating a platform for Canada's plant-based food, feed and ingredient sector.

Canada Protein Ingredients Ltd. - Ingrédients Protéiques du Canada Ltée (CPI-IPC), DJ Hendrick International, Agrocorp Processing, Semences Prograin and Synthesis Network are partnering together to produce clean label protein ingredients from Canadian-grown soybeans.

GrainFrac Inc., Tomtene Seed Farm and Ripple Foods PBC are partnering to develop new, high-protein pulse-based ingredients for the non-dairy beverage market.

This new project between Enhanced Medical Nutrition and Infinit Nutrition Canada will focus on meeting the rising demand for high-quality plant-based protein options within the clinical and athletic markets.

Avena Foods, Big Mountain Foods, Daiya Foods, Bakenology and The Village Bakery have joined forces to test and develop new applications for Avena Foods' proprietary tempered pulse flours.

Mera Food Group, Mera Developments and Benson Farm are developing new plant-based protein products from crops grown in Western Canada.

Ingredion Inc., Ingredion Plant Based Protein Specialties (Canada) Inc., Verdient Foods Inc., T Base 4 Investments and O.M.D. Food Products are turning pulses into high-value protein ingredients.

Farmers Edge and OPIsystems will focus on developing technology that will serve a dual purpose for Canada’s plant-protein sector: the creation and distribution of on-farm prediction models for growers, and a comprehensive platform that will increase traceability.

Sightline Innovation, DL Seeds and SeedNet will use Novel AI and data trust tools to accelerate plant breeding.