Burcon releases new pea and canola protein blends
Burcon NutraScience Corporation, a developer of functionally and nutritionally valuable plant-proteins, has introduced two new novel protein blends made from pea and canola.
Nutratein-PS and Nutratein-TZ create “unparalleled” functional plant-protein blends when combined, with low allergenicity, and a nutritional value exceeding those of other pea proteins available on the market. Both blends have numerous applications in dairy-free foods, vegetarian foods, meat analogues, sports and slimming foods, seniors nutrition and clinical nutrition products.
“Burcon’s novel and proprietary pea and canola proteins have exciting applications in numerous food and beverage products,” said Johann F. Tergesen, Burcon’s president and chief executive officer, adding, “The ability to blend Burcon’s unique pea and canola proteins to create nutritionally unparalleled plant protein combinations in our Nutratein product family, while preserving the highly desirable functional properties the proteins naturally possess, will give us a true competitive advantage, marking a key pillar of our leadership strategy in the rapidly growing plant protein market worldwide.”
Burcon’s blend of its proprietary Peazazz pea protein and Supertein canola protein, branded as Nutratein-PS, is ideal for fortifying dairy-alternative beverages such as almond milk, or to formulate a standalone beverage with a nutritional value consistent with cow’s milk.
Burcon’s blend of Peazac pea protein and Puratein canola protein, branded as Nutratein-TZ, has functional properties suited in the formulation of plant-based meat products such as veggie-burgers, or veggie-sausages.
Both Nutratein proteins are over 90% pure protein.
Pea is a good source of protein; however, the nutritional value of pea protein falls below the gold standard of animal protein such as dairy or egg protein. Pea protein’s nutritional value is limited by its low level of the amino acids methionine and cysteine; in contrast, Burcon’s canola protein is rich in these amino acids. By blending Burcon’s pea and canola proteins together, Burcon can offer plant protein ingredients with a nutritional value equalling or exceeding that of animal proteins like dairy or egg.
