Partnership to improve nutrition, functionality of plant-based food products
Consortium will tackle technical challenges in formulating plant-based alternatives to conventional Consumer Packaged Goods.
November 30, 2021
Protein Industries Canada has announced a partnership that it says will develop nutritionally and functionally superior plant-based food products and beverages.
YoFiit, Avena Foods Limited and Roquette Canada have partnered to solve technical challenges in formulating plant-based milk, probiotic-rich yogurt and other functional plant-based analogues – with a key focus on maintaining the nutritional equivalency to animal-based products, achieving higher functionality than existing products in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry.
The $1.7 million project will showcase Canada’s capacity, not only as a supplier of quality ingredients, but also for embracing cutting-edge food technology and patent-pending processes to develop products that are unique in the plant-based protein global marketplace.
“This project is yet another example of Canada’s growing potential in the production of plant-based products,” said the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science & Industry. “By supporting SMEs in agricultural, Protein Industries Canada is helping new ideas and products become a reality and allowing these companies to scale-up like never before by accessing new and growing markets in Canada and around the world.”
YoFiit, a food-tech start-up with nutritious plant-based snacks and milk alternatives available in grocery stores across Canada, will lead the development of new food manufacturing techniques and novel food products.