Grant: Alliance Grants
University of Windsor
$212,390.00
Cannabinoid Formulation for Consumer Beverages
EF 2024-25
Résumé
This five-year, 2.1-million-dollar project is a continuation of an existing collaboration between Peak Processing Solutions and the Trant research lab at the University of Windsor jointly supported by NSERC and MITACS. Peak Processing Solutions is a cannabis processor that seeks to generate new lines of consumer products, upvaluing raw material into higher value products for both the domestic and international market. The Trant research lab is a biomedical research lab focusing on drug design and drug delivery.
Cannabis is a growth industry in Canada, and the quality of Canadian cannabis is highly regarded internationally meaning Canada has rapidly attained a role as the leading global producer of medicinal cannabis. However, as more countries legalize cannabis, to maintain this economic advantage, Canada must become a leader in innovation as we cannot compete agriculturally with countries with climates better suited to cultivating cannabis; we need to lead in developing higher value products. One of the major challenges in cannabis product development is that cannabinoids are not soluble in water. This means that to put them into various products, they must be formulated, but this requires stable formulations that also maintain their potency over time. However, every different application requires a different formulation as they are very sensitive to the nature of the environment. A formulation that works for a cola doesn't work for juice, or water, or a beer. This means that a library of formulations is needed. Besides delivering solutions for cannabis-containing products, this project will also generate sufficient data to improve our understanding of various formulation forms and how their physical chemistry is affected by the parameters involved in their generation. This project will support more than 20 different trainees, at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral level over the five years of the grant, and continue to attract some of the best scientists around the world to Canada.
Programme
Alliance Grants
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
576813-2022
Name nom
Trant, John JF
Department département
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Organization id
37
Institution établissement
University of Windsor
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2022
Award amount
212390
Program id
ALLRP
Program name en
Alliance Grants
Program name fr
Subventions Alliance
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
501
Area of application group en
Manufacturing processes and products
Area of application group fr
Procédés et produits industriels
Area of application en
Processed food products and beverages
Area of application fr
Aliments transformés et boissons
Research subject code
1808
Research subject group en
Chemical engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie chimique
Research subject en
Rheology and processing
Research subject fr
Rhéologie et transformation
Field of research list names en
Not available
Field of research list names fr
Non disponible
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Cannabinoid Formulation for Consumer Beverages
Keywords
analytical chemistry; cannabinoid-rich beverages; cannabis; design of experiment; formulation chemistry; nanoemulsions; reproducibility; shelf-life; solid lipid nanoparticles; statistical analysis
Application summary
This five-year, 2.1-million-dollar project is a continuation of an existing collaboration between Peak Processing Solutions and the Trant research lab at the University of Windsor jointly supported by NSERC and MITACS. Peak Processing Solutions is a cannabis processor that seeks to generate new lines of consumer products, upvaluing raw material into higher value products for both the domestic and international market. The Trant research lab is a biomedical research lab focusing on drug design and drug delivery.
Cannabis is a growth industry in Canada, and the quality of Canadian cannabis is highly regarded internationally meaning Canada has rapidly attained a role as the leading global producer of medicinal cannabis. However, as more countries legalize cannabis, to maintain this economic advantage, Canada must become a leader in innovation as we cannot compete agriculturally with countries with climates better suited to cultivating cannabis; we need to lead in developing higher value products. One of the major challenges in cannabis product development is that cannabinoids are not soluble in water. This means that to put them into various products, they must be formulated, but this requires stable formulations that also maintain their potency over time. However, every different application requires a different formulation as they are very sensitive to the nature of the environment. A formulation that works for a cola doesn't work for juice, or water, or a beer. This means that a library of formulations is needed. Besides delivering solutions for cannabis-containing products, this project will also generate sufficient data to improve our understanding of various formulation forms and how their physical chemistry is affected by the parameters involved in their generation. This project will support more than 20 different trainees, at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral level over the five years of the grant, and continue to attract some of the best scientists around the world to Canada.
