Exploring Canadian & Saskatchewan Solutions for Food Ingredients at IFT 2011
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Healthy. Organic. Natural. Clean Label. Simple. Free-From. Traceability. Identity Preservation.
More than ever, consumers are looking at their food and wanting to understand what they are eating. If you are looking for a suite of ingredient solutions that resonate with consumer preferences for healthy, natural, clean label foods, Canada offers a wide range of options. At IFT 2011, taking place in New Orleans, LA, from June 11-14, 2011, some of those suppliers will be featured in the Prairie Canada Pavilion at booth #8539. These companies from Manitoba & Saskatchewan will feature some of the best and sought-after food ingredients from Canada, such as gluten-free options, plant-based fiber and protein sources, unique Canadian superfruit, flours, pulses, grains, oilseeds, and state-of-the-art R&D services for functional food ingredients.
The Prairie Canada Pavilion offers a suite of food ingredient solutions for food manufacturers. Located at booth # 8539, the Prairie Canadian pavilion will feature such Saskatchewan companies as:
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Avena Foods – offers a range of high quality, gluten-free oat products with an identify preservation and traceability program
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CanMar Grain Products – Uniquely roasted, identity-preserved flax products
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Mustard Capital Inc – full range of mustard ingredient products
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Prairie Berries – a range of food ingredients based on Canada’s high antixoxidant superfruit, Saskatoon Berries
Look for these companies and more under the Canadian maple leaf!
Filed Under: Agri-Value News
Company Profile: Avena Foods
Avena Foods is an ingredient supplier of wheat free oats to the food industry and a manufacturer of select prepackaged oat based mixes marketed under the brand name Only Oats. Their commitment to pure oats, free from wheat, barley and rye, begins in the heart of the Canadian prairies with select growers who follow stringent production protocols.
Products include whole grain oats (rolled oats, quick oat flakes, steel cut oats pearls, oat flour, and oat bran), baking mixes (chocolate muffin, cinnamon spice muffin, whole oat pancake, and oatmeal cookie).
http://www.onlyoats.com
Company Profile: CanMar Grain Products
CanMar Grain Products Ltd. is a Saskatchewan company dedicated to processing and roasting Flax for human consumption.
Products include roasted flax seed, pasteurized flax, milled roasted flax seed with blueberry, milled roasted flax seed with apple cinnamon, milled roasted flax seed with strawberries, milled roasted flax seed with pomegranate, milled flax for breakfast cereals. CanMar also offers products suitable for use as food ingredients, private label programs, nut free and gluten free facility, organic as well as conventional and kosher.
http://www.roastedflax.com
Prairie Berries
Prairie Berries is a Canadian ingredient food company dedicated to growing and processing Canada’s Nutritional Super Fruit “Saskatoon Berries”! Saskatoon berries make a great ingredient for muffins, smoothies, fruit fillings, yogurts, fruit bars, pie fillings, and beverages.
Products include IQF berries, purees, sweeten dried berries, single strength juice, concentrate, dried flakes, pie fillings, and fruit toppings. Also supply dried Saskatoon berries bits to the pet food manufacturing industry.
http://www.prairieberries.com
Company Profile: Mustard Capital Inc.
MCI) is a dry mustard miller, manufacturing food ingredients from raw mustard seed for wholesale distribution globally.
Products include milled mustard, flour, bran and blended flour, deoiled, deheated mustard flour.
http://www.mustardcapital.com
Company Profile: InfraReady Products Ltd. (Booth 4159)
InfraReady is an industrial food ingredient supplier located in the heart of the Canadian Prairies, in a region known worldwide for growing superior food crops. InfraReady’s unique cooking technology lightly toasts cereal grains, pulses, and oilseeds for bakery, food service, baby food, energy bars, and other functional foods. The benefits of the precooking step include reduced cooking times, reduced enzymatic and microbial activity, increased water absorption, and enhanced flavour. InfraReady’s ingredients are Kosher, Halal and available in organic or conventional form.
Products include precooked cereals, pulses, grains and oilseeds, full processing and packaging services.
http://www.infrareadyproducts.com
Company Profile: POS Bio-Sciences (Booth 7525)
POS Bio-Sciences is an applied R&D facility specializing in development of bio-processing solutions for clients. We offer total capability under one roof for process development, analytical services and small scale specialty toll processing. Industries served include food & ingredients, nutraceuticals, biofuels, personal care, feed & pet food, and ag biotech.
Products include contract applied research and development for bio-processing, specializing in process development, small scale specialty toll processing, analytical services.
http://www.pos.ca
Company Profile: Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (Booth 7855)
The Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) represent 18,000 pulse crop producers in Saskatchewan. The four major pulse crops grown in Saskatchewan are pea, lentil, chickpea and bean. Canada is the world’s leading lentil, pea, and chickpea exporter.
SPG will be co-located with Pulse Canada and feature various uses of pulse food ingredients.
http://www.saskpulse.com