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Burcon Introduces Nutratein(R) Plant Protein Ingredients - New Pea + Canola Protein Blends Provide Protein Quality Equivalent to or Exceeding Dairy and Meat
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 23, 2019) - Burcon NutraScience Corporation...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Burcon Introduces Nutratein(R) Plant Protein Ingredients - New Pea + Canola Protein Blends Provide Protein Quality Equivalent to or Exceeding Dairy and MeatVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 23, 2019) - Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU) (\"Burcon\" or the \"Company\"), a leader in developing functionally and nutritionally valuable plant-proteins, is pleased to announce its new pea-protein and canola-protein blends: Nutratein-PS™ and Nutratein-TZ™. Burcon's novel canola and pea proteins, when combined, create unique, unparalleled plant-protein blends, with exceptional functional characteristics, low allergenicity, and a nutritional value exceeding those of the standard pea proteins available on the market today.\"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.\" Nutratein® Product Family of Pea + Canola Protein BlendsBurcon's blend of its proprietary Peazazz® pea protein and Supertein® canola protein, branded as Nutratein-PS™, with its clean flavour and high solubility, is the perfect protein blend for fortifying dairy-alternative beverages such as almond milk, or to formulate a standalone beverage with a nutritional value consistent with the gold standard of cow's milk. Burcon's blend of Peazac™ pea protein and Puratein® canola protein, branded as Nutratein-TZ™, has functional properties making it ideally suited in the formulation of plant-based meat products such as veggie-burgers, or veggie-sausages and with a PDCAAS which actually exceeds that of beef. Both Nutratein proteins are over 90% pure protein. Pea ProteinField peas offer important advantages to consumers, and to farmers as their production is environmentally friendly while being a great source of protein, with numerous applications in dairy-free...