Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Holland College
$22,186.00
Allergen free seed-based spread development
FY 2021-22
Summary
As alternative nut-based spreads grow in popularity and market share due to allergies related to peanut butter,companies look to innovate and develop commercial products to capture that growth. New innovations arebeing sought in how new spreads are blended, different nutritional profiles, unique flavour combinations andnew health claims. Sunrise Foods (Sunrise), based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is a snack food companycurrently producing cracker and cheese spread and breadstick and cheese spread snacks that are sold acrossCanada that are ideal for K-12 school lunches. Sunrise recognized early in their company's history, the need togrow their product line and diversify according to new markets. Sunrise has been working on the developmentof hazelnut spreads for several years but lack the internal capacity to solve technical challenges associated withfood product development and scale up. Sunrise has approached Holland College and Canada's SmartestKitchen (CSK), the food product R&D arm of the Culinary Institute of Canada to collaborate on thedevelopment of new, innovative nut and seed spreads that will meet the growing demand of allergen freeconsumers.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Recipient
Location
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
561401-2020
Name nom
Mitton, Natalie
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
26522
Institution établissement
Holland College
Province en
Prince Edward Island
Province fr
Île-du-Prince-Édouard
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2021
Competition year année de concours
2020
Award amount
22186
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
6100
Research subject group en
Food science and technology
Research subject group fr
Science et technologie de l'alimentation
Research subject en
Food science and technology
Research subject fr
Science et technologie de l'alimentation
Installment
inst:1
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Allergen free seed-based spread development
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
As alternative nut-based spreads grow in popularity and market share due to allergies related to peanut butter,companies look to innovate and develop commercial products to capture that growth. New innovations arebeing sought in how new spreads are blended, different nutritional profiles, unique flavour combinations andnew health claims. Sunrise Foods (Sunrise), based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is a snack food companycurrently producing cracker and cheese spread and breadstick and cheese spread snacks that are sold acrossCanada that are ideal for K-12 school lunches. Sunrise recognized early in their company's history, the need togrow their product line and diversify according to new markets. Sunrise has been working on the developmentof hazelnut spreads for several years but lack the internal capacity to solve technical challenges associated withfood product development and scale up. Sunrise has approached Holland College and Canada's SmartestKitchen (CSK), the food product R&D arm of the Culinary Institute of Canada to collaborate on thedevelopment of new, innovative nut and seed spreads that will meet the growing demand of allergen freeconsumers.
