According to the recently completed study, “Economic Impact to Manitoba of Increased Adoption of Healthy Food and Food Ingredients for Chronic Disease Management and Mitigation,” there could be substantial potential savings of between $360 to 400 million annually to the health care system in Manitoba by changing eating habits to include more functional foods – a reduction of more than …

Ann Payne’s Caveman Foods Ltd. recently announced it would provide up to 12 cases (or 144 individual servings) of its raw, unpasteurized drink, shipped free to Canadian universities or labs for studying the link between unpasteurized fermented foods and gut bacteria. Gourmet foodies have long been searching out the fresh, unpasteurized drink known as water kefir for its taste and …

This year’s winner of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Prairies – Manufacturing award is Mike Fata, Co-founder and CEO of Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods, the world’s largest hemp food manufacturer to grow, make and sell its own brand of hemp food products. Entrepreneurs from across the Prairies were judged based on their vision, leadership, innovation, financial performance, community engagement, …

Natallia V. Varankovich | Michael T. Nickerson | Darren R. Korber* The microbiota of the human gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is extremely complex, consisting of bacteria, archaea, some protozoa, anaerobic fungi and different bacteriophages and viruses, with more than 1,000 species and up to 5×1011 (100 billion) bacterial cells per gram of intestinal contents1. According to American Society for Microbiology (2008), …

Aleksandar Yovchev1 | Martin Scanlon2  | Michael Nickerson1* Dietary intake of sodium chloride (NaCl, commonly known as salt) has increased considerably over the last few decades due to changes in the human diet. The main source of NaCl in our diet is processed foods, accounting for ~70-75% of the total intake, with cereal and cereal products contributing 30-35% of overall …

Welcome to the first Regulatory Arena of 2015: the Year of the Clean Label! The clean label has been identified as one of the key trends of 2015, and in recognition of the importance of the clean label to Canadian consumers and industry, we will be devoting all four 2015 editions of the Regulatory Arena to the clean label. In …

Philip Bélanger shares his passion for Canadian cheese Text by Lekha Kanagasabai A passionate cheese connoisseur, Philip Bélanger has gone, seen, and conquered the ends of the cheese world, tasting the finest there is to offer. “After exploring various cheeses from all over the world, I really fell for the ones in Canada,” he says. Bélanger is Jury Chairman of …

There’s more to pulses than soups and salads as both the U.N. and industry look to raise awareness and celebrate the role of beans, chickpeas, lentils and peas in feeding the world Text by Hermione Wilson The United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses and the Canadian pulse industry is eager to raise awareness about the many …

Stuart Smyth In the mid-1990s, genetically modified (GM) crops and their resulting food products entered the North American and European markets virtually unnoticed. In fact, products in Europe labelled as containing GM ingredients and being made from GM products outsold similar products in the late 1990s. In Canada and the USA, GM crops and products triggered minimal consumer concerns or …

April 9-12 Canada Health Food Association Expo Vancouver, BC April 9-14 Natural Food Health & Food Products Conference: CHFA West 2015 Vancouver, BC April 10-12 Good Food and Drink Festival Toronto, ON April 15-17 Canada Produce Marketing Association Convention Montreal, QC April 28-30 SIAL Canada 2015 Toronto, ON April 28-30 Food Safety Summit, Expo & Conference Baltimore, MD May 19-21 …