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Lovemore Malunga – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Listed In: By-Products and Co-Products, Plant Protein, Protein Analysis, Protein Extraction, Protein Processing, Protein Quality

Business Type

Researcher

Main Contact Person

Lovemore Malunga

Position

Research Scientist

Department

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

City

Winnipeg

Province

Manitoba

Country

Canada

Keywords

Amino Acids, plant protein, protein extraction, Protein quality, quality assessment, starch utilization

Infrastructure

Milling, extraction, purification, drying, air classification, UPLC, SEC, GPC, Flash 2000 N/protein analyser, Codema Laboratory Huller LH 5025 system, Akom fiber analyzer, RVA, Assorted lab scale Mills

Protein Food Processing

Protein extraction method development, functional properties assessment and valorization of associated byproducts

Assessment of the Safety and Nutritional Value of Protein Foods

Protein digestibility, amino acid profiling, and proximate composition analysis

Lovemore Malunga – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Phone:
4313361693

Website:
https://profils-profiles.science.gc.ca/en/profile/lovemore-nkhata-malunga-phd

Email:
lovemore.malunga@canada.ca

Mailing Address:
Route 100, Unit 100-101, Morden
MB R6M 1Y5

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Martin Nyachoti – University of Manitoba

Listed In: Animal Production, Protein Analysis, Protein Quality

Business Type

Researcher

Main Contact Person

Martin Nyachoti

Position

Professor

Department

Agricultural and Food Sciences, Animal Science

City

Winnipeg

Province

Manitoba

Country

Canada

Keywords

Amino Acids, gut health, monogastrics, nutrition, protein digestibility, Protein feed sources, Protein quality, quality assessment

Infrastructure

Amino acid analyser, N analyzer, animal models for nutritive value assessment, facilities for animal metabolism studies, freeze drier, grinder

Assessment of the Safety and Nutritional Value of Protein Foods

Chemical and nutritional characterization of protein sources for monogastric animals. Dietary utilization and enhancement of nutritive value.

Martin Nyachoti – University of Manitoba

Phone:
2042934159

Website:
https://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/afs/dept/animal_science/fac_staff/Nyachoti.html

Email:
Martin_Nyachoti@umanitoba.ca

Mailing Address:
66 Chancellors Cir
R3T 2N2

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Michel Aliani – University of Manitoba, Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine

Listed In: Agricultural Innovations, Animal Protein, Digital Agricultural and Food Systems, Plant Protein, Product Development, Protein Quality, Sensory Evaluation

Business Type

Researcher

Main Contact Person

Michel Aliani

Position

Professor

Department

Agricultural and Food Sciences, Food and Human Nutritional Sciences

City

Winnipeg

Province

Manitoba

Country

Canada

Keywords

Amino Acids, Animal protein, Bioactive peptides, Consumer acceptability, hemp, Pea, plant protein, precision agriculture, Protein quality, quality assessment, wheat

Infrastructure

HPLC, GC-MS, LC-MS-QTOF, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Peptide database, metabolomics database

Consumer Acceptability

Sensory evaluation

Other

NMR and MASS Spectrometry analysis of Protein based foods and biological samples foloowing the consumption of foods

Michel Aliani – University of Manitoba, Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine

Phone:
2042353048

Website:
https://umanitoba.ca/agricultural-food-sciences/michel-aliani

Email:
Michel.Aliani@umanitoba.ca

Mailing Address:
575 Duff Roblin Building 190 Dysart Road
R3T 2N2

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Myera Group

Listed In: Agricultural Innovations, Alternative Protein, Animal Protein, By-Products and Co-Products, Digital Agricultural and Food Systems, Genetics, Indigenous, Plant Protein, Product Development, Protein Quality, Sociocultural, Waste Management

Business Type

Company

Main Contact Person

Bruce Hardy

Position

CEO

Department

N/A

City

Winnipeg

Province

Manitoba

Country

Canada

Keywords

algae, Alternative protein, Amino Acids, Animal Fish protein, Bioactive peptides, Consumer acceptability, duckweed, extrusion technology, genetics, indigenous foods, Indigenous Traditional Medicine, plant protein, precision agriculture, Protein quality, quality assessment, Soil quality, wildrice

Infrastructure

Indigenous Community Innovation Campus, strain development to product development, testing and consumer trials

Primary Production and Harvesting

Fish, wildrice and duckweed / algae blends for traditional medicine

Protein Food Processing

Value added processing of wildrice into protein isolate for Indigenous protein based products

Packaging

PHA and smart packaging for fish

Transportation and Distribution

Blockchain supply chain

Marketing

Using Digital Twin to allow consumers to participate in Mixed and Augmented reality, the source of their food and medicine.

Consumer Acceptability

Using E-nose and VOC's to assess flavour profiles of wild rice, and fish, selective breeding on taste, flavour and cooking.

Assessment of the Safety and Nutritional Value of Protein Foods

Using a combination of omics and on having dose / control of the bioactives in our products, on a batch basis, a part of our packaging.

Sociocultural Factors Related to Protein Foods

Behaviour economics and the role of "Ethical Indigenous Luxury Brands" that heal the body, and our ecology.

Phone:
2042955580

Website:
https://myeragroup.ca/

Email:
bruce@myeragroup.ca

Mailing Address:
100 One Research Road
R4L 1A4

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Nandika Bandara – University of Manitoba

Listed In: Agricultural Innovations, Alternative Protein, By-Products and Co-Products, Packaging, Plant Protein, Protein Extraction, Protein Functionality, Protein Processing, Protein Quality

Business Type

Researcher

Main Contact Person

Nandika Bandara

Position

Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Food Proteins and Bioproducts

Department

Agricultural and Food Sciences, Food and Human Nutritional Sciences

City

Winnipeg

Province

Manitoba

Country

Canada

Keywords

Infrastructure

Extractions, purifications, HPLC, DSC, ATR-FTIR, XRD, XPS, Particle size analyzer, Instron, TGA, AFM, Cold Plasma, Microfluidizer, Wet lab, analytical characterization lab

Protein Food Processing

Novel protein extraction technologies (deep eutectic solvents, reverse micelles), non-thermal processing technologies (col plasma, pulsed electric field, high pressure) with the objective of developing functionally superior, less allergenic protein ingredients from pulse, other crops, byproducts and alternate protein sources

Packaging

Developing sustainable packaging materials using biopolymers, mainly using byproduct proteins, polysaccharides and lignocellulosic materials

Consumer Acceptability

protein ingredients and their impact on food systems: how it will impart the food systems and consumer acceptability

Assessment of the Safety and Nutritional Value of Protein Foods

How different food protein processing will impact the digestibility, amino acid bioavailability and nutritional qualities

Other

working on alternate proteins such as algae and fungi protein on developing functionally enhanced products. Working with a company to develop a NSERC Alliance grant at the moment. Also work on using proteins for industrial applications such as adhesives, biomaterials etc

Nandika Bandara – University of Manitoba

Phone:
2042721547

Website:
https://umanitoba.ca/agricultural-food-sciences/food-and-human-nutritional-sciences/nandika-bandara

Email:
Nandika.Bandara@umanitoba.ca

Mailing Address:
66 Chancellors Cir
R3T 2N2

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Amino Acids

Janitha Wanasundara – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research and Development Centre

Lovemore Malunga – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Martin Nyachoti – University of Manitoba

Michel Aliani – University of Manitoba, Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine

Myera Group

Nandika Bandara – University of Manitoba

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