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Food Trends
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Canada’s annual report on food prices going national in 2021
July 8, 2020, Halifax, N.S. – Canada’s annual Food Price Report is going cross-country. Jointly released by long-time collaborators Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph, the 2021 project team will include the University of Saskatchewan and the University of…
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AGT Food and Ingredients and ulivit join forces to create new plant-based foods from the Prairies
June 25, 2020 – Winnipeg – Today, Protein Industries Canada (PIC) announced a project focused on creating new plant-based foods using pulses grown and processed on the Prairies. The $11.3 million-dollar project (funding through the PIC Supercluster program) will see…
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Canadian and U.S. food manufacturers looking to buy local product
June 24, Vancouver, B.C. – A poll conducted by GoldBeck Recruiting of Vancouver found that more food manufacturers across Canada and the U.S. are looking to purchase locally produced or sourced goods. The executive search firm conducted the poll recently…
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Local Leaf opens vertical farming location in Barrie
June 23, 2020, Barrie, Ont. – New Canadian agtech company Local Leaf Farms officially opened its first vertical farming facility today in Barrie. Using vertical farming technology, Local Leaf produces hyper-local produce that’s fully traceable – directly addressing many of…
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Nuts for Cheese to use fairtrade ingredients in products
June 18, 2020, London, Ont. – Nuts For Cheese, an established leader in Canada’s natural product and vegan cheese categories, has joined the growing fairtrade movement, sourcing key ingredients like cashews, coconut oil, coconut milk, turmeric and black peppercorns from…
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Maple Leaf launches fusion protein products
June 17, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – Canadians curious about plant-based protein can now incorporate it into their meals without compromising on great taste with new Maple Leaf 50/50™, an innovative range of products from Maple Leaf Foods. Maple Leaf 50/50™…
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Seafood buying habits of public are changing
June 9, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – More than half of Canadian seafood shoppers have already made changes to the way they choose to buy seafood in the last year in order to protect fish and seafood in the ocean, according…
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RC Show Faves
Toronto’s annual RC Show, Canada’s largest foodservice and hospitality event, is a treasure trove of inspiration for CPG businesses. Edible Plastic Straw Alternative Plastic straws have been earmarked for extinction. In response, Planetkitchen introduces SUPERSTRAW, the edible drinking straw. The…
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Report forecasts food costs will rise no more than four per cent
March 31, 2020, Halifax, N.S. – Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph have issued an updated Canada Food Price Report for 2020. The new report replaces an earlier forecast released in December 2019 that indicated food prices would increase…
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BENEO investing in production facility in Chile
March, 4, 2020 – BENEO, a manufacturer of functional ingredients, is spending 50 million Euro to expand its chicory root fibre production facility in Chile by 2022. The news comes as a result of rising demand for BENEO’s chicory root…
