Burcon Receives Co-Investment from Protein Industries Canada to Scale-Up and Commercialize Hempseed and Sunflower Seed Protein
In collaboration with HPS Food & Ingredients and Puratos Canada, Burcon will lead the commercialization efforts for its new-to-the-world high purity hempseed and sunflower seed protein ingredients.
- In collaboration with HPS Food & Ingredients and Puratos Canada, Burcon will lead the commercialization efforts for its new-to-the-world high purity hempseed and sunflower seed protein ingredients.
- Burcon’s first-of-its-kind high purity hempseed and sunflower seed proteins can help solve these formulation challenges opening access to a multi-billion-dollar addressable market opportunity.
- Increasing ingredient manufacturing can help diversify our agriculture sector and increase our productivity, creating new economic growth for Canada," Protein Industries Canada CEO Bill Greuel said.
- "Together, Burcon, HPS and Puratos are developing a line of ingredients, food and beverage products that will do this, while also bringing new, diverse protein options to market."