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Creating a canola-based plastic alternative

New research turns canola protein into strong, flexible films meant for food packaging

By Don Norman July 19, 2023

Canola growers may one day be able to add food packaging to their list of markets. New research at the University of Manitoba draws on canola meal protein as a feedstock for biodegradable food product packaging. “I think it’s a more sustainable solution to the challenges created by all the petroleum-based plastic food packaging materials,”

The interior of Burcon’s Winnipeg Technical Centre.

News

Burcon adds processor scale-up services

Company says the move leverages its expertise and equipment to attract new business

By Don Norman June 19, 2023

Manitoba agri-food processors will soon be able to access Burcon’s protein processing equipment to help get their food products to market. Burcon NutraScience Corporation, which focuses on plant proteins and ingredients for the food and beverage sector, says it will offer start-to-finish product development services for processors. “We saw that gap in the industry and

A hemp plant in Alberta. (Jennifer Blair photo)

Crops

Regulations, versatility pull hemp in different directions in West

Crop 'still struggling with reaching its full potential'

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News May 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — Accounting for 60 per cent of Canada’s 1,100 cultivation licenses as of 2020, according to Health Canada, Western Canada is the country’s most important region when it comes to hemp production. But while there are more products on store shelves, more cultivars than ever before and high prices for the crop, demand for

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas, lentils may see slight movement

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News January 4, 2022

MarketsFarm — As the calendar changed to 2022, there was not much movement on pulse markets — but they weren’t entirely static, according to a Saskatchewan-based broker. “Yellow and green peas have been moving (lately), but as far as lentils and others, no,” said Dale McManus, broker for Johnston’s Grain at Welwyn, Sask. He attributed

File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Pea protein in demand despite falling yields

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News September 28, 2021

MarketsFarm — Very few crops took more of a hit during the drought-stricken summer of 2021 than dry peas. Meanwhile, firm international demand and tightening stocks will raise pea prices even higher. According to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) latest field crop estimates released Friday, pea production dropped 45 per cent at 2.527 million tonnes

KFC Canada says it will launch its ‘Plant-Based KFC’ sandwich nationwide Aug. 10. (CNW Group/KFC Canada)

Crops

Plant-based near-chicken on KFC’s Canadian menu to stay

Maple Leaf's Lightlife arm to make 'Plant-Based KFC' sandwich

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 6, 2020

Updated, Aug. 18: Consumers’ response to a single-day test of plant-based near-chicken menu items in Mississauga last year has led KFC Canada to add the product, full time, to its menu nationwide. The Canadian arm of the Yum Brands-owned chicken chain announced Wednesday its ‘Plant-Based KFC’ sandwiches will be available permanently at its stores across

Beyond Meat’s ‘latest iteration’ of its Beyond Burger gets to carry a Made in Canada label. (Photo courtesy Beyond Meat via Globe Newswire)

Crops

Beyond Meat lines up Canadian patty co-packer

U.S. company launches 'latest iteration' of burger line

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 23, 2020

One of the names tied closest to the plant protein-based meat substitute sector has enlisted an unnamed Quebec operation to make its beef-similar patties for the Canadian retail market. Los Angeles-based Beyond Meat on Wednesday launched the “latest iteration” of its flagship Beyond Burger, billed as “produced locally at a co-manufacturing facility in Canada” and

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Pandemic may pose market opportunity

By GFM Network News June 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Plant protein products were steadily rising in popularity before the COVID-19 pandemic set in — but that industry could also get a boost from consumers shifting away from meat in a post-pandemic world. “There’s an increased level of awareness of hygiene issues in the meat industry,” Vishal Vijay, head of business development at

An artists’ rendition of the Merit Functional Foods plant under construction in Winnipeg. (Meritfoods.com)

Crops

Plant protein processor backed for expansion

Lenders arrange up to $85 million for Merit Functional Foods

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 29, 2020

The money has been lined up to fund a major expansion for a Winnipeg pea and canola protein processing plant that’s still being built. Merit Functional Foods Corp. announced May 4 it has secured a debt financing package of up to $85 million from “a syndicate of lenders” including Export Development Canada, Farm Credit Canada

Wendy’s Canada said its new pea-based Plantiful “ensures flexitarians have a protein alternative that is full of taste.” (CNW Group/Wendy’s Restaurants of Canada photo)

Crops, Pulses

Wendy’s launches Canadian-made plant-based burger

Pea protein patty developed 'in-house,' company says

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 1, 2020

Burger chain Wendy’s has set out to meet what it says is now an “expectation” in the Canadian quick-service dining sector, with a new pulse crop-based burger. The U.S. chain’s Canadian arm on Thursday announced it has launched a plant-based burger it calls the Plantiful at its 380-plus Canadian stores, using a patty it described

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Creating a canola-based plastic alternative

Burcon adds processor scale-up services

Regulations, versatility pull hemp in different directions in West

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas, lentils may see slight movement

Pulse weekly outlook: Pea protein in demand despite falling yields

Plant-based near-chicken on KFC’s Canadian menu to stay

Beyond Meat lines up Canadian patty co-packer

Pulse weekly outlook: Pandemic may pose market opportunity

Plant protein processor backed for expansion

Wendy’s launches Canadian-made plant-based burger

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