New School Foods is set to revolutionize the plant-based industry with help from our vacuum microwave technology.
Co-Investment by Protein Industries Canada will help accelerate the commercialization of new product
Toronto, Ont. — , Protein Industries Canada announced a new investment into the development of new food options for Canadians—their first project investment under their second mandate. The project will see New School Foods, Liven Proteins and NuWave Research combine their expertise to commercialize a whole-muscle cut of plant-based salmon that transforms from raw to cooked. The first of its kind to market, the product will offer consumers an experience that offers the same taste and texture of its seafood counterpart.
The project will see $11.4 million invested into R&D to help commercialize the revolutionary product. Protein Industries Canada is investing just over $4.5 million, with the consortium partners investing the remainder. Building off New School Food’s and Liven Proteins’ first project, which proved out the technology necessary to formulate a full, muscle-cut type product, this project will focus on the scale-up of production and the sale of a fully commercial, market-ready product.
New School Foods will use its newly developed production technology to create a plant-based whole fillet of salmon that transforms from raw to cooked. Liven is creating animal-free collagen through precision fermentation that will provide functional and nutritional benefits to this product and other plant-based products. While NuWave Research is contributing through the development and validation of new production techniques for their core vacuum microwave technology in the plant-based industry, which will accelerate the production for New School Foods and others.
Protein Industries Canada is one of Canada’s five Global Innovation Clusters. Since 2018, Protein Industries Canada and industry have invested nearly half a billion dollars into innovation related to plant-based food, feed and ingredients. Protein Industries Canada was renewed by the federal government in February 2023, receiving an additional $150 million in funding. This is the first technology project announcement made under the new funding.