Recent applications work has demonstrated that Merit Functional Foods’ Peazazz pea protein isolate – in combination with an enzyme called transglutaminase - can replace methylcellulose, a binding and gelling ingredient widely used in meat alternatives...
Canada-based Merit Functional Foods says it has overcome one of the biggest hurdles facing plant-based protein in ready-to-drink protein beverages: sediment and grittiness.
Plant-based ingredients supplier Merit Functional Foods is ready to meet industry demand from food and beverage manufacturers for its pea and canola proteins produced out of its now fully-scaled and commercially-ready 94,000-square-foot facility in Winnipeg,...
Armed with a CAD$30m (USD$22.7m) capital investment from international ingredients supplier Bunge, Merit Functional Foods says multiple finished products will come to market in Q1 2021 using its novel canola and pea proteins.
Canada-based Merit Functional Foods - a joint venture between plant protein tech specialist Burcon NutraScience and three veteran food industry executives – has secured additional debt financing of $10m in the form of a 10-year interest free loan from...
Under a new joint development agreement, Nestlé will help Merit Functional Foods and its technology partner, Burcon NutraScience, scale and commercialize its portfolio of plant proteins with the goal of using the startup's novel ingredients in foods...
Debuting at the SupplySide West show in Las Vegas last week, Merit Functional Foods introduced its portfolio of pea and canola protein ingredients, which the company claims exceed industry standards for purity, solubility, taste, and other key attributes.