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Protein Industries Canada issues $10 million call for food-focused arficial intelligence projects

Regina, SK — As Protein Industries Canada amps up its investment into arficial intelligence technology, it’s increasing its focus on novel AI that will accelerate the commercializaon of new plant-based ingredients and food, helping make Canada’s plant-based food sector more efficient and sustainable. It’s a technology that can’t be overlooked in the plant-based sector’s effort to meet ever-changing consumer demands and expectaons.

“By bringing the use of arficial intelligence technology further up the value chain into ingredient and food development, Canadian companies can advance innovaon in the plant-based food, feed and ingredient sector,” Protein Industries Canada CEO Bill Greuel said. “Finding new ways to ulize AI technology in food and ingredient development will enable companies to speed up their formulaon
work, lower their inputs and other producon costs, and make their operaons more sustainable.”

An emerging way of applying technology in Canada’s food sector, AI has the potenal to change how ingredient processors and food manufacturers operate. In parcular, the technology has proven to speed up ingredient and recipe formulaon, and is showing potenal in the areas of food safety and quality assurance. Potenal industry-led projects under the newest AI call may include the following:

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