Grants and Contributions:

Title:

Building Research Capacity at Canada's Smartest Kitchen in Fortified Beverages and Emulsions with a Two-Phased Homogenization Unit

Agreement Number:

CARTI

Agreement Value:

$41,756.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 7, 2018 -

Organization:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Location:

Prince Edward Island, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q4-01132

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Additional Information:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Recipient's Legal Name:

MacDonald, Gerard Alexander (Sandy) (Holland College)

Program:

Applied Research Tools and Instruments Grants

Program Purpose:

Recent history has demonstrated that consumers in North America and Europe have become increasing awarex000D
of the benefits of healthy eating. The demand for healthy, convenient foods and beverages has steadily risenx000D
over the past several years, doubling the number of product launches, year over year. Functional dairy,x000D
vegetable and fruit, sports drinks and energy drinks have all seen impressive growth with no sign of slowx000D
down. The possibilities of functional beverages are endless, ranging from fortification with prebiotics, to thex000D
use of by-products and functional ingredients, and use of novel technologies like nanoemulsions. Atlanticx000D
Canadian companies are aware of these trends and are keen to collaborate in functional beverage research.x000D
Canada's Smartest Kitchen (CSK), the food product research and development center (and NSERC Technologyx000D
Access Center), co-located with The Culinary Institute of Canada at Holland College in Prince Edward Islandx000D
has been working increasingly with SMEs to develop innovative, value added beverages. Of the 1,400 food andx000D
beverage products developed in its existence, 40 have been fortified beverages and emulsified sauces. To date,x000D
CSK has been restricted only to concept validation of these beverages and sauces based on lack of capacity inx000D
homogenization, the process of mixing two non-soluble liquids uniformly.x000D
To better serve industry and train students, CSK is requesting a PandaPLUS 2000 bench scale two-phasex000D
homogenizer. This equipment will allow CSK to move beyond concept validation and into full productx000D
development. The PandaPLUS 2000 has been selected based on direct scalability to pilot and industrial sizedx000D
processing, allowing for seamless bench-to-facility product development. CSK has identified a significant gapx000D
in training and industry access to this bench scale capability and is hoping to fill this void.