2021-10-12 21:53:02
Lactalis Canada launches e-commerce platforms
Lactalis Canada is entering the e-commerce world with two websites: Cheeseworld.ca and DairyMarketCulinary.ca. The former is a direct-to-consumer specialty cheese e-store exclusively offering a wide variety of heritage cheeses as well as hard-to-find gems from around the world.
Lactalis Canada is also bringing the convenience of e-commerce to the foodservice industry with DairyMarketCulinary.ca. This new online dairy shop targets culinary professionals, small restaurants, catering businesses and mom-and-pop shops to deliver on their core dairy needs, with an e-commerce option offering an assortment of branded cheese and table spreads, cultured and fluid items, as well as rotating specialty items.
New partnership to develop pea and hemp varieties for processing
NRGene Canada, Farmers Business Network Canada, Inc., Pulse Genetics and Manitoba Harvest are coming together to develop new pea and hemp varieties for use in food and ingredient processing, including a new pea-hemp flour blend. This is in partnership with Protein Industries Canada.
The partners will focus on increasing the protein content and improving the starch content and texture of ingredients that are derived from the new varieties, potentially increasing their use in plant-based foods and beverages across Canada and internationally.
NRGene, Farmer’s Business Network Canada, Inc., Pulse Genetics and Manitoba Harvest are together investing $3.3 million into the project, with Protein Industries Canada investing an additional $1.8 million. The total project investment is $5.1 million. The development of these new varieties is expected to create new market opportunities along Canada’s plant-based food chain.
Dole moves closer toward its zero waste goal
The Dole Sunshine Company is partnering with Ananas Anam, the U.K.- based company behind Piñatex, a vegan and natural alternative to leather made from sustainably sourced pineapple leaf fibres. Through the collection and extraction of fibre from pineapple leaves from its farms in Philippines, Dole is taking another step toward its promise of zero fruit loss by 2025.
Ananas Anam’s Piñatex is made of fibre extracted from Dole’s harvested pineapple plant leaves, which when dried and processed create a non-woven mesh to form the base of the sustainable material.
Piñatex has been used by global lifestyle brands such as Nike, Hugo Boss, H&M, Paul Smith and the Hilton Hotel London Bankside.
Introducing the Canadian Bakery Showcase
The Baking Association of Canada (BAC) is pleased to announce a partnership with Annex Business Media, Inc., who will be managing Canada’s largest baking trade industry expo, The Canadian Bakery Showcase, as a multi-year agreement. Annex Business Media publishes Food in Canada.
Scheduled to be held in Mississauga, Ont., at the Toronto Congress Centre between April 10 and 11, 2022, the show will carry on the tradition of delivering an eye-opening expo with educational sessions for its attendees.
Martin Barnett, executive director and acting general manager of BAC, states, “The cementing of this new collaboration with Annex Business Media, Inc., will position the association to successfully navigate the challenges the industry faces, as well as continue to develop exciting opportunities in education and outreach initiatives. The BAC board looks forward to working with our new partners.”
SUPPLIER NEWS
Puratos has launched an egg-free glaze. The Sunset Glaze Easy Plus adds a golden shine to savoury and sweet baked goods without the need for eggs or dairy. Puratos also introduced Intens Puraslim, a “fat-reducing and cost-saving bread improver”.
Conagen introduces p-Coumaric Acid (PCA), a preservative. PCA is a natural antioxidant and antimicrobial compound found in all plants. Conagen produces PCA by using an innovative precision fermentation process. This technology enables the cultivation of micro-organisms programmed to create sustainable, natural ingredients.
EcoSmart Supply has unveiled its rice straws. The straws are edible, and are made from rice and tapioca starch ingredients that are 100 per cent natural, organic and biodegradable. The rice straws are available on the company’s website in bulk quantities of 50, 100, 150 or 1000.
Nabati Foods Global has launched its plant-based liquid egg product in Canada. Nabati Plant Eggz is now available at Nabati.ca. Made using lupin and pea protein, the product will be sold in liquid form in 355-ml bottles.
SnapDNA is the 2021 IFTNext Food Disruptor
SnapDNA, creator of a rapid pathogen detection system for food processing facilities, clinched top honours and a $25,000 prize as the winner of the IFTNext Food Disruption Challenge Pitch Competition.
