Leonardo DiCaprio has just used his A-list magic powers by investing in two American cultured-meat startups, Aleph Farms and Mosa Meat. This is the same actor who invested in a vegetable protein company before the plant-based phenomenon was a thing. Beyond Meat is now worth more than US$8 billion. DiCaprio saw it coming before the […] Read more
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Road map outlined for protein development
Protein Industries Canada wants the country to increase its sales of plant-based products to $25 billion a year by 2035
Protein Industries Canada has unveiled a new strategic plan aimed at increasing Canada’s global market share in the rapidly growing plant-based food and ingredient sector. PIC recently launched a sector road map that outlines key actions to help the industry reach its key growth objectives. Those objectives include increasing Canadian sales of plant-based foods, feeds […] Read more
New pea plant thrills growers
Ground has been broken on Alberta’s first yellow pea wet fractionation plant. More Than Protein Ingredients Ltd. is building a $100 million facility in Bowden, Alta., that will produce protein, starch, fibre and feedstock molasses from the crop. The plant is expected to be fully operational in the summer or fall of 2023 and will […] Read more
High-protein yellow pea almost ready
An Israeli crop-breeding firm is getting close to commercializing a high-protein yellow pea for the Canadian market. “We have lines that are around 30 percent more than you can find in the varieties that are grown now in North America,” said Avichai Amrad, project and partnership manager with Equinom. Those varieties just finished the first […] Read more
Hybrid meat products on the rise
Food companies develop a new alternative to traditional meat that is a combination of cell cultured and plant based
Plant-based alternatives to meat have been increasing in popularity for years, but now a new product has hit markets — a hybrid of plant-based and cell-cultured meats. New Age Meats, based in California, recently announced $25 million for its first pork hybrid product, which it plans to start production on in 2022. Derin Alemi, director […] Read more
Ag investment company buys pulse processor
Belle Pulse founders Tony and Francis Gaudet of Saskatchewan will continue to manage the business for Eat Well Group
A well-known Saskatchewan pulse processing company has a new owner. Belle Pulses, a family-owned pulse processing company based at Bellevue, Sask., has been sold to Eat Well Group Inc., a publicly traded investment company specializing in the acquisition of businesses involved in the agri-food, food technology and plant-based food sectors. Eat Well acquired Belle Pulses […] Read more
High-protein yellow pea almost ready
An Israeli crop-breeding firm is getting close to commercializing a high-protein yellow pea for the Canadian market. “We have lines that are around 30 percent more than you can find in the varieties that are grown now in North America,” said Avichai Amrad, project and partnership manager with Equinom. Those varieties just finished the first […] Read more
New pea plant thrills growers
Ground has been broken on Alberta’s first yellow pea wet fractionation plant. More Than Protein Ingredients Ltd. is building a $100 million facility in Bowden, Alta., that will produce protein, starch, fibre and feedstock molasses from the crop. The plant is expected to be fully operational in the summer or fall of 2023 and will […] Read more
What’s in a name? Success for pulses
Pulse Canada is attempting to knock down regulatory barriers that prevent the industry from realizing the full potential of the exploding demand for alternative proteins. Association president Greg Cherewyk told delegates attending the Global Pulse Confederation’s Ask the Experts North America webinar that 27 percent of all meat substitutes in the global packaged food market […] Read more
Pulse producers see new opportunities for pea protein
Demand for pea protein is growing by leaps and bounds but the overall volume consumed is still pretty small. Pea protein is finding its way into milk alternatives, bread, snack bars, yoghurt, meat substitutes, ice cream, cheese, breakfast cereals and other products. “The forecasted volume use of pea protein across all these uses is only […] Read more
