Protein Industries Canada (PIC) is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization created to position Canada as a global source of high-quality plant protein and plant-based co-products. We are one of Canada’s five innovation Superclusters.
PIC works with private sector industry partners to create co-investment projects that have the potential to transform the aquaculture, agriculture, and food production sector, allowing Canada to secure our position as a global leader in the production of plant-based products and co-products.
The goal of the Supercluster is to challenge Canadian businesses to collaborate with other businesses, and post-secondary and research institutions to create projects that have the potential to transform the food processing sector in Canada, creating jobs and stimulating local economies.
PIC works with companies to gain pathways to customers, markets, and partnerships that they could not access on their own, thereby providing them with the opportunity to leverage their expertise and innovations with that of large and multinational enterprises, public sector organizations and academia.
PIC has provided funding and supported the work of companies developing ingredients and products for use in aquaculture. Three of these projects will be summarized and discussed.