In 2019, Burcon established Merit Functional Foods Corporation in a joint venture with three veteran food industry executives. Merit Foods has built a 94,000 square foot production facility in Manitoba, Canada to produce, under license, Burcon’s novel pea and canola protein ingredients. The state-of-the-art facility is fully commissioned for commercial production and currently selling its best-in-class pea and canola protein ingredients for use in food and beverage applications. The facility is the first and only commercial facility in the world with the capability to produce food grade canola proteins.
Merit Food’s protein product portfolio includes:
For more information on Merit Functional Foods or to inquire about product samples, please visit meritfoods.com