Fababean growers in Western Canada will soon gain access to another domestic market for their crop. Faba Canada recently announced that it has acquired a milling facility near Legal, Alta., north of Edmonton. The facility will fractionate fababeans and produce a high-quality protein concentrate. The mill is the former Mountain Meadows Pea Butter facility. Brad […] Read more
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Plant protein sector asks feds for regulatory changes
If Canada wants to meet its goals and potential for being one of the globe’s plant protein powerhouses, it needs to fix its regulatory system. That was the message from Protein Industries Canada’s Bill Greuel during a session with International Trade Minister Mary Ng and Export Development Canada’s Peter Hall. “We do not have a […] Read more
‘Magic’ of science unleashes the power of plant protein
The range of uses for plant protein components is just now being discovered as scientists unlock the field’s complexities
As food scientists break apart plant proteins, they see prodigious potential. “The use of enzymes in this field is limitless,” said John Thoroski, dairy plant manager for the University of Manitoba’s food and human nutritional sciences department, during a presentation. Thoroski and other University of Manitoba protein experts described how plant proteins are being unpacked […] Read more
New interest in pulses called a trend, not fad
Greg Cherewyk posed a question and then answered it during his recent presentation at the International Grains Council’s Grains Conference 2021. “Is all the interest we’re seeing in pulses fleeting?” said the president of Pulse Canada. “Are pulses just a fad or should they be considered a trend?” He noted that a fad is something […] Read more
Plant-based protein booms
Canadian grocery buyers continue to gravitate toward processed vegetable protein products as the prices for “alternative meat” and “alternative dairy” products become more accessible relative to steak, chicken, pork and dairy. Sylvain Charlebois, a prominent food scientist and director of Dalhouise University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab, said the value of Canada’s vegetable protein market continues to […] Read more
Plant protein demand unshaken by COVID-19 pandemic
The pandemic has broken, shaken and disrupted many things, but the galloping development of plant protein demand isn’t one of them. “One thing that’s stayed consistent is consumers’ obsession with protein,” Jo-Ann McArthur, a food markets expert who operates Nourish Food Marketing, said at the Manitoba Protein Summit. About 43 percent of Canadians say they’re […] Read more
Industry official touts Manitoba as ‘Silicon Valley of plant-based protein’
The head of the French company building a pea processor near Portage la Prairie says the province holds great potential but Canada’s regulatory regime needs an overhaul
The man tasked with opening the world’s largest pea protein facility says Manitoba “can be the Silicon Valley of plant-based proteins,” but regulatory changes are needed. Dominic Baumann, chief executive officer of Roquette Canada, made the declaration during a virtual event put on by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute focusing on investment and sustainability in […] Read more
Plant protein boom is no bubble: investor
A Regina firm that processes and markets plant-based meat substitutes has seen sales surge to $127 million in revenues
Like many market bubbles, investors are throwing themselves into the plant protein foods industry. However, a Canadian innovative foods investment fund thinks the plant protein craze isn’t a speculative flurry with little grounding in reality. “I see it as a standalone, beautiful disruption to big industry that’s good for people and the planet,” said Patrick […] Read more
‘Future is unlimited’ for plant-based food
Today’s young people are described as adventurous and quality driven who tend to buy food they consider healthy and sustainable
Ken Toong has first-hand experience with the consumer of the future and says it bodes well for plant-based foods. Toong is executive director of Auxiliary Enterprises at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It is the largest campus dining operation in the United States, serving 50,000 meals daily to 22,000 students on meal plans. The students […] Read more
Powerful investors get behind alternative meat sector
It is not often that the mug shot of Microsoft founder Bill Gates appears in a presentation on agriculture. But that’s what happened during a recent Global Grain webinar about the narrowing of the protein gap in China. Jean-Yves Chow, vice-president of food and beverage with Mizuho Bank Ltd., one of Japan’s largest financial institutions, […] Read more
