Developing hemp and sunflower protein ingredients
Ingredients
Consortia Contribution
$3,863,320
Cluster Contribution
$3,062,717
Burcon NutraScience
HPS Food & Ingredients
Puratos Canada
Goal
To create first-in-market ingredients that are nutritious, sustainable and flavour-neutral protein options for food and beverage companies and consumers.
Project Summary
Prioritizing functionality and taste, Burcon is increasing the value of each hemp and sunflower flour by extracting hemp protein isolate, sunflower protein isolate and sunflower protein concentrate.
HPS is assessing hemp crop varieties to determine which are best suited for the new ingredients, while also developing, commercializing and scaling the technology needed to process the hemp into the new ingredients.
Further along the value chain, Puratos and Burcon will each focus on using the hemp and sunflower ingredients in new food and beverage products, particularly baking applications, beverages and meat alternatives.
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