Commercializing the world's foremost canola and pea protein ingredients
TECHNOLOGY PRIORITY
Make
PROJECT TIMELINE
December 2019 to June 2021
PROJECT STATUS
Fund I: Complete
TOTAL INVESTMENT
$70,354,765
Consortia Contribution
$59,980,698
Cluster Contribution
$10,374,067
PARTNERS
Merit Functional Foods
Pitura Seeds
The Winning Combination
Goal
To produce novel canola and pea protein isolates at Merit's state-of-the-art protein processing facility.
Project Summary
Using Merit's 94,000-square-foot production facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the first commercial facility in the world capable of producing food-grade canola proteins, the partners have worked to produce and create novel canola protein and pea protein isolates as ingredients to use in food and beverage applications using exclusively licensed technology from Burcon.
Results and Impact
- Merit has created a product portfolio of its pea protein and canola protein to use in food and beverages, the latter of which is the world's first highly soluble and highly functional. They are neutral in flavour and less gritty than standard plant protein isolates.
- Peazazz C™ pea protein
- Peazazz® pea protein
- Peazac® pea protein
- Puratein® C canola protein
- Puratein® G canola protein
- Puratein® HS canola protein
- MeritPro™ proprietary pea and canola protein blend
- The partners have added significant value to commodities that are often exported in their raw form and have connected all points in the plant protein value chain.
- Pitura Seeds has developed best practices for sourcing and preserving pea and canola varieties necessary to optimize protein processing.
- Merit and The Winning Combination can assess and confirm pea/canola protein functionality and determine its fit in their finished product lines.
- Merit has continued collaborating with the Food Development Centre to perform functionality and application work on Merit's various by-product offerings.
