ID 45158959 © Sierpniowka Dreamstime.com

By Alice McFarlane

Developing plant-based food ingredients

Canadian and UK companies collaborate on plant based projects

Nov 14, 2024 | 1:53 PM

Protein Industries Canada and Innovate-UK will work together on research and development projects for the development and commercialization of plant-based ingredients and foods on both sides of the Atlantic.

The organizations, along with the consortium members, are investing $5.7 million into two R&D projects.

The first of the two projects sees Canadian companies Liven Proteins and ALT-PRO Advantage partner with UK companies New Wave Biotech Ltd. and Formidable Foods Ltd. to deliver ingredient solutions to enhance plant-based meat analogues and pet nutrition.

The second project brings together Canadian companies Tartistes and Wamame with UK partners Jampa’s and the University of Nottingham to launch a range of plant-based products with a uniquely improved nutritional profile that will match or better that found in animal-based products and current plant-based meat analogues (PBMA).

Interim CEO Frank Hart said Canada is building towards its goal of a $25 billion ingredient and food processing industry.

Agriculture Roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Oct 30, 2024

organic crop

Wild rice production plummets compared to 2023

Oct 23, 2024

Connecting Farmers to Available Land

Young Agrarians to host Land Linking Workshop in Kelowna

Oct 16, 2024

“We know that we will not reach that goal by only working within our own borders,” Hart said. “Canada requires customers — whether that be a food company using Canadian ingredients, or a consumer in a grocery store. Collaborations such as this one are key to supporting Canadian companies in advancing their innovation, acquiring those new customers, and entering global supply chains with high-value products.”

The projects are a result of an ongoing partnership between the two countries to further collaboration in the areas of science and innovation, with a focus on plant-based food and ingredients.

A joint call for R&D projects was issued in September 2023; since then, each country has hosted delegations from the other, resulting in new collaborations in the food and ingredient processing sector.

–

alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

On X: @farmnewsNOW