The SnapDNA system is “push-button simple,” explained Tom Jacobs, vice-president of sales and marketing. “Our system can be operated almost anywhere by almost anyone. We compete with and replace food testing labs for both routine daily testing and for tracing contamination. We are deeply honoured to be recognized by the IFT community for the work that we have done and for the recognition that our tech is truly disruptive.”
Launched in 2018, the IFTNext Food Disruption Challenge is designed to help emerging and investment-ready food companies raise their profiles and make strategic connections. The competition is open to food science/ technology companies that provide innovative solutions throughout the food supply chain, including ingredients, processing, packaging and testing.
Chinova Bioworks collaborates with N.B. college to develop vegan-friendly beer
Chinova Bioworks launches a major research initiative with the College Communautaire du Nouveau Brunswick’s (CCNB) INNOV centre, backed by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation’s Innovation Voucher Fund to develop a new processing aid for vegan-friendly brews.
Chinova is leveraging its clean-label ingredient expertise at CCNB’s Grand Falls campus, which has been developing technologies around brewing and distilling for years.
The research project aims to develop a new application for Chinova’s proprietary white button mushroom fibre, Chiber, as a rapid fining agent for breweries. Chinova’s technology would provide brewers a vegan alternative to animal-based, isinglass fining agents and synthetic PVPP (polyvinylpolypyrrolidone) that has long been used in the beverage industry as a processing aid.
F&B associations launch first national food supply chain platform
The Food Convergence Innovation (FCI) Canada – Food and Beverage Supply Chain Project focuses on creating a national, sector-wide platform with enterprise-to-enterprise connectivity capabilities, which will help strengthen Canada’s domestic food supply chain.
Canada’s leading food and beverage associations will build provincial and regional databases that will then be connected into a national network. This project builds on Conseil de la Transformation Alimentaire du Québec (CTAQ)’s existing Systeme Numerique Alimentaire Collaboratif (SNAC) collaboration platform, developed by Bivizio and currently in use in Quebec, as well as data science work conducted at the University of Ottawa. In its evolution to FCI-Canada, the national platform will help companies from across Canada make connections across the value chain by allowing them to post and search for specific products, services and partners within given geographic parameters.
The FCI-Canada Project will be led by McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics with a national consortium of Food and Beverage Canada, CTAQ, Food & Beverage Atlantic, Food and Beverage Ontario, Food & Beverage Manitoba, BC Food & Beverage, Bivizio, and the University of Ottawa. These organizations are together investing $500,000 into the project, with Protein Industries Canada investing $2.1 million, for a total project value of $2.7 million.
PEOPLE
The Canadian Food Innovation Network unveils its new leadership team. Joseph Lake is the CEO. Dana McCauley is the chief experience officer and Melanie DiReto takes on the role of chief financial officer.
Barentz appoints Mike Emrich as president of its newly formed North American human nutrition vertical. Emrich brings more than 30 years of industry and leadership experience, serving in both commercial and technical roles in the North American food and beverage ingredients market. He most recently acted as president of Barentz Canada.
Berner Food & Beverage names Kelly Diamond as vice-president of operations. Diamond is responsible for overseeing day-to-day company operations while she works to define and implement operations strategy to further evolve Berner processes.
Kemin Industries appoints Rebecca Lucas as director of research and development for its human nutrition and health business unit. She will lead all aspects of discovery research, product development and formulation activities – from conception to commercialization – for Kemin human nutrition and health.
PSSI names Chuck Lamb as senior vice-president of operations for the West Region, and promotes Gina Swenson as vice-president of marketing. Lamb will oversee the company’s customer relationships and operational initiatives with food processors across the West, Midwest and Northwest Divisions, including Canada. Swenson will help design, implement and monitor effective strategies and comprehensive programs related to internal and external corporate marketing.
Wixon names Ryan Seidl as account manager for the upper Midwest territory in the U.S. Seidl brings more than a decade of food industry sales experience to his new role, as well as specific expertise in the dairy sector. In his new role, he will facilitate the development of custom taste solutions for food and beverage partners.
